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Barry Ritholtz

Risky Lenders Did More Aggressive Lobbying: IMF Report

Posted 12.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbying, Lending, International Monetary Fund, Risky Lending, Financial Crisis, Imf, Systemic Risk, Barry Ritholtz, Business News

Over the last few few decades, financial lobbying yielded an incredible return on investment for Wall Street -- albeit, in the form of taxpayer bailou...

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How to Regulate Derivatives: Barry Ritholtz

The Big Picture | Barry Ritholtz | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Phill Gramm, Financial Reform, Derivatives, Barry-Ritholtz, Alan Greenspan, Gary Gensler, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Cftct, Business News

Any plan that seeks to reverse the unregulated wild west that derivatives have existed in since 2000 must have a simple beginning: Repeal the Commodit...

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Ritholtz: Why Does UBS Still Employ Phil Gramm?

The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Phil Gramm, Deregulation, Finanical Regulation, Barry-Ritholtz, Finanical Crisis, Business News

Last week, UBS announced a 2nd Quarter loss "due to restructuring charges." The banking giant is raising $3.45 billion in a stock sale. Partly owned ...

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