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September 30

Richard Shelby hints at FinReg changes Politico
GAO Reports on the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program Bank Digest
Bernanke Sees Regulatory Harmony Ahead of FSOC Meeting CCH Federal Banking Law Reporter
Finance's other bosses The Economist
Are Ex-Fed Members Profiting From Inside Scoops? Reuters
Federal Reserve 'Will Be Gone' In 25 Years, Despite Geithner's Vote Of Confidence Huffington Post
JPMorgan Suspending Foreclosures New York Times
Secretary Brunner Outlines Two Lines Of Attack In Fighting High Ohio Foreclosure Rates Ohio Secretary of State
S.E.C. Is Sued Over Board Nomination Rule Bloomberg
Elizabeth Warren Extends Olive Branch, Borrows Idea From Lenders In First Major Speech Huffington Post
UK Treasury examines high-frequency trading threat to economy Finextra
The Mystery of Disappearing Proprietary Traders: Michael Lewis Bloomberg
AIG Announces Plan to Repay U.S. Government Marketwatch
End the Credit Rating Addiction IMF
“Clearinghouses as Mitigators of Systemic Risk” CFTC
Meredith Whitney Says U.S. May Face Bailout for States: Video Bloomberg
Reuters Debt Capital Markets Review - Third Quarter 2010 Thomson Reuters
Cutting edge The Economist

September 29

The Revolving Door New York Times
Infighting Besets Financial-Oversight Council Wall Street Journal
FINRA Exec: Vulnerability of Retail Is a Growing Concern Bond Buyer
FASB to Fold on Mark to Market ZeroHedge
Robert Peston: Cause 39 of the banking crisis BBC
JP Morgan ponders the death of securitisation FT Alphaville
Bankers Running Wild: Foreclosure Flurry in Florida Huffington Post
Banks Suing Based on Counterfeit Court Summons in Foreclosure Lawsuits Washington's Blog
Senator Ted Kaufman's Final Remarks On Market Structure And Integrity ZeroHedge
SEC Releases Final Rule to Amend Reg FD and Transitional Guidance for Brokers and Dealers Alston & Bird
Final Rule - Removal from Regulation FD of the Exemption for Credit Rating Agencies SEC
Reducing Role of Credit Ratings Would Aid Markets IMF
IMF Urges Lower Dependence on Credit Ratings, Seeks New Rules Bloomberg
EU to discuss curbs to limit rating agency role Reuters
China Rejects Moody’s Model on Ratings Firm Payments Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs threatens to quit Europe Financial Times
CFTC Is Said to Propose That Banks Own 20% of Credit Swaps Clearinghouses Bloomberg

September 28

The annotated flash crash diagram FT Alphaville
Remarks Before EUROFI Financial Services Forum - Chairman Gary Gensler CFTC
Joint Statement by CFTC Chairman Gensler and European Commissioner Barnier on the Financial Reform Agenda CFTC
Statement Regarding CFTC Funding Commissioner Bart Chilton, CFTC
Analysis: Swaps clearing wins converts after crisis Reuters
California Treasurer Calls for Ban on Muni Credit-Default Swaps Bloomberg
Meredith Whitney: Next Shoe to Drop Is Municipal Bonds Credit Writedowns
States are not like banks Self-Evident
Beware municipal bonds Reuters
Shocking Revelations on Wall Street. (And Obama's Tone-Deaf Response.) The New Republic
Foreclosure funny business The Guardian
FDIC Approves Final Securitization Safe Harbor Cadwalader
Colossal Failures in Judgment The Fourteenth Banker
The Bailout Emperor Has No Clothes The Daily Bail
U.S. Is Said to Seek Way to Sever Ties With A.I.G. New York Times
U.S. Dollar Is ‘One Step Nearer’ to Crisis, Yu Says Bloomberg
Currencies clash in new age of beggar-my-neighbour Financial Times
Financial Stability Board Discusses Regulatory Reform Agenda Alston & Bird
Guest Post: Shadow Banking Part II - Why You Must Care ZeroHedge

