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 ...
On September 22, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) issued a policy statement (the “Equity Policy Statement”) that relaxed and clarified ...
On Saturday, September 20, the US Treasury sent Congress a draft of proposed legislation which would permit the US Treasury to set up a program to purchase troubled assets from financial ...
This Chapter discusses the principal federal laws, and certain other legal considerations, involved in the acquisition of an insured U.S. bank or thrift (depository institution) by a fore...
This Chapter discusses the expanded powers that a foreign bank or its parent [herein foreign banking organization or FBO] may exercise in the United States if it successfully elects to be...
As has been widely discussed in the financial press, on July 28, 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the Treasury Department’s support for covered bonds as “a promising f...
We will not pretend that US disclosure standards are easy. It is the primary argument of this article, however, that they are not as difficult or impractical as many fear. By the beginnin...
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Capital Markets Forum, International Bar Association
The Capital Markets Forum is pleased to present its sixth discussion paper. It is written by Randall Guynn and is an essay on the need for international harmonization of modernised nation...
