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Finance & Development March 2009 Amar Bhattacharya |
A Tangled Web Everyone agrees on reforming the governance of financial markets, but who will do what remains unclear. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Olivier Blanchard |
Cracks in the System The Economic Counsellor and Chief Economist of the IMF discusses what he thinks is needed to repair the damaged global economy. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 21, 2010 |
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation What do Harvard Business School faculty experts who conduct research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? |
Finance & Development March 2009 Kodres & Narain |
What Is to Be Done While there is enough blame to pass around, one key contributor to the global financial crisis was inadequate regulation. The scope of financial regulation needs to be revamped and the provision of liquidity improved. Here's how. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Haizhou Huang & S. Kal Wajid |
Financial Stability in the World of Global Finance To reduce their vulnerability to national and international financial crises, countries must address the weaknesses in their financial systems... |
Finance & Development June 2009 John Lipsky |
Preparing for a Postcrisis World Assessing the IMF's role in the future international financial architecture |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan |
Scrambling for Solutions Get ready for the mother of all lobbying battles in Washington later this year when the Obama administration starts pushing its reform agenda for financial regulation in the U.S. Congress. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz |
Finding New Data The global crisis revealed vast gaps in international financial statistics that authorities are working to fill. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Ahmed, Lane & Schulze-Ghattas |
Refocusing IMF Conditionality Shortly after he assumed office as Managing Director of the IMF in May 2000, Horst Kohler launched a reform of the conditionality associated with its lending. What lies behind this change in approach, and what prospects does it have for strengthening implementation of reforms in the IMF's member countries? |
Finance & Development September 2009 Randall Dodd |
Overhauling the System The United States is proposing the most radical reform of financial regulation since the New Deal. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Noel Sacasa |
Preventing Future Crises The financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in the current regulatory and supervisory frameworks and made it clear that we are in need of regulatory reform. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 |
Bulletin IMFC Meeting Endorses IMF Crisis Prevention Efforts... IMF in the process of change... The IMF's Role in Poverty Reduction... IMF Acts to Streamline and Focus Conditionality... |
On Wall Street August 1, 2010 Sen. Tim Johnson |
Coordinating Global Regulation Senator who helped hammer out the reform bill says this is just the beginning. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 22, 2009 Roger Thompson |
"Too Big To Fail": Reining In Large Financial Firms The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose "systemic risk" - the risk that a failure of one institution could wreak havoc across the entire financial system. |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Financial Reform Is a Joke Congress has completely missed its opportunity to make the financial system safer. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Ingves & Lind |
Stockholm Solutions A crucial lesson from the Nordic experience is the need for prominent state involvement in crisis resolution. |
U.S. Banker March 2010 Alan Kline |
Dysfunction in D.C. The sight of Democrats cheering and Republicans sitting on their hands when the president plugged financial reform was disheartening to anyone who believes the system needs fixing. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Expert Roundtable: Will the Financial Reform Bill Prevent Future Crises? The House passed a bill to reform the financial services industry, leaving the Senate to vote on it after the July 4 recess. Experts consider the implications. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Ashok Vir Bhatia |
After the Supernova Crisis management lessons from the IMF's assessment of the U.S. financial system. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Andrew Crockett |
Rebuilding the Financial Architecture What needs to be done to strengthen financial regulation and supervision? |
Bank Technology News September 2010 John Adams |
Ready or Not: The IT Challenges of Dodd-Frank Following the new rules means creating a new kind of IT department, one which deploys and manages platforms for quicker response and enables the bank to prove its fiscal fitness. |
Finance & Development December 2010 |
Risky Business Global banks will adapt to the new international rules on capital and liquidity, but at what cost to investors and the financial system? |
Finance & Development March 2009 Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz |
Data to the Rescue Why improved statistical information will be key for prevention of future crises. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Roger Nord |
Central and Eastern Europe and the New Financial Architecture As the Central and Eastern European countries prepare to join the European Union, they are participating in worldwide efforts to strengthen the global economy... |
Finance & Development June 2009 |
