Resources

6 Resources for

financial reform

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email

BNET Resources

Needed: Major Financial Reform
Needed: Major Financial ReformFinancial Reform - Governance Component[pre]The corporate governance of the largest financial institutions still hasn't been fixed. Yes, Citigroup dumped Chuck Prince and Merrill got rid of Stanley O'Neal, but I'm not convinced that a really effective check and balance system has been created between the new CEOs...
Tags: bank, financial, Financial Reform, Needed
Discussion threads 2008-02-29
We Need Real Financial Reform
Recently there's been another cry for better financial literacy education. That's fine, but it shouldn't replace real financial reform, says MoneyWatch's Eric Schurenberg.
Tags: Financial, MoneyWatch, Financial Accounting, Finance, Eric Schurenberg, Financial Reform, Financial Literacy
Videos 2009-11-23
Financial Reform Is Being Wasted On Populist Politics
Big banks will end up swallowing niche financial institutions, in effect creating a monopoly environment that ends up ripping off tomorrow's consumers and investors. by Daniel M. Harrison
Tags: Financial, Financial Reform, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Daniel M. Harrison
Blog posts 2009-09-10
Why Obama's Bank Shakeup Won't Save Consumers
The White House would have been better off giving broader powers to existing regulatory agencies and focusing more on efforts to educate investors. As part of his planned overhaul of the entire...
Tags: Bank, Financial, Agency, MoneyWatch, Mortgages, Financial Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Capital Structures, Marketing, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, CPFA, Financial Reform, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Regulation, Unintended Consequences, Suzanne McGee
Articles 2009-06-23
Obama Financial Overhaul: Will It Work?
The White House's proposed shakeup of the financial regulatory systems is a mixed bag, says CBS MoneyWatch.com editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger. She digs through the plan to see what makes sense and what doesn't.
Tags: CBS MoneyWatch.com, Shakeup, MoneyWatch, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, Financial Decoder, Jill Schlesinger, Eric Schurenberg
Videos 2009-06-26
Watch It Now: Obama on Financial Reform
One year after the Wall Street meltdown, President Barack Obama took the nation's financial institutions to task and outlined his proposals for reform.
Tags: Financial, MoneyWatch, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, President Barack Obama, Financial Reform, Wall Street
Videos 2009-09-14