September 27

Financial Stability Board meets on the financial reform agenda Financial Stability Board
US bank regulators delay move on liquidation power Reuters
FDIC to Explain How It Will End U.S. ‘Too Big to Fail’ Policy Bloomberg
Auditors Aren’t Forcing Full Repurchase Risk Exposure Disclosure re: The Auditors
NCUA Adopts Reforms for Corporate Credit Union System, Places 3 Corporate Credit Unions in Conservatorship Alston & Bird
OCC Reports Second Quarter Trading Revenue of $6.6 Billion OCC
House Financial Services Comm Holds Hearing on Executive Compensation Oversight in the Wake of Dodd-Frank Alston & Bird
Liechty Says Standards Needed to Thwart Next Bank Crisis: Video Bloomberg
Report from the Frontlines: Mission Not Accomplished on Derivatives Reform New Deal 2.0
Florida’s Kangaroo Foreclosure Courts: Judges Denying Due Process on Behalf of Banks Naked Captialism
1,000s Of JPMorgan Home Foreclosures In Doubt After (Perjurious) Firm Exec Confirms Loan Docs Were Not Verified ZeroHedge
Cazenove Strategist Discusses PPT And POMO Interventions To Keep Markets Ramping Higher ZeroHedge
Bergmann Says Fed Creates `Great Opportunity' in Markets: Video Bloomberg
Schapiro Discusses Market Structure Challenges Facing the Commission SEC Today
Is leader of SEC fiduciary study leaning towards single standard? Investment News
Banks Return To Munis - Holdings Up 2.7% In First Half of ’10 Bond Buyer
Obama signs bill to cut taxes for small businesses Bloomberg
China Group Said to Form New Credit Rating Company Bloomberg
Credit Ratings Reversals Expect[ed] Loss

September 26

Chinese rating agency Dagong accuses U.S. regulator of discrimination after registration bid denied People's Daily Online
Why does U.S. deny entry of Chinese credit rating agency? Xinhua Net
Why disclosure is insufficient to ensure a fiduciary standard Investment News

September 25

Presented With Evidence Mortgages Didn't Meet Standards, Firms Sold Them To Investors Anyway Huffington Post
Misdiagnosing the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act The Fourteenth Banker
Bernanke Says Financial Crisis Damage Inhibiting U.S. Recovery Bloomberg
Bailouts and Financial Fragility Alea
Bank for International Settlements Releases 2010 FSI Survey on Basel II Implementation Alston & Bird

September 24

Tim's Bank Looking at 20% Haircut ZeroHedge
Implications of the Financial Crisis for Economics Chairman Ben Bernanke at Princeton University
The challenge of taking macroprudential decisions: who will press which button(s)? Jaime Caruana of the BIS
Ronald Reagan's Fed chief takes aim at America's battered financial system Wall Street Journal
Senate Banking Committee Schedules Hearing on Dodd-Frank Implementation Securities Law Prof Blog
Warren Plays Volcker-Like Role for Obama in Finance Regulation Bloomberg
On K Street, Hiring Ex-Senate Staffers Is Worth $740,000K A Year Huffington Post
Swapping the rules: derivatives concern SEC, CFTC and the market Westlaw Business
Repo needs a backstop to avoid future crises Regulating Wall Street by NYU Stern
Congress Ban on Rating Delays U.S. Implementing Basel Bloomberg
Rating Agencies Should Get A Death Sentence Barron's
Dodd-Frank Act Summary on Bank Capital Requirements - First in Series Thompson Coburn
Dodd-Frank Act Summary on Mortgage Lending Regulatory Changes - Second in Series Thompson Coburn
Dodd-Frank Act Summary on Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders - Third in Series Thompson Coburn

