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Credit ratings agencies are more powerful than regulators – why not harness...
Tomorrow the House and Senate conference committee is finalizing the language for credit rating agencies. The push and shove is in full flight… Senator Al Franken is promoting his amendment to...
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How to untangle the credit rating agency’s conflicts of interest
The House and Senate conferees worked hard to today to reconcile their versions of financial reform. Agreement was reached on private funds, insurance regulation and the merger of bank regulators. A...
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The Wall Street Reform Bill: Conference Update
A summary of where we are in the legislative reform process of the financial system. [BTW: follow me on Twitter – cate_long — tweeting on the conference process) From an email announcement from the...
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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
* * * A ten page summary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act * * * The full text of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act * * * Davis Polk...
View ArticleThis is real leadership – Liz Warren for consumer financial protection head
The primary lubricant of the financial system is confidence… Restoring American’s belief in the financial and banking system will require years. Americans must believe that the credit, investing and...
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Capitalism’s scalptakers
I got a call yesterday from the communications director of the SEC’s Enforcement Division. He asked if I would publicize several high level job openings. Here are the positions: Associate Director,...
View ArticleMad meat… how securitized lending collapsed the financial system
Mad meat! how securitized lending collapsed the financial system View more presentations from catelong.
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Open source time….
Well… I’ve been over at Riski all the time… and on Twitter too… Visit over there… and I’ll have a new project coming soon…
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I’ve been over at MuniLand
This blog has been neglected for quite some time as I’ve been blogging about the municipal bond market at my MuniLand blog at Reuters. I post twice a day there with a morning round-up of links from...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs comes late to the game
The Financial Times ran a story Monday about Goldman Sachs becoming the first big dealer to orient its business around electronic fixed-income trading and away from “hands-on” order processing in light...
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