Entries tagged "banking regulation"

FSA's Turner calls for banks to write their wills

The regulator's controversial chairman says banks should provide wind-down plans and pay more tax.

For banks, a distressed middle ground?

Members of the bankruptcy bar ponder an alternative to the current bank failure and bailout options for financial services firms.

A few questions for the WSJ's future of finance

The Journal's "Future of Finance" series poses more questions than answers about how to avoid another crisis.

Krugman and the return to Ozzie and Harriet

The Nobel Prize-winning economist ratchets up the the discourse by suggesting the Obama administration shouldn't just return to pre-1999 banking regulations, but instead 1950s rules.

Bernanke and the systemic regulatory scheme

The Federal Reserve chairman came clean in arguing for a single "systemic" regulator over the U.S. financial system, but he was a bit more coy when it came to actually offering up the Fed for the job.

The pros and cons of a new Glass-Steagall

Presidential adviser and former Fed chief Paul Volcker argues for a return to Glass-Steagall's walls, but the price we'd pay for such reform may be high.

FDIC's Bair: Basel II risk assumptions half-baked

The international standard banking regulators created in 2004 to establish capital requirements might actually encourage banks to overleverage themselves.

Blankfein on risk management and regulatory reform

The Goldman Sachs CEO's Financial Times column offers a lot of grist to grind on the topics of regulation and risk management.

Bonus roundup: On Wall Street and beyond

Here's a roundup of all of the bonuses and those dealmakers who are forgoing their bonuses both on and off Wall Street.

Cap markets committee weighs in on regulatory reform

Quietly Wednesday, as the gears of federal succession began to shift, the Committee for Capital Markets Regulation released a summary paper of its recommendations for financial regulatory reform. Devotees of regulation will recognize the private-sector group as a gang of worthies assembled by Treasury's Henry Paulson in 2006 "to study how to improve the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets." Yes, those were the salad days when the biggest issue was competition with London for IPOs. Now the group, co-chaired by former Goldman, Sachs & Co. president John Thornton and Columbia Business School Dean (and former Bush Council on Economics advisor...

Should Wall Street fear change from an Obama administration?

President-elect Barack Obama is surrounded by folks who have spent time in and around Wall Street. In addition to Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Robert Rubin and Paul Volcker, DealBook notes Robert Wolf, the chief executive of UBS Americas; Timothy C. Collins, head of buyout firm Ripplewood Holdings; and Mark Gallogly, managing partner of private equity firm Centerbridge Partners. Meanwhile, DealZone notes three of Citigroup Inc.'s 15 directors -- Time Warner Inc. chairman Richard Parsons, Xerox Corp. CEO Anne Mulcahy and former Treasury Secretary Rubin -- are also members of Obama's transition economic advisory board. With all this Wall Street firepower,...

Fed expands bank holding company, compliance risk guidance

The Federal Reserve Thursday issued enhanced guidance regarding its consolidated supervision of bank holding companies and foreign banking organizations with U.S. operations. Also released was separate guidance clarifying the Fed's expectations for firms' compliance risk management. ...

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