#regulatory reform

Astronomical amounts of money are being spent on soccer (football) transfers. These days, no one is shocked at news of multi-million dollar signings.

According to UPI and NYTs reports about WikiLeaks diplomatic cables, ‘when the European Parliament ordered a halt in February to an American government program to monitor international banking transactions for terrorist activity, the US administration was blindsided by the rebuke from among our closest allies in continental Europe.  “Paranoia runs deep especially about US intelligence […]

Wall Street reform bill is taking that rarest of paths as it meanders through the Senate: it’s actually gaining tougher provisions against the industry as it proceeds, not being watered down to win votes as health care reform was. And that puts the president’s opponents, Republicans, in an increasingly difficult position.

Financial Regulatory Reform Update from around the horn for the week of 11 May 2010.

Daily update of talking points, central issues being discussed in Davos’ World Economic Forum 2010 by world leaders in politics, finance, central banks, corporate, energy, lobbyists and philanthropy.

On Wall Street the past year was filled with one opportunity after another to fix the myriad fundamental structural deficiencies — revealed all too painfully by the financial crisis — that continue to plague the nation’s economic outlook. But as we enter 2010, not a single one of the “systemic failures” in the financial system has been adequately addressed, let alone resolved. This ongoing failure to act in the face of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression is especially disappointing since President Barack Obama was elected, in part, on a promise to bring constructive and lasting change to the canyons of Wall Street.

Former Federal Reserve Bank Chair, Paul A. Volcker and Chair of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, has beed advocating for more aggressive reform and regulation of the financial industry, but is being resisted by the administration’s top economist – who have strong ties to Wall Street.

In a NY Times Op-Ed, Sheila Bair, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) outlines a compelling litany of reasons why the Obama administration’s proposed regulatory changes, while good in many respects, does not sufficiently address the issues that caused the current – or will prevent future – financial sector crises.

The world’s central bankers meeting for an annual Federal Reserve summer symposiun retreat say tougher regulatory reforms and oversight necessary for a full recovery, and agree to keep coordinated interest rates low to help boost global economic recovery.

The 2009 G-20 summit, began today in London, running through Friday, April 3d.  The overall objective will seek to reach consensus among Leaders of member nations on how to confront the Global economic crisis.  The agenda, to say the least, is full. However, there are divergent proposals and solutions, and still many challenges that must first be confronted. This […]