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IMF chief to Le Monde: I'll propose a new plan for global regulation (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Questions abound regarding the meeting of G-20 heads of state on the global crisis scheduled for Nov. 15 in Washington. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have set lofty expectations for the meeting and follow-on work, with talk of a "new Bretton Woods." Meanwhile more technocratic...

Posted on October 30, 2008 10:40 AM

This week in free-market capitalism (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Though Alan Greenspan stopped short of "my bad!' he did tell Congress Thursday he was partially wrong about financial firms regulating their own activities in credit default swaps.Also on Thursday French President Nicolas Sarkozy, having just led the European Union's successful push for a November economic summit in the U.S.,...

Posted on October 24, 2008 8:29 AM

Gordon Brown on the need for global financial regulation (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In a Washington Post op-ed, the prime minister of Britain argues the case for a new Bretton Woods and says it's a time for visionary internationalism. If that means a new fixed-exchange-rate regime, this Telegraph contributor is against it. At the emergency economic meeting at Camp David Saturday, this is what they'll...

Posted on October 17, 2008 1:10 PM

Get ready for sparring over global financial regulation (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On Saturday French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who also holds the rotating European Union presidency, will arrive for an emergency economic summit at Camp David with President George Bush. Sarkozy (pictured) comes with a mandate from the 27 EU leaders to push for a new global financial regulatory regime, as an...

Posted on October 17, 2008 8:34 AM

What will an IMF "structural adjustment" plan for Iceland look like? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Ten years ago, during the Asian financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund was at the center of the action. Acting as both financial firefighter and cop, the IMF sent teams to hard-hit countries such as Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea bearing bales of money with lots of conditions attached. The...

Posted on October 10, 2008 5:08 PM