Consumer finance
Republicans renew opposition to US consumer finance watchdog
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Senate minority vows to block any and all CFPB directors, unless Congress is able to approve the agency's budget
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The Q2 slowdown in US growth is no short-term blip, according to investors.
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Standard & Poor's (S&P) has partnered with Experian, a global information services company to create a series of consumer credit default indexes, which will provide an insight into the health of the US...
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Dodd calls for ‘strong, independent’ consumer watchdog
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US Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd has reiterated the need for a "strong, independent consumer protection watchdog" to crack down on abusive practices. In a statement published on the Banking Committee’s website, Dodd said a new agency...
Talf year-end report card mixed, say analysts
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Efforts by the Federal Reserve over the past year to reignite securitisation markets have been successful in some asset classes but not in others, analysts say. The Fed's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (Talf) seems to have restored markets...
Breaking the chains
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The need to diversify customer credit risk and the rising importance of fiduciary standards make open architecture distribution vital to structured products’ future. As advisers become concentrated in bigger institutions and market volumes remain...
Wrap it up and start again
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Marketing structured products is a tough challenge, with both nascent and established markets battered by the Lehman Brothers collapse. Meanwhile, providers must also adapt their techniques to suit interactive and online channels, and be increasingly...
Ashes to ashes Last rites for the tobacco industry?
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The Department of Justice is suing the tobacco industry for $280 billion—a sum that has had many tobacco chiefs choking on their cheroots. John Caserta assesses the likely impact of the lawsuit
BITS publishes new guidelines for Financial Services Aggregation
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BITS, a Washington, DC-based non-profit consortium of 100 of the largest financial institutions in the US, has published new voluntary guidelines for financial services aggregation that promote sound, private and secure services.
S&P versus Basel II: A fragile accord
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By publicly casting doubt over aspects of the Basel II Accord's methodology, rating agency Standard & Poor's is voicing concerns shared by many in the banking industry. Joanne Hart asks how this dispute may affect bondholders and the market in general....
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