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Week in Review: A New Year for Regulation

David Evans, Robert Litan, John Talor, and Larry White are joined by special guest Bill Isaac of LECG. Bill was the Chairman of the FDIC from 1978 to 1985. He's now chairs the global financial services practice at LECG. Topics for discussion include the CFPA, the Dodd proposal, the AIG bailout, and systemic risk regulation. .

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Lombard Street

Volume 2, Issue 1

January 18, 2010

Effective Cross-Border Supervision: From Imperative to Implementation

by Richard H. Neiman

In the wake of the financial crisis, an effective framework for cross-border supervision of financial institutions has become an even more compelling imperative

Financial Crisis, Interconnectedness and Regulatory Capital

Problems experienced in the U.S. subprime mortgage market in mid-2007 rapidly escalated to a liquidity crisis in the financial system, leading to a full blown financial crisis in 2008-9 and the worst global recession experienced since the Great Depression in 1929.

Real time solutions for US financial reform

by Viral Acharya

November 2008 saw the global financial system on the brink of collapse; the crisis – which began in 2007 – had entered a new and dangerous phase.

After The Crisis: Reforming Financial Regulation

by Abel Mateus

Unless there is a major reform of the regulatory systems in the U.S. and the EU, the extraordinary government bailouts of large financial institutions, which were considered too-big-to-fail, have created a major moral hazard problem and will seed an even larger financial crisis in the future.

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"With further discussion, careful crafting, and a thorough examination of what jurisdictional boundaries still remain sensible, we can and must get these complex and important public policy decisions right..." Read more from William E. Kovacic

""By establishing a floor and not a ceiling, the CFPA can provide explicit safeguards, while preserving the local presence and power that remains flexible to adjust to ever-emerging financial industry practices and products." Read more from Sarah Bloom Raskin

"A U.S. derivatives regulator will go a long way towards equipping itself to meaningfully reduce the probability of another system-threatening OTC derivatives debacle..." Read more from Adam W. Glass

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"Whether to blame the financial crisis on Freddie and Fannie is partially about the blame game between Democrats and Republicans inside the Beltway. But it is also about a battle for ideas..."[Erik Gerding, The Conglomerate]

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Dodd not the only lame duck: Midterm prospects will slow down reform momentum

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