Commentary

Monday, September 5, 2011

FSB Identifies Five Areas for Detailed Study

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA

The Financial Stability Board announced on September 1 the formation of dedicated work streams to help gauge the case for further regulatory action in five areas associated with shadow banking, notably including securities lending and repos. 

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Friday, September 2, 2011

BOE’s Paul Fisher Examines Tail Risks and Contract Design

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA
In a September 1, 2011 speech at Clare College in Cambridge, Paul Fisher, Executive Director for Markets of the Bank of England, outlined his thoughts on ways risk taking is executed and how contracts between parties assuming these risks can have profound effects on systematic stability beyond the normal consideration of formal regulations.  In balancing public policy objectives of appropriate investor protection and systemic stability, it is important that that...
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Friday, August 12, 2011

Belgian Regulator Bans Short Selling of Bank Securities

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA
In reaction to high volatility in the financial markets, on August 11, 2011, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) banned shorts selling on of shares of certain Euronext Brussels listed banks and financial institutions.  The FSMA also banned short selling of related derivatives. 
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Friday, July 1, 2011

Reinventing the Banking Social Contract

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA
Paul Tucker, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability at the Bank of England, explained his thoughts on redrawing the social contract between banking and society in light of the contract’s failure leading up to and during the financial crisis. According to Mr. Tucker, the traditional framework of the social contract was ill prepared to handle the realities of shadow banking and financial innovation, and hasty reregulation without first reexamining the social contract would be...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

FSB Task Force Frames the Regulation of Shadow Banking

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA
At the request of the G20, on April 12, 2011 a Financial Stability Board task force on shadow banking issued its initial report, “Shadow Banking: Scoping the Issues,” laying out the current thinking of the task force on the definition of "shadow banking," "potential approaches to monitoring it, and possible regulatory measures to address systemic risk and regulatory arbitrage concerns posed by the shadow banking system.  Though preliminary in nature, this “background...
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Journal Commentaries

 

Keep Regulation Functional (October 2008)

CSFME’s Executive Director Ed Blount interviews SEC Chairman Chris Cox.
American Banking Association Banking Journal
https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-187494664/keep-functional-regulation-how-financial-regulation

 

The Bear Market Posse, or Counterparty Risk Management during the Recent Turmoil (Sept.  2008)

by Ed Blount
The RMA Journal, v91n1, 28-32, 5 pages Sep 2008.

 

Searching for New Paradigms at BIS (July 2008)

by Ed Blount
Unexpected deficiencies in bank capital after recent market turmoil has regulators rethinking aspects of Basel II and “value at risk.”  
American Banking Association Banking Journal  
https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-181991450/searching-for-new-paradigms-at-bis-market-turmoil

 

Will Basel II Affect The Competitive Landscape? (September 2003)

By Ed Blount
Newly elected Basel Committee Chairman Caruana, Governor of the Bank of Spain, gives his views on the revised Basel capital accord, relative to its potential effects on competition and risk management in banking markets.
American Banking Association Banking Journal
https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-108008773/will-basel-ii-affect-the-competitive-landscape-the​