This survey provides an overview of the various measures and programs for the financial sector which have been adopted or announced, or are currently being discussed, by the governments o...
The political struggle has begun over the conditions that will be attached to the release of the second half of the TARP funds. The first public salvo in this struggle was fired by Repres...
At a public meeting yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules designed to address perceived conflicts of interest in the credit rating industry, while deferrin...
Recently, Senators Harkin and Collins separately proposed bills covering OTC derivatives, clearing of credit default swaps and regulatory restructuring, to be presented to the lame duck C...
The New York State Department of Insurance will delay indefinitely its previously outlined plan to regulate credit default swaps, while remaining on active surveillance of the various fed...
The FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (the TLG Program), which guarantees certain senior unsecured debt issued by eligible banking entities and provides unlimited deposit ins...
Last week, Treasury completed its investment in the nine systemically important banks and, on October 31 st , Treasury posted standardized final documents on its website. The final docume...
The FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (the TLG Program), which guarantees certain senior unsecured debt issued by eligible banking institutions and provides unlimited deposit...
In the wake of intense pressure in the global credit markets and continued turmoil in the stock markets, the US Treasury Department, in coordination with other G-7 governments, yesterday ...