September 23

Bank of America, Wells Fargo named in investors' legal action Wall Street Journal
State Regulators Announce Representatives For The Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance News Net
Top Financial Regulators Set to Begin Examining Systemic Risk Blank Rome
Fed Reduces Counterparty Asset Requirement for Funds Bloomberg
Short-Term Debt Rule Sheds Light on SEC, Too CFO.com
U.S. Senators Question Lack Of Wall St Prosecutions Reuters
Dodd-Frank Ban on Ratings Delays U.S. Implementing Basel Rule Bloomberg
Read my lips: no more ratings FT Alphaville
The big guys' lament The Economist
Bank of America Forms Clearing Services Group for OTC Derivatives Market Bloomberg
Muni meltdown must be part of fiscal solution Watchdog.org

September 22

Central Banks Struggle for Exit as Recovery Weakens Bloomberg
3L3 Committees welcome European Parliament landmark vote to reform financial supervision in Europe CESR
Read my lips: no more ratings FT Alphaville
SEC's Canellos Says U.S. Swaps Overhaul May Fuel Investigations Bloomberg
SEC official admits ‘slam-dunk' enforcement cases were encouraged Investment News
Geithner Says U.S. Banks Can Use Profits to Meet Capital Rules Bloomberg
Barney Frank Says Basel Rules `Important Step Forward': Video Bloomberg
Banks Pressed on Sour Home Loans Wall Street Journal
GMAC Foreclosures Drew Earlier Sanctions for `False Testimony' Bloomberg
Congress Loves State Attorneys General As Enforcers of Federal Law. But Is the Romance Doomed? K&L Gates
Warren off and running as Obama adviser The Hill

September 21

Offshore markets for the domestic currency: monetary and financial stability issues BIS
A Rush to the Banking Firewalls Wall Street Journal
CFTC to Hold Open Meeting on First Series of Proposed Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act CFTC
Remarks Before U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Chairman Gary Gensler CFTC
Treasury Convenes Mortgage Disclosure Forum US Treasury
Geithner, Warren Vow to Clarify Mortgage Disclosures Bloomberg
More Executives to Face Court Reckoning as SEC Flexes New Power Bloomberg
Lockyer Warns Against One-Size-Fits-All in Muni Bond Disclosure Bloomberg
SEC Calls For Stricter Oversight Of Municipal Bond Market Dow Jones
Jacob Lew, Obama Nominee And Former Citigroup Executive, Doesn't Believe Deregulation Led To Financial Crisis Huffington Post
Financial Services Industry: Is Bar Coding the Future? Securities Technology Monitor

September 20

US senator wants to reopen Wall St bill Reuters
It’s Over New York Times
Mortgage Bond Trading Jumps as Prices Hover Near Two-Year Highs Bloomberg
We Already Need a Sequel to Basel III Wall Street Journal
The descent into global C-H-A-O-S FT Alphaville
Moody’s to Raise Fees to Offset New Regulation Costs Bloomberg
Another AAA for Europe’s SPV, from Fitch (double phew) FT Alphaville
Frank Says There Will Be Legislation to Address SEC’s New Confidentiality Authority Under Dodd-Frank SEC Today
Legislation Repealing SEC Dodd-Frank FOIA Exemptions Reported Out of Judiciary Comm CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter
Auction Rate Securities Litigation: From Multi-Billion Dollar Regulatory Settlements to Dismissals of Private Actions Foley & Lardner

September 19

Financial Stability Review By Topic Bank of England
Warren PR Push Intensifies as Evidence Against Her Succeeding Mounts Naked Capitalism

September 18

Elizabeth III Wall Street Journal
Warren Reaches Out to Wall Street, Pledges Credit-Card Review Bloomberg
New Fed Rules Are Being Questioned Wall Street Journal
Shadow Banking and Financial Regulation Harvard Law School Blog on Corporate Governance
Overseas Buyers Increase U.S. Municipal Bond Holdings 15% to $83 Billion Bloomberg

