Capital Requirements

Geithner: JPMorgan Loss 'Helps Make Case' For Regulation

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Federal Reserve, Obama Administration, Derivatives Markets, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Securities and Exchange Commission, Capital Requirements, Volcker Rule, Financial Regulation, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Tuesday that the recent $2 billion trading loss by JPMorgan "helps make the case" for tougher rules...

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Banks May Be Hundreds Of Billions Short Of Complying With New Rules

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Basel Iii Rules, Video, Basel Iii Impact, Reuters, Business News, Basel Iii Big Banks, Basel III, New-Capital-Rules, Big Banks, Capital Requirements, Business News

* Big capital hole for top 103 banks if Basel III applied -BIS * Average core capital would sag to 7.1 pct vs 10.2 pct ...

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Simon Johnson: Low Bank Capital Is Next U.S. Fiscal Crisis

Bloomberg | Simon Johnson | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bank Capital, Too Big to Fail, Bank of America, Simon Johnson, Capital Requirements, Merill Lynch, Citigroup, Business News

The summer debate that has dominated Washington seems straightforward. Under what conditions should the U.S. government be allowed to borrow more mone...

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European Banks Must Bolster Capital Cushions: ECB Official

Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: Stress Tests, European Banks, Europe Stress Tests, Jean-Claude Trichet, Greece Debt Crisis, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Italy, Spain, Capital Requirements, European Central Bank, Greece Bailout, Business News

(Reuters) - Banks that barely passed the European financial stress tests must swiftly reinforce their capital, ECB Governing Council member Erkki ...

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European Banks May Need To Raise $72B To Meet New Capital Requirements

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Deutsche Bank, European Banks, Cocos, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, Europe Banks, Societe Generale, Too Big to Fail, Greek Bonds, Santander, Biggest Banks Capital Requirements, Capital Requirements, Sifi, European Lenders, Credit Agricole, Business News

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Steve Slater and Arno Schuetze) - Europe's banks may need to raise over 50 billion euros ($71.6 Billion) after regulators slappe...

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To Keep Taxpayers Off The Hook, World's Biggest Banks Face Increased Capital Requirements

Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Hsbc, Deutsche Bank, 2008 Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Capital Surcharge, Too Big to Fail, Bank Bailout, Capital Requirements, Business News

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Sakari Suoninen and Huw Jones) - The world's biggest banks face a capital surcharge of up to three percent in a bid to keep taxp...

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JPMorgan Exec Slams Regulations

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Financial Crisis, Jamie Dimon, Sheila Bair, Basel-Accord, Capital Requirements, Business News

Executives at JPMorgan Chase aren't happy about the prospect of the government telling them how much money they must hold over for a rainy day. Th...

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Macroprudential Policy -- Filling the Black Hole

José Viñals | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Crisis Prevention, Regulatory Arbitrage, Macroprudential Policies, Loan-to-Value Ratio, Global Financial System, Systemic Risk, Capital Requirements, Credit Growth, Financial Stability, Macroprudential Regulation, Business News

Given the enormous economic and human cost of the recent financial debacle, I strongly believe that we cannot afford to miss this opportunity for substantial reform.

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World Banks Face $3.6 Trillion "Wall Of Maturing Debt," IMF Warns

Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Irish Banks, Germany, Maturing Debt, Bank Debt, Imf, European Union, Sovereign Debt, Capital Requirements, Greece, Business News

WASHINGTON (By Emily Kaiser) - The world's banks face a $3.6 trillion "wall of maturing debt" in the next two years and must compete with debt-lad...

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Megabank Myths

The New York Times | SIMON JOHNSON | Posted 05.31.2011

Back when it really mattered -- last spring, during the debate over the Dodd-Frank financial regulation -- Senator Ted Kaufman, Democrat of Delaware, ...

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Bankers: New Global Rules Could Threaten Recovery

Reuters | Kevin Drawbaugh and Dave Clarke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Reform, Too Big to Fail, Basel III, Financial Reform Bill 2010, Systemic Risk, Capital Requirements, Bank Rules, Financial Regulation, Global Financial Rules, Business News

(Reuters) - A global crackdown on bank oversight could undermine a fragile economic recovery if governments move too fast and fail to cooperate, inter...

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Top U.S. Banks Face A $100 Billion Shortfall After New Rules

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Regulation, The Financial Fix, Bank Capital, Basel III, Financial TImes, Capital Requirements, Financial Regulation, Barclays, Business News

LONDON: The new Basel III banking rules will leave the biggest U.S. banks short of between $100 billion and $150 billion in equity capital, with 90 pe...

