Category Archives: Socially Responsible Investing “SRI”
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
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
‘‘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
Opposition to Basel III comment to banking regulators for due process https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-17010; CFR: 12 CFR 217; 12 CFR 324; 12 CFR 3 Action: Joint notice of proposed rulemaking for the 22 October 2012 Comment; Document Citation: 77 FR 52887; Page: 52887 -52975 … Continue reading
EU strategy for commercial and cultural asymmetric ‘war’ In the fall of 2010, while attending a conference on ‘transatlantic’ law, I began to contemplate the comments and demeanor of the German experts (lawyers, media, bureaucrats) that Germany was still waging … Continue reading
Bank Missteps? Review the Board! /Andrea Psoras
Bank Missteps? Review the Board!/Andrea Psoras And other Risks and Vicissitudes Shareholders Face/May 2003 Not to disparage Marilyn Seymann’s observations, board quality only recently has become a matter of concern in the financial sector. “Making Sure Your Board Has Proper … Continue reading
