Category Archives: FDIC

Banks: Is a New Glass-Steagall Good News? My comment to Ben Levisohn of Barrons

Hello Ben, I helped work on Gramm Leach Bliley (beginning when it would have been D’Amato Leach Bliley). I met Rep Jim Leach at the 2000 Republican National Convention while a NY delegate for Senator John McCain. When I met Rep … Continue reading

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“BHC Report Modernization Initiative” DOCID fr13no08-39 Nov 13, 2008 Vol 73 No 220 pps 67159-67173

1/12/09 Via email: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov Attn: Ms. Jennifer Johnson Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20551 Fax: 202 452-3819 Fax 202 452 3102 Cc: OMB Desk Officer … Continue reading

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Anat Admati on Bill Moyers: Thoughts on “Too Big To Fail”, an inflate/collapse strategy

“Anat Admati on Bill Moyers: Thoughts on “Too Big To Fail”, an inflate/collapse strategy – Big Financials at risk for starring roles in a contemporary drama of Shakespeare ‘s Julius Caesar” A few weeks ago, I caught part of Bill Moyers’s program on … Continue reading

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‘‘Single Point of Entry Strategy’’

This past Thursday, the FDIC closed an extended comment period on its proposed regulation and process regarding ‘resolving’ a Systemically Important Financial Institution, also known as “SIFIs”. These depository institutions are the 20 or so largest in the US and … Continue reading

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