September 17

Fighting to Protect Consumers The White House
Miller Says Banks Are `Afraid' of Warren, Consumer Board: Video Bloomberg
Elizabeth Warren To Lead Search For New Consumer Chief, Could 'Pull A Dick Cheney' Huffington Post
Memo to Elizabeth Warren: How to protect consumers Reuters
Some Suggestions for the New Consumer Chief New York Times
Commission Guidance on Presentation of Liquidity and Capital Resources Disclosures in Management's Discussion and Analysis SEC
Proposed Rule: Short Term Borrowing Disclosure SEC
SEC Votes to Propose New Rules and Publish Interpretive Guidance Regarding Short-Term Borrowings Disclosure O’Melveny & Myers
S.E.C. Proposes New Rules on Debt Maneuvers AP
Window Dressing, 24-7? New York Times
Atkins Says Defining `Window Dressing' Key to SEC Rules: Video Bloomberg
Comments on "Regulating the Shadow Banking System" - Governor Daniel K. Tarullo Federal Reserve Board
Regulating the shadow banking system Marginal Revolution
Basel III Capital Ratios and Transition Periods Set, but Key Questions Remain Mayer Brown
Citi to pilot XBRL for corporate actions Finextra

September 16

Impact of bank rules likely to be 30% tougher Financial Times
A Baby Step Toward Rules On Bank Risk New York Times
Basel's buttress The Economist
U.S. systemic risk council set to meet Oct. 1 Reuters
Post-Lehman, a ‘Massive Arbitrage’ in U.S. Treasuries New York Times
More mystery in quarterly repo patterns FT Alphaville
S.E.C. Said to Examine Banks’ ‘Window Dressing’ Practice New York Times
SEC Seeking Muni Power Wall Street Journal
Congress moving to tighten SEC FOIA power The Hill
S.E.C. Defends Exemptions in New Law New York Times
Warren to Unofficially Lead Consumer Agency New York Times
Warren: A Huge Win Huffington Post
Remarks Before ISDA Regional Conference - Chairman Gary Gensler CFTC
Regulation of OTC derivatives markets - A comparison of EU and US initiatives Clifford Chance
Gensler Says One-to-One Swap Trading Unlikely to Meet New Rules Bloomberg
CFTC Shares Details on Swaps Oversight Wall Street Journal
European Commission Proposes Derivatives Legislation Broadly Consistent with Dodd-Frank Act CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter

September 15

Obama to tap Warren as adviser on consumer agency Reuters
Sidelining Liz Wall Street Journal
The Administration’s “Bailout Authority”: Assume We Have a Can-Opener? Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
How a Street Watchdog Got Its Bite Wall Street Journal
Mortgage giant losses could reach $400 billion Marketwatch
FHFA Releases Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Mortgage Data for 2001-2008 Bank Digest
FACTBOX-New US consumer financial bureau has wide powers Reuters
CFTC, SEC Roundtable Considers Lags for Reporting of Big Swaps Trades Bond Buyer
UPDATE 1-Swaps players clash on new rules for venues Reuters
EU unveils crackdown on derivatives Financial Times
China Will Allow Credit Default Swaps, As Long As They Are Not Naked Washington's Blog
ANALYSIS-EU, U.S. supervisors face derivatives test Reuters
EC bids to tame 'wild west territory' of OTC derivatives and short selling Finextra
Global Credit Derivatives Survey Respondents Opine on Public Perceptions, Regulations, Sovereigns Fitch Ratings
Basel III and the Problem with Risk Management by Excel Harvard Business Review
Despite the propaganda machine’s attempts to label TARP a success, it was not Credit Writedowns
Auerback: TARP Was Not a Success – It Simply Institutionalized Fraud Naked Capitalism
Enhancing financial reporting disclosures by UK credit institutions: Feedback on DP09/5 FSA
Application to Non-U.S. Bank Holding Companies, Banks and Nonbank Financial Companies Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Municipal Bond Insurance Not Coming Back, Cure Says Bloomberg

