The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. found "shortcomings" in the resolution plans of three of the largest banks last week, and found Citigroup's resolution plan "deficient," all because of problems ...

Mark Brickell Chair, International Swaps and Derivatives Association (1988-1992) Every business faces risk when it opens its doors. If you're running an automobile manufacturing company and you borrow ...

Swaps and other derivatives, blamed by some for causing the global financial crisis, have returned in a big but deceptive way. The Bank for International Settlements reports that the notional amount ...

The biggest U.S. banks are likely to see little impact from a portion of the Dodd-Frank Act that seeks to constrain derivatives activity. In a report Tuesday, Fitch Ratings argues that the “swaps push ...

Gretchen Morgenson, take note: this is how to write a good article about municipalities dabbling in derivatives. But the fact is that municipalities around the world have been ripped off by ...

Demanding Diversity Through Uniformity“Derivatives” have gone from being the hottest thing on Wall Street to being the hottest thing in Washington. Indeed, President Obama -- who mentioned them no ...

On 30 July 1998, Alan Greenspan, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve argued that: “Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated by professionals is unnecessary.” On 30 July ...

Over at FT Alphaville, Craig Pirrong has a response to my concerns that OTC derivative regulation has major loopholes. Pirrong validates my worries as he also believes these loopholes are real, but ...

First Impressions In December, the SEC released a document that addressed the derivatives usage of mutual funds (and exchange-traded funds). The commission has been busy over the past year, having ...

A self-proclaimed Democratic socialist without a super PAC, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has pretty much hinged his entire campaign on taking down Wall Street. He calls the economy "rigged," and he ...

STOCK exchanges have not been lucky in love recently. Deutsche Börse's proposed merger with NYSE Euronext was blocked by regulators in February. Romances between the exchanges of Singapore and ...