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Too big to fail hits Wall Street M&A

Big banks may be stymied in their own merger activity, but asset management buyouts and restructurings could still result in deals. Continue reading

Posted on May 10, 2013 9:31 AM

Trouble remains for BofA despite mortgage pact

The $10 billion settlement with Fannie Mae keeps the bank on the right track, but it will face a steady drip of claims in the years to come. Continue reading

Posted on January 8, 2013 8:48 AM

In Washington, more of the same could shake status quo

The pressure to avoid the fiscal cliff will force the White House and Congress to break the policy logjam. Continue reading

Posted on November 9, 2012 4:08 PM

Reconsidering the ghost of Glass-Steagall

Despite the blather, Glass-Steagall's origins are not as clear as you would think; its record is more ambiguous than the myth claims, and its lessons are more complex. Continue reading

Posted on August 24, 2012 4:27 PM

Fed offers pre-merger advice to banks

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced a new procedure aimed at making it easier for smaller community banks to merge by allowing institutions to get regulators' guidance before submitting a merger for an official decision from the agency. Continue reading

Posted on July 13, 2012 7:00 AM

One more time: The break-up-the-banks debate

Do we want big banks to be essentially utilities, tightly regulated so that it's (almost) impossible for them to get into serious trouble, and small enough if they do that they can't cause harm? Continue reading

Posted on July 10, 2012 2:13 PM

Big banks try assuring public in living wills

Some big institutions went to great lengths in the public portion of their living-will submissions to describe themselves as flush with capital and healthier than ever. Continue reading

Posted on July 6, 2012 6:25 AM

Fed audit bill goes to House for vote

The legislation calls for the Federal Reserve to submit to regular audits by the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading

Posted on June 28, 2012 11:21 AM

One more time: A return to Glass-Steagall?

In the Financial Times, University of Chicago Booth School of Business professor Luigi Zingales confesses that he has changed his mind about Glass-Steagall. Here's why he shouldn't have. Continue reading

Posted on June 12, 2012 1:09 PM

Are big banks dinosaurs?

Henry Kaufman, Dr. Gloom from a distant age when Salomon Brothers was still King of Wall Street, penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal declaring that, sooner or later, the era of monstrous, too-big-to-fail banks will end. Continue reading

Posted on June 7, 2012 11:10 AM

J.P. Morgan trade: OCC berated for missing threat

Several Democrats expressed astonishment that the bank's problems didn't generate early and significant attention from the regulator. Continue reading

Posted on June 7, 2012 9:11 AM

Bernanke says banks need better liquidity

The Fed chairman adds that the Federal Reserve's stress tests of 19 of the biggest institutions demonstrates progress at improving capital positions. Continue reading

Posted on May 10, 2012 2:07 PM

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