September 14

Wall Street Banking on Republicans to Push Legislative Goals Bloomberg
Geithner Calendar: Met Goldman's Blankfein More Often Than Pelosi, Reid, McConnell, Boehner Huffington Post
New York Fed’s Theo Lubke Said to Plan Departure Bloomberg
Consumer Protection and Regulatory Changes in the Dodd-Frank Bill NERA Economic Consulting
Obama May Name Warren as Interim Consumer Finance Agency Head Bloomberg
Dodd: Congress Could Defund Consumer Bureau Over Warren Interim Appointment Huffington Post
Ex-Moody's Manager Sues Over Firm's Comments Wall Street Journal
SEC Second Guesses Trading Crusade as Market Makers Disappear Bloomberg
The Fed, and what to do about MBS FT Alphaville
Filmmaker Ferguson Discusses Film on Financial Crisis: Video Bloomberg
Basel: the mouse that did not roar Financial Times
Basel lll: A missed opportunity? BBC
JPMorgan: Basel expected to increase loan pricing Reuters
Fed Issues Summary of Staff Meetings with Industry Representatives Bank Digest
Dodd: Limited Will for Senate Vote on Fed Nominees Wall Street Journal
NY Fed Market Group Offers Final Guidelines For Bond Trading Activities Dow Jones

September 13

No Quick Action for Pending Bills Bond Buyer
US Regulators Voice Concerns Over Broad Applicatn MTM Accounting IMarketNews.com
3 Out Of 3 Analysts Agree: Basel III Will Guarantee Their Bonuses For 9 Years In A Row, As Banks Win Again ZeroHedge
Lehman Still Haunts Wall Street Efforts to Rebuild Broken Model Bloomberg
Fed Awaits New Governors and San Francisco President Wall Street Journal
The Meaning of Basel: Cohen, Spillenkothen, Stiglitz Speak Out Bloomberg
Dino Kos Discusses New Basel Capital Requirements: Video Bloomberg
Basel III: We Lost, The Banks Won The Automatic Earth
Agreement on Quantification and Timing of Basel III Capital Standards Davis Polk
Basel III - The Whimper The Economist
OECD's White Says Bank Capital Isn't `Magic Bullet': Video Bloomberg
Democrats Meet Shelby On His 13(3) FinReg Terms Rortybomb
Trading Eludes Dodd-Frank as No Investors See Inside Black Box Bloomberg
CFTC, SEC Announce Panelists for September 14 Public Roundtable CFTC
Hedge-Fund Group Opposes New Rules for High-Frequency Traders Bloomberg
High-frequency trades earn $2.3m fine Financial Times
Senate to Explore Expansion of Covered Bonds in U.S. Investment Advisor
Legislation Moving Through Congress Would Create US Covered Bond Market Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
Insurance Industry Barely Touched by Financial Service Reform Bill, Morris, Manning & Martin
Banks' Plans for Foreclosed Homes Will Drive Market Wall Street Journal
Assured's Frederico: Defaults No Threat Bond Buyer
Was the Great Panic of 2008 preventable? Washington Post
Executive Who Questioned Moody’s Ratings Sues New York Times
Sullivan & Cromwell on What’s Next for Credit Ratings Securities Law Practice Center
BofA Owes $20 Billion in Loan Buybacks, Insurers Say Bloomberg
Will They Pull a Brooksley Born on Elizabeth Warren? Huffington Post
SEC Proposes New Regulatory Scheme for 12b-1 Mutual Fund Fees Davis Polk
AIG Plots End to U.S. Aid Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Strikes Again: Sewer Hikes in Alabama Rolling Stone

September 12

Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision announces higher global minimum capital standards BIS
U.S. Banking Agencies Express Support for Basel Agreement Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC
Basel III has landed — full details FT Alphaville
Basel sets banks new capital rules Financial Times
Pennsylvania sends Harrisburg help to avoid default Reuters
Dodd-Frank's unintended consequence Investment News, September 12, 2010

September 11

#Basel, #banking, the #G20 and the road ahead BCM Strategy
A G.O.P. Leader Tightly Bound to Lobbyists New York Times