The Perfect Storm The IMF's Chief Economist explained in a November 2008 lecture how a crisis that began in mortgage-backed securities turned into the worst recession since the 1930s. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 18, 2009 Katherine Burger |
Can Trust Be Rebuilt in the Financial Services Industry? The Obama Administration's new proposals for financial services regulation aim to rebuild trust within the industry, and between banks and the public. That may be easier said than done. |
HBS Working Knowledge April 23, 2008 Dwight Crane |
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations U.S. Treasury recommendations for strengthening the regulation of the financial system are a good start but fall short, says Harvard Business School professor emeritus Dwight B. Crane. |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Repercussions of Reform After months of Congressional hearings, debates and some hysterics, only the broadest outlines of the new banking regulatory regime have emerged. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Brad Setser |
The Shape of Things to Come Individual national decisions, not international summits, will remake the global financial system. |
Finance & Development March 2011 |
Veterans of the System Ideas for strengthening the international monetary system. |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
One Economist's Solution for Financial Reform Economist John Taylor calls for more transparency and consistency. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) finally presented the Senate's proposal on Monday, following a long slugfest of negotiations with his Republican counterparts. |
Insurance & Technology April 3, 2008 Katherine Burger |
No Surprises in Insurance Industry's Mixed Reception for Treasury Department's Endorsement of Optional Federal Charter Concerns about competitive advantage inspired the life insurance industry's welcome of the Treasury's call for an optional federal charter as part of broad regulatory reform proposals for financial services. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Paul Hilbers, Russell Krueger, & Marina Moretti |
New Tools for Assessing Financial System Soundness Macroprudential indicators--defined broadly as indicators of the health and stability of the financial system--can help countries assess their banking systems' vulnerability to crisis. In recent years, an increasing amount of work has been done on such indicators... |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
How to Solve "Too Big To Fail" Congressman Paul Kanjorski shares his thoughts on a solution for the "too big to fail" bank problem. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan |
In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Making Friends A strong connection exists between financial industry lobbying and favorable financial legislation. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Eugene A. Ludwig |
Discerning the New Financial Services Landscape The former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and vice chairman of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, offers his views on what is likely to come out of upcoming reform legislation as well as areas that are far from clear. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Pisani-Ferry & Santos |
Reshaping the Global Economy The economic and financial crisis marks the end (for now) of a rapid expansion of globalization. |
U.S. Banker August 2009 Joseph Rosta |
Piling Up on the Fed Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree that the Federal Reserve Board isn't doing much right. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 |
Bulletin The Asian Crisis Four Years On... The New Basel Capital Proposal for Banks... IMF Reviews Financial Sector Assessment Program... etc. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Michael Mandel |
Financial Rules: Why a Global Fix Is So Far Off The financial crisis just hasn't been bad enough for G-20 leaders to cede power to international regulators. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: Financial Reform Solved Nothing Rep. Ron Paul discusses reforming Fannie & Freddie and financial reform. |
BusinessWeek July 22, 2010 Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Timothy Geithner The Treasury Secretary lays out the parameters of the new financial reform law and gushes about the qualifications of Elizabeth Warren. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Charles Collyns |
The Crisis through the Lens of History The current financial crisis is ferocious, but looking at history shows the way to avoid another Great Depression. |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2009 |
The White House Wants to Hear From Fools The Motley Fool was selected by the White House to sit down with a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors on Tuesday to discuss the proposal. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Saleh M. Nsouli |
Capacity Building in Africa: The Role of International Financial Institutions This article reviews the evidence on the importance of domestic institutions for economic growth and examines the role of international financial institutions, and particularly the IMF and its training, in capacity building in Africa. |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Treasury on Regulatory Failure and "Too Big to Fail" The Treasury Department answers questions on the new regulations and big banking. Part two of a three-part interview. |
U.S. Banker September 2009 Glen Fest |
Systemic Options: Too Big to Bail? A systemic risk regulator faces a dilemma on unwinding a fallen giant: is bankruptcy or receivership better? |
Finance & Development June 2010 William Poole |
Principles for Reform In designing new policies for the financial sector, old-fashioned ideas are important. |