Additional Resources

Four Questions About Obama's Financial Reform
Today the President outlined, in general terms, the principles of the financial reform package that he would like to see.  Good thing: I was worried that the health care debate and the stock market recovery had made him forget all about it. My colleague Jill Schlesinger is...
Tags: Regulator, Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance, Eric Schurenberg
Blog posts 2009-09-14
Obama's Financial Reform: All Talk, No Action
It's just so predictable: use the anniversary of Lehman's bankruptcy to talk about regulatory reform. President Obama's Financial Rescue and Reform speech today at Federal Hall (a beautiful building downtown, that's worth a visit if you are in the neighborhood) was laden with some harsh words: "there are some in...
Tags: Financial, Obama, Financial Accounting, Finance, Jill Schlesinger
Blog posts 2009-09-14
Financial Reform Effort in Danger of Splintering
Sure was entertaining to see the nation's top financial regulators clashing over turf on Friday like hyenas scrapping over a bone. More seriously, it shows the cracks appearing in the Obama administration's campaign for financial reform. Testifying Friday before the House Financial Services Committee, Treasury Secretary Tim...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Financial, Consumer Protection, Consumer Protection Plan, Dugan, Financial Accounting, Finance, Alain Sherter
Blog posts 2009-07-27
CHINA TO QUICKEN MONETARY FINANCIAL REFORM
AsiaInfo Services 01-24-2000 China to Quicken Monetary Financial Reform CHINA, January 24, AsiaPort -- According to Mr. Dai Xianglong, president of the People's Bank of China, China will make efforts to quicken monetary financial reform....
Tags: financial, Quicken
Research articles 2000-01-24
Fed and Treasury Spell Stalemate On Financial Reform
Even though the House of Representatives passed financial reform legislation 214-213 late Wednesday night, the likelihood the bill will become law this year is slim. A major disagreement between the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of Treasury may ultimately ruin chances for financial reform legislation to be passed anytime...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, financial, Government
Research articles 1998-05-16
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: ADB approves second tranche of financial reform loan to Indonesia.
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 January 1999-ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: ADB approves second tranche of financial reform loan to Indonesia C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:120199 The Asian Development Bank ADB today approved the release of US$500 million of the Financial Governance Reform Loan for Indonesia. This is the second tranche...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, FINANCE, financial, Government, Indonesia
Research articles 1999-01-12
Financial Reform: How We Should Choose the Regulators
Editor's Note: Economist Mark Thoma is guest-blogging for The Macro View this week. With all the talk of financial reform lately, one area I don't think is receiving enough attention is how the regulators who will oversee the financial system will be chosen. I will use the...
Tags: President, Regulator, Federal Reserve Board, Financial, Board, Member, Governor, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Mark Thoma
Blog posts 2009-09-23
Garn gives views on reform issues. (Jake Garn, financial reform) (Update) (Brief Article)
Garn gives views on reform issues Sen. Jake Garn, ranking minority member of the Senate Banking Committee, speaking at ABA's National Operations and Automation Conference in May, addressed several points of the ongoing financial reform debate. He observed that during his 16 years in...
Tags: bank, Banking, financial, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1991-08-01
CHINA TO FURTHER PROMOTE FINANCIAL REFORM
AsiaInfo Services 11-13-2001 China to Further Promote Financial Reform China, Nov 13, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- The spokesman of the People's Bank of China said on Noc.11 in Beijing that the entry into World Trade Organization WTO will br ...
Tags: financial, foreign bank, World Trade Organization
Research articles 2001-11-13
Chances for financial reform this year grow dim
In last week's Fax Update, I noted that the developments surrounding financial reform legislation are changing daily. While I believed the reform bill's chances looked good a week ago, those chances have since diminished. The developments surrounding Long-Term Capital Management, the global hedge fund, are raising serious questions about bank...
Tags: FINANCE, financial, Insurance, Investment, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1998-10-03
Financial Reform: An Obama Growth Industry
Rick Newman submits: It wasn't part of the stimulus package, but President Obama's financial reform could turn out to rank among Washington's biggest job-creation programs. One contributing factor in the financial meltdown has been a patchwork regulatory system with wide gaps exploited by companies like [[AIG]], Countrywide Financial,...
Tags: Financial, US Market, Rick Newman, American International Group Inc.
External links 2009-06-30
After the Fall, Little Progress on Financial Reform
A year removed from the failure of Lehman Brothers, from peering into the economic abyss, and the patient is doing just fine. Phew, close call! Now let's get outside and enjoy the sunshine. Investors feel frisky again, banks are pulling their structured finance playbooks down off the shelf. Washington and...
Tags: Bank, Financial, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Alain Sherter
Blog posts 2009-09-15
China says bankruptcy part of financial reform
BEIJING, Jan. 21 Kyodo The bankruptcy of Guangdgong International Trust and Investment Corp. Gitic is an indication of the Chinese government's resolve to persevere with financial reform, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday. The government's decision last week to allow the bankruptcy of Gitic, a financial arm of the Guangdong...
Tags: Bank of China
Research articles 1999-01-25
ADB OKs 2nd part of financial reform loan to Indonesia
MANILA, Jan. 12 Kyodo The Asian Development Bank ADB on Tuesday approved the release of a 500 million U.S. dollar loan to be used for financial reform in Indonesia. The loan is the second tranche of the 1.4 billion dollar policy loan approved last June for the economically troubled country...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, financial
Research articles 1999-01-18
  • << Previous
  • page 1 of 1
  • Next >>
advertisement
advertisement
Click Here