September 10

BBA publishes new code for financial disclosures British Bankers Association
German Push to Delay Basel Rules Hits U.S. Opposition Bloomberg
Global Rules for Banks Draw Near New York Times
Whalen Says Basel Rules Source of `Distraction' to Banks: Video Bloomberg
Wall Street's Loopholes Portfolio.com
SEC Text: OKs Expanding Stock-by-Stock Circuit Breakers imarketnews.com
The Traders Who Skip Most of the Day Wall Street Journal
Will GAO study trump the SEC's fiduciary proposal? Investment News

September 9

September 8

Basel Capital Ratio Compromise Reached, Zeitler Says Bloomberg
Regulators agree 7% capital ratio for banks BBC
France leads charge on commodities rules reform Financial Times
Fixing America’s Broken Housing Market Project Syndicate
House, Senate agree on measure requiring standard format for spending data Nextgov
12b-2 Proposal Could Create Headaches EMII
FSA to Fine Goldman Sachs Over Probe of U.K. Unit Wall Street Journal
Alternatives to the Use of Credit Ratings in OCC Regulations Credit Risk Chronicles
EU fails to agree on transaction tax for banks Market Watch Blog

September 7

CFTC to Publish All Outside Meetings Regarding Implementation of Dodd-Frank Act CFTC
CFTC, SEC to Host Public Roundtable to Discuss Swap Data, Swap Data Repositories and Real Time Reporting CFTC
Deep Read: 'Traders, Guns & Money' NPR
Q+A-What's at stake for swap execution facilities? Reuters
Fighting Flares on New Rules For Street Wall Street Journal
Basel Schadenfreude FT Alphaville
Lessons of Lehman's Flighty Funding Wall Street Journal
Slowing of Some Trades Is Urged Wall Street Journal
SEC's Schapiro Eyes New Rules For High-Speed Traders Dow Jones
Summarizing Mary Schapiro's Comments On Being Only 20 Years Behind The Market Structure Curve ZeroHedge
Does Our Economy Really Have to Run on Fraud? Counterpunch
Burry Says No One's Accepting Blame for Financial Crisis: Video Bloomberg
Burry Discusses Derivatives, SEC Suit Against Goldman: Video Bloomberg
True Cost Of The Wall Street Bailout (PBS VIDEO) The Daily Bail

September 6

Banks May Need 9% Tier 1 Ratio With New Basel Rules, Zeit Says Bloomberg
German Banks Warn of Costs of Basel III Wall Street Journal
The road to better resolution: From bail-out to bail-in The Euro and the Financial Crisis conference
The Dodd-Frank Act: Creative Destruction, Destroyed Wall Street Journal
New council of regulators will take aim at systemic risks Washington Post
Trading systems for the world The Australian
Give the SEC A Badge and a Gun Forbes
Financial Regulatory Reform - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Financial Regulatory Reform - Changes to Regulation of Systemic Risk Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

September 5

The Fiduciary Study: A Triumph of Substance Over Form? Mercer Bullard, University of Mississippi - School of Law
Torrent of comments on fiduciary provision Investment News
Summer Rerun: The Administration’s Cosmetic Credit Market Reform Naked Capitalism
Law Review: Towns need to get tough with finances, bond lawyer says Philadelphia Inquirer
Protection of money market investors at risk Financial Times
Now The Real Work Begins EconomicPrincipals.com
Florida’s High-Speed Answer to a Foreclosure Mess New York Times

September 4

What is a capital standard?Deus Ex Macchiato
BB? AAA? Disclosure Tells Us More NY Times

