Entries tagged "Regulation"

Deal Economy 2010: Bove on bank failures, financial reform

Analyst Richard Bove says that financial reform is headed in the wrong direction.

Deal Economy 2010: Weil's Miller on unwinding Lehman Bros.

Weil Gotshal's Harvey Miller says Lehman Brothers collapse might not have been as severe if the government had backstopped the bank.

Deal Economy 2010: Regulation in the spotlight

'Only a couple of years ago, we were marching towards deregulation. What a difference a financial crisis makes,' quipped Bill McConnell, The Deal's Washington bureau chief, at The Deal Economy 2010 conference.

Loeb & Loeb's Nussbaum on IPOs in China

Loeb & Loeb's Mitchell Nussbaum says there are pros and cons to the new Chinese Nasdaq-type stock exchange, ChiNext.

KCC's Carson on prepackaged bankruptcies

Kurtzman Carson's managing director Jonathan Carson says prepackaged bankruptcy cases are bound to grow this year due to liquidity limitations and timing restrictions imposed by bankruptcy reform.

Linklaters' Schmidt on antitrust merger reviews

Linklaters' Jeffrey Schmidt says agencies are scrutinizing proposed acquisitions more closely than they have in years

Treasury Secretary Geithner on regulatory reform

Tim Geithner says it's important to get regulatory reform done now while the memory of the crisis is still fresh in the public's mind.

Conference Board's Spector on compensation

The Conference Board's Jonathan Spector addressed compensation practices at SIFMA.

Pay czar shocks corporate world

Some lawyers say that the Obama Administration is back-pedaling on the President's pledge to ban only pay-structures that encourage employees to take too much risk.

King's splendid isolation

Bank of England Governor disagrees with just about everybody else as he calls for banks to be split up.

Study: 20% of hedgies are fibbers

One out of five hedge fund managers misled investors about assets under management, past performance and/or regulatory issues, finds a new study.

Eric Daniels not idle over APS maneuvering

Lloyds' Eric Daniels might just pull off his plan to shun the government's costly insurance on toxic assets and avoid handing the U.K. a larger stake in the bank.

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