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Institutional Financial Derivatives
http://www.institutionalfinancialderivatives.…
Select news and observations updated daily about financial derivatives and related areas including markets, regulation, special issues, problems and trends. It is intended for senior financial management of Fortune 500 companies, 100m+ funds, institutional investors and related professionals.
- Added on: Sep 19th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Climate Gate: Gore and the Carbon Tax Scam
With more and more people changing their minds about ‘global warming’ as a consequence of the increase in alarmist propaganda on behalf of the warmists, Al Gore’s lies are increasingly being confronted in the public arena. He is shame...
Backdoor Bailout
NYT – A ray of sunlight broke through the Washington fog last week when Neil M. Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, published his office’s report on the government bailout last year of the American Inter...
Good Sherman vs. Weasel Geithner
Rep. Brad Sherman getting frustrated with Treasury head Geithner dodging direct questions on derivatives. Rep. Sherman objects to TARP on steriods. Posted in Bailout Trillions, Bank Rip-Offs, Congressional, Dark Pools, Derivatives Disclosure, Deri...
Sovereign Debt the New Subprime?
FT – A few weeks ago, Claudio Borio, head of research at the Bank for International Settlements, warned in a solemn note to Group of 20 leaders that modern financial policymakers are “driving while just looking in the rear-view mirror”: wes...
SEC to Focus on Derivatives as Insider Probes Expand
Bloomberg – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will focus on financial instruments such as derivatives as it broadens a crackdown on insider trading by hedge funds, enforcement director Robert Khuzami said. “The days of insider-trad...
Reconfirm Bernanke?
Ben Bernanke has been scheduled for a confirmation hearing for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chairman. The Senate Banking Committee will question him on Dec. 3. Rep. Alan Grayson has come out strongly recently urging an audit of the F...
