Entries tagged "too big to fail"

Geithner on 'too big to fail,' stress tests

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner shared his thoughts on giving regulators the tools to manage a wind-down of a large, systemically important financial institution.

Nationalization, resolution and TBTF

Felix Salmon has sparked a renewed discussion among the blogs with his recantation of his position from last year that the government should have nationalized the banks.

Roll Call: The Case Against a Super-Regulator

Here are some must reads to kick-off your Tuesday.

Big banks are even bigger than before

Banks are so wrapped up in each other's business that one block being pulled would cause the whole Jenga tower to collapse, and now things have gotten worse.

Roll Call: Defining 'Too Big to Fail'

Here are some must-reads to kick off your Friday.

Considering a modest proposal to break up banks

Despite the suggestion of Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry of the blog The American Scene, breaking up the banks is not as modest a proposal in practice.

U.S. banks need $24B; 600 banks may close

On a weekend where no banks failed, the FT and the Journal are shaking things up with the results of their own stress tests.

Bair calls for new authority

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair in a speech calls for legislation to regulate 'too big to fail' institutions.

No need to change bankruptcy laws for GM

Despite claims by lawyers that a GM bankruptcy warrants changing the laws governing bankruptcy, it seems like overkill.

Could Citi's troubles make Paulson rethink TARP, again?

As Citigroup Inc.'s shares continue their death spiral, talk of the banking behemoth's cloudy future weighs heavy on Wall Street's collective mind and provides CNBC's talking heads plenty of air time. But what of Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and his crew? Although two months are left in the Bush administration before President-elect Barack Obama takes the reins in Washington, Paulson announced earlier in the week he will no longer disperse Troubled Asset Relief Plan funds -- in other words he's going on sabbatical until he has to brief his replacement on TARP. However, as the storm clouds around Citi continue...

The regulatory strategy behind Lehman's shrinking act

Lurking in the details of Lehman Brothers Inc.'s big yard sale is a plan to get the Federal Reserve off the hook. If Lehman was in a heap of trouble over the last few weeks, the Fed was arguably just as bad. What would it do if a run began? In the wake of the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac bailouts, would the Fed backstop another big firm as customers and counterparties followed shareholders out the door? Could it find a buyer for Lehman? Or would it just let Lehman die, thus revealing stark limitations to its strategy since the Bear Stearns...

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