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US Regulators Endorse New Bank Capital Standards

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve, Basel III, Banks, Basel Iii Impact, Capital Requirements, Basel Rules, Bank Capital Standards, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve and other major U.S. banking regulators are calling new global bank capital standards a "significant step forward i...

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Goldman: New Banks Rules Will Hurt 'Small' Corporations

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Mervyn King, Goldman Sachs, Corporations, Economic Crisis, Business News, Basel III, Capital Requirements, Business News

Requirements that banks hold more cash to prevent against economic downturns won't just hurt the banks themselves, but also the companies they lend to...

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Wall Street Already Finding Loopholes To The 'Volcker Rule'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Voclker Rule, Morgan Stanley, The Financial Fix, Proprietary Trading, Wall Street, Dodd-Frank, Lehman Brothers, Capital Requirements, Volcker Rule, Paul Volcker, Financial Regulation, Business News

NEW YORK - U.S. banks have found a way to continue betting their own money on some investments, despite a new law's restrictions on proprietary tradi...

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Simon Johnson: Capital Failure From The G20

The New York Times | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anat Admati, Wall Street Reform, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Basel III, Banks, Regulation, The Group of 20, Capital Requirements, Wall Street, g20, Business News

The Group of 20 summit for heads of government this weekend will apparently "hail bank reform," particularly as manifest in the Basel III process that...

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Basel Won't Prevent Another Financial Crisis, Mervyn King Says

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Mervyn King, Bank of England, Nassim Taleb, Basel III, Capital Requirements, Citigroup, Business News

Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, criticized the recent Basel III requirements, which increase the minimum amount of capital that banks mu...

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Tim Geithner Ignores Volcker Rule, Touts 'Financial Innovation'

The New York Times | SIMON JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proprietary Trading, Treasury, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Volcker Rule, Financial Crisis, Banks, Financial Innovation, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Capital Requirements, Merkley Levin Amendment, Business News

Amazingly, Mr. Geithner made no reference to the Volcker Rule, either explicitly or even implicitly -- despite the centrality of this idea to the rece...

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Geithner To Bankers: Don't Fear Reform

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Congress, Nyu, Financial Reform, Fannie Mae, Regulation, Obama, Reform, Capital Requirements, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Treasury, Financial Crisis, Banks, Business News

NEW YORK-- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner traveled to New York City on Monday to tell bankers and the financial industry that new financial regul...

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Rolfe Winkler: Greenspan's Insanely High Capital Standard Could Help Regulators

Reuters | Rolfe Winkler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greenspan FCIC, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Banks, Bear Stearns, Alan Greenspan, Rolfe Winkler, Capital Requirements, Business News

In his testimony before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission this week, Alan Greenspan suggested that Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers would have s...

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G-20 Meetings: World Officials Looks To Broker A Deal On Financial Reforms

AP | KELLY OLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Basel, Bank Tax, Tim Geithner, G20 Meetings Canada, Financial Reform, Capital Requirements, g20, Financial Regulation, G-20, Business News

BUSAN, South Korea — Finance officials from leading advanced and emerging countries began three days of talks Thursday on reshaping the global e...

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Obama To G20: It's Time To Act On Financial Reform, Can He Get World Leaders On Board?

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: G20 Toronto, Basel, The Financial Fix, Derivatives, Financial Reform, Fasb, Derivatives Reform, Obama, Imf, Capital Requirements, g20, Business News

In a Monday letter to the G20, President Obama outlined several key components of his push for international financial reform and pushed the group of ...

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Andrew Ross Sorkin: Are Banks Holding Enough Capital?

nytimes.com | ANDREW ROSS SORKIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Regulation, Bank Failure, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Tim Geithner, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Banks, New York Times, Capital Requirements, Business News

One reason the Obama administration has not tried to propose a one-size-fits-all capital requirement as part of the proposed legislation is the worry ...

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Paul Volcker, Elizabeth Warren, Ted Kaufman: We Need New Law

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, White House, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Reform, Banks, Basel Committee, Obama, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Too Big to Fail, Capital Requirements, Business News

(From the author of the book 13 Bankers, out tomorrow) Some people at the top of the administration begin to understand that it makes both economic ...

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Scaling Back Our Bloated Financial Sector

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fed, Occ, Private Equity, Financial Transactions Tax, Derivatives, Cantwell, Leverage, Capital Requirements, Volcker Rule, Supbrime, Blanche Lincoln, Wall Street Reform, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Collins Amendment, Cfpa, Glass-Steagall, Wall Street Bailout, Business News

Individual oversized banks are not the only problem Big Finance poses to the economy -- the overall sector is much too large.

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