Does Dodd-Frank work? We asked 16 experts to find out
Jul 20 2013 - 10:45am"Sheila C. Bair served as the 19th chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for a five-year term, from June 2006 through June 2011.read more
View ArticleBanking Reform’s Fear Factor
Jul 25 2013 - 11:03am"Nearly five years after the worst financial crisis since the 1930’s, and three years after the enactment of the Dodd-Frank financial reformsread more
View ArticleThe folly of trying to level the investment playing field
Jul 25 2013 - 4:13pm"The government is cracking down on insider trading; isn’t that great news for you? Last Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged hedge fund mogul Steve Cohen with...
View ArticleKeep Financial Regulation Out of US-EU Trade Talks
Jul 29 2013 - 1:05pm"The United States and the European Union have embarked on a new round of trade talks, which holds out the promise of deepening the two sides’ already robust economic relationship....
View ArticleSadly, Too Big to Fail Is Not Over
Aug 1 2013 - 9:42am"Writing in Politico earlier this week, former Senator Chris Dodd and former Representative Barney Frank contend that the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation of 2010 ends forever...
View ArticleGetting Big Banks Out of the Commodities Business
Aug 8 2013 - 3:37pm"A debate has broken out over whether the country’s largest banks should be allowed to own physical commodities, including the facilities used to transport, store and process these...
View ArticleWould Better Regulations Have Prevented the London Whale Trades?
Aug 21 2013 - 10:04am"President Obama this week pressed financial regulators to work more quickly on rules aimed at better regulating Wall Street and avoiding another financial crisis.read more
View ArticleThe Government and the Entrepreneurs
Aug 22 2013 - 10:18am"Entrepreneurship seems like the quintessential private sector activity. An individual or a small group of colleagues decide to set up a business and raise some capital. If...
View ArticleYellen’s Credentials to Lead the Fed
Sep 19 2013 - 4:19pm"In the immediate aftermath of Lawrence Summers’s withdrawal from consideration as the next chief of the Federal Reserve, there was a great deal of chatter in Washington along the...
View ArticleWall Street's Latest Dark Market Gambling: Ethanol
Oct 1 2013 - 10:38am"Wall Street's megabanks are at it again. The too-dangerous-to-fail bailout babies have found yet another new dark market to manipulate: ethanol credits, as the New York Times...
View ArticlePressure mounts on DOJ over JPMorgan settlement
Nov 4 2013 - 1:06pm"Critics from both sides of the aisle are raising their voices to make sure taxpayers aren’t responsible for footing part of JPMorgan Chase's record $13 billion penalty.read more
View Article#AskJPM Blow Up Nothing to Laugh About
Nov 19 2013 - 10:43am"Most have heard by now about JP Morgan Chase's laughable Twiread more
View Article“Green Shoots”: The Year in Wall Street Reform
Dec 22 2013 - 3:52pm"One year ago a good argument could have been made for cynicism and despair, at least when it came to financial reform. More than four years after an epidemic of Wall Street fraud...
View ArticleFinancial Regulators’ Fine Mess
Dec 30 2013 - 11:34am"When an athlete breaks the rules, it is easy to figure out whether the relevant disciplinary body really wants to discourage repeat offenses. Suspending a player from the sport –...
View ArticleWhat Would It Take To Get Andrew Ross Sorkin To Call For Jamie Dimon To Resign
Jan 17 2014 - 11:27am"I have concluded that the journalists who write for the New York Times’ “Deal Book” are incapable of embarrasread more
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