by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 24, 2012 | All, Change Overview and Rationale
In an April 13 address, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, made clear that he sees the system of shadow banking as a key vulnerability that makes another catastrophic economic crisis nearly inevitable. In Bernanke’s...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 22, 2012 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies
As capital requirements and structural reforms of banks and financial institutions fall into place, global financial regulators are renewing their efforts to bring shadow banking and securitized credit extension under some form of regulatory discipline. Though shadow...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 19, 2012 | All
A storm, or more aptly, a hurricane of litigation is on its way for the banks involved in the LIBOR rate-rigging scandal. The LIBOR banks face not just the prospect of criminal prosecution, but also exposure to law suits by thousands of market participants and others...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 19, 2012 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In his October 10, 2012 remarks at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Federal Reserve Board Governor, Daniel K Tarullo, criticized Dodd-Frank sharply for missing the mark in a number of vital ways in its framework for ensuring financial stability. Tarullo...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 19, 2012 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
The FSB Workstream on Securities Lending and Repos (“Workstream”) under the FSB Shadow Banking Task Force has published an interim report on its findings and progress. The mission of the Workstream is to present, by the end of 2012, policy recommendations...