September 3

Strengthening the financial system: comparing costs and benefits Bank for International Settlements
Remarks of Nout Wellink, Chairman, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BIS
Kotlikoff Says New Rules Won't Fix Banks' Problems: Video Bloomberg
U.S. Financial Reform: Too-Big-to-Fail Bailout Avoidance Provisions Duane Morris
Guest Post: The Prosecution’s Case Against Alan Greenspan ZeroHedge
Megabanks Will Shrink, Bernanke Tells Financial Crisis Commission, Yet Doubts Over Too Big To Fail Remain HuffPo
Fed’s Evans Says Derivatives Clearinghouses Carry Failure Risk Bloomberg
Swap Reform to Increase Competition, Cut Bank Profit Bloomberg
CDS Shenanigans Deus Ex Macchiato
Collateral and Rehypothecation StockLendingToday.com
Goldman Sachs Said to Be Disbanding Principal Strategies Unit Bloomberg
Could Credit Default Swaps Undermine the Fiscal Stability of Municipal Bonds? Governing
SEC Sets Rule for Muni FAs Bond Buyer
U.S. Financial Reform: Municipal Securities Duane Morris
BlackRock Chosen by Insurance Regulators to Weigh CMBS Risks Bloomberg
Will Dodd-Frank Spawn Professional Whistleblowers? Compliance Week
'Flash Crash' Politicizes U.S. Stock Market Reuters
Goldman Exposes The "Lend To Play" Conflict Scheme Involved In IPO Underwriter Allocation ZeroHedge
EU agrees financial supervision overhaul BobsGuide
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010: Congress Enacts Sweeping Financial Reform Duane Morris
End-Users and OTC Energy Derivatives: Potential Impacts Mayer Brown

September 2

War footing The Economist
Europe's 4-Regulator Solution Wall Street Journal
Bair Says Dodd-Frank May Prevent Financial Crisis Bloomberg
Resolution Authority - Too Vague To Succeed Wall Street Journal
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Holds Hearing on “Too Big to Fail” Institutions Alston & Bird
Preliminary Staff Report Government Rescues of Too-Big-To-Fail Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Bernanke Says He Failed to See Financial Flaws New York Times
"Too Much “Too Big to Fail”?" Economist's View
Bernanke Says He Wasn’t ‘Straightforward’ on Lehman Bloomberg
Bernanke Empowered Bloomberg Markets
Companies Already Lobbying Fed on Financial Rules Wall Street Journal
Insurance Agents Oppose Fiduciary Standard in Comments to SEC Bloomberg
Toxic Debt Returns to Fashion Wall Street Journal
The SEC Departs from an Important Safeguard Harvard Law School Forum
Dodd-Frank sees processing firm as 'swap execution facility' Risk Magazine
A gazillion more CDS trades FT Alphaville
Moody’s Drops Muni-Ratings Lawsuit Protection Bid Amid Protests Bloomberg
Elizabeth Warren fuels speculation by dropping Harvard class Washington Post

September 1

Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity Bank for International Settlements
A valueless banking boom? BBC
Brussels set to give way on OTC derivatives Financial Times
SEC and CFTC Consider if Lynch-Type Ownership Caps Can Mitigate Conflicts of Interest Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
Risky Funding: A unified framework for counterparty and liquidity charges Credit Risk Chronicles
Caught between Scylla and Charybdis? Regulating Bank Leverage When There Is Rent Seeking Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Lax Basel III Rules to Spur Further Bank Consolidation, Meaning More TBTF? Naked Capitalism
SEC Issues Report Cautioning Credit Rating Agencies Asset Securitization Report
SEC Says Dodd-Frank Law Lets Agency Chase Overseas Ratings Fraud Bloomberg
'Systemic Risk' Stonewall Wall Street Journal
Bear Stearns Help Was ‘Original Sin,’ Wallison Says Bloomberg
Financial Crisis Panel Lends Sympathetic Ear to Lehman’s Ex-Chief New York Times
IMF Announces Enhanced Crisis Prevention Toolkit Alston & Bird
New Amendment Targets Rating Agencies The Ratings Debate
DBRS Requests Comments on Proposed Unified Interest Rate Model Methodology Credit Risk Chrinicles
U.S. regulators say bank reforms help avoid crises Reuters
The Street girds for Warren as consumer czar NY Post
Dodd-Frank Act Ushers in New Regulations for Mortgage Originators Day Pitney

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