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SEC, CFTC & Fed Reserve Enter MOU on Credit Default Swaps
The SEC, the CFTC, and the Federal Reserve Board entered into a Memorandum of Understanding dealing with central counterparties for over-the-counter credit default swaps. PWG Announces Initiatives to Strengthen OTC…
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Cox on Regulatory Reform
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox spoke on 'Building on Strengths in Designing the New Regulatory Structure' at the PLI 40th Annual Securities Regulation Institute, in New York, New York, on November…
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SEC Issues Technical Amendments to Short-Selling Ban
The SEC approved technical amendments to its emergency order banning short-selling in financial stocks issued last week. According to the SEC, the technical amendments were made to ensure the continued…
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SEC Staff Recommends Modification to Short-Sales Prohibition
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets today issued the following statement:"The Commission staff is recommending to the Commission a modification to its order prohibiting short selling…
Pension Risk Matters
How Much More Will Pensions Lose in Financials?
One good thing about being an occasional night owl is that you get to blog about breaking news. Unfortunately, today's headlines are gloomy indeed. Here's a quick recap. According to…
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Canova on Return to Marginalist Analysis
Legacy of the Clinton Bubble: The Crisis in the Washington Consensus and the Return to Marginalist Analysis, by Timothy A. Canova, Chapman University - School of Law, was recently posted…
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Cox Testifies on Regulatory Responses to Financial Markets
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox testified on Recent Developments in U.S. Financial Markets and Regulatory Responses before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on July 15, 2008. …
Pension Risk Matters
New Accounting Rules for Public Pension Funds
According to "Government Rule Makers Looking at Pensions," New York Times reporter Mary Walsh (July 11, 2008) describes a new initiative, sure to create headaches for troubled state and city…
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Duffie & Hu on Global Derivative Markets
Competing for a Share of Global Derivatives Markets: Trends and Policy Choices for the United States, by DARRELL DUFFIE, Stanford Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER),…
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SEC & CFTC Approve Novel Derivative Products
The SEC and the CFTC announced that each has approved the trading and clearing of two novel derivative products — futures and option contracts based on shares of the SPDR®…