Financial Regulatory Overhaul

Financial Regulators At War -- With Each Other

ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, Bailout, Financial Regulation Competition, Financial Reform, Financial Regulation Internal Fight, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Financial Regulation, Financial Watchdogs, Business News

Backers of financial regulatory reform are gearing up for the final stretch in a yearlong effort to construct a new, streamlined architecture. But rec...

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Banks Hire Derivatives Expert To Fight Financial Reform

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Meltdown, Lobbying, Derivatives, Lobbyblog, Banking Industry, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Edward Rosen, Business News

Several major banks are fending off legislation meant to regulate the lucrative derivatives market by hiring a high-powered financial lobbyist. The H...

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Jeff Muskus

Hoyer: Financial Reform Floor Vote Coming Next Month

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steny Hoyer, House Democrats, Regulatory Reform, Barney Frank, Financial Reform, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, House Financial Services Committee, Politics News

Look for financial regulatory reform to get a House floor vote in November, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday. "We expect to bring that bill t...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Systemic Risk Panel Would Lack Independence; Treasury Secretary Would Call The Shots

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, White House, Treasury Department, Financial Reform, Barney Frank, Keith Ellison, Barack Obama, Consumer Federation of America, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Systemic Risk Regulator, Systemic Risk, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Financial Regulation, Business News

If the White House and congressional leaders get their way, the vaunted new oversight council charged with overseeing systemic risk in the financial m...

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For Whom the (Trading) Bell Tolls: Reforming Wall Street to Protect Main Street

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Jared Bernstein, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Financial Regulation, Business News
Jared Bernstein

It's all too easy to see why failing to reform our financial system could be devastating to the middle class. So the debate over financial regulatory reform must not be an isolated debate solely involving regulators and traders.

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Financial Regulatory Overhaul Is Detailed

Washington Post | Binyamin Appelbaum and David Cho | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Financial Overhaul, Regulatory Overhaul, Federal Role, Federal Reserve, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Financial Regulations, Politics News

The Obama administration last night detailed a series of proposals that would involve the government much more deeply in the private markets, from hel...

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Financial Regulatory Overhaul Starts Next Month Amid Intense Lobbying

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Overhaul, Regulatory Overhaul, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Business News

Congress will next month start the biggest regulatory overhaul of the US financial system in decades, bringing into the open a frantic lobbying effort...

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