Insurance Regulation
Bond Buffer Seen in Demand for Swaps Collateral: Credit Markets
New collateral rules for hedge funds, insurers and others in the $633 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market are poised to boost demand for U.S. Treasuries, potentially slowing rising yields as ...SIFI Designation A Credit Positive For AIG: Moody’s
In an article published yesterday in its weekly "Credit Outlook" publication, Moody's Investors Service said the Financial Stability Oversight Council's designation of American International Group as ...
Fed’s Plosser Favors Too-Big-To-Fail Firms Holding More Capital
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser called for the largest financial institutions to hold more capital to help prevent a repeat of the recent financial crisis, and renewed ...
Federal Regulation Would Have Uncovered AIG Problems In ’08: Benmosche
Federal regulation at the holding company level would have prevented the near-failure of American International Group in 2008—and had the company actually failed, it would have disrupted the entire ...
Financial Firms’ Living Wills Risk Clash of Nations Over Assets, Warns AIG’s Benmosche
American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said that living wills, designed to help unwind struggling financial firms, may lead to international disputes. Comparing ...
AIG’s Benmosche Uncertain About ILFC Sale; Welcomes Extra Oversight
American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche raised doubt about whether the company will complete a sale of its plane-leasing unit to a Chinese investor group by a ...
FDIC to Define Non-Bank Financial Firms Under Resolution Powers
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board will vote on rules defining whether a non-bank company is engaged in financial activity to an extent that would subject it to the agency's liquidation in the ...
AIG, Prudential Named ‘Systemically Important’ by Financial Stability Council
American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and a unit of General Electric Co. were identified by U.S. regulators as potential risks to the financial system in a step toward putting ...