Topic
Systemic Risk
220 published works
Securities Law Prof Blog
Lin on the New Investor
The New Investor, by Tom C. W. Lin, University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A sea change is…
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Squire on the Benefits of a Clearinghouse in a Financial Crisis
The Speed and Certainty Benefits of a Clearinghouse in a Financial Crisis, by Richard Squire, Fordham University School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The Article…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
FDIC Announces Systemic Risk Advisory Committee Meeting to Be Held December 10
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on December 4 announced that it will hold a meeting of its Systemic Risk Advisory Committee on December 10. The meeting “will feature a…
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IAIS Seeks Public Comment on G-SII Proposed Policies
As the Financial Stability Oversight Council continues its process for designating systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) (see our previous blog on this topic here), the International Association of Insurance Supervisors…
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Griffith on Derivative Clearinghouses
Governing Systemic Risk: Towards a Governance Structure for Derivatives Clearinghouses, by Sean J. Griffith, Fordham Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Derivatives transactions create systemic risk…
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Schwarcz on Financial Disintermediation
Regulating Shadows: Financial Disintermediation and the Need for a Common Language, by Steven L. Schwarcz, Duke University - School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Financial…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
FSA Reports on Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk
By Edward Black
On August 21, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) produced its latest half-yearly report Assessing Possible Sources of Systemic Risk from Hedge Funds. This sets out the results of the…
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Romano on International Regulation of Financial Institutions
For Diversity in the International Regulation of Financial Institutions: Redesigning the Basel Architecture, by Roberta Romano, Yale Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI),…
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Levitin on Derivatives Clearinghouses
The Tenuous Case for Derivatives Clearinghouses, by Adam J. Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Mandatory use of swaps clearinghouses represent the major…
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Block on Systemic Risk
Letting Go of Binary Thinking and Too-Big-To-Fail: Preserving a Continuum Approach to Systemic Risk, by Cheryl D. Block, Washington University in Saint Louis - School of Law, was recently posted…