Regulation & Compliance
S&P’s ‘AA+’ Rating On U.S. Now Stable As Downside Risks Abate
Standard & Poor's revised the outlook on its "AA+" credit rating for the United States to stable from negative, noting that some downside risks have abated. The risks have receded to the point ...
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 ...
Oregon Insurance Commissioner Savage Leaving Post; Cali To Replace Him
Oregon Insurance Commissioner Lou Savage is leaving the Insurance Division to work on legal reform in emerging democracies overseas after nearly two years at the post. Laura Cali, the division's ...
Obama Orders Patent Changes to Combat Abuses
President Barack Obama announced a series of actions aimed at protecting technology, finance and retail companies from lawsuits and demands for fees by businesses that abuse the patent system. The ...