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Proprietary raiding
US President Obama in January unveiled a proposal to prevent banks from owning, investing in or sponsoring hedge funds, private equity funds or proprietary trading operations for their own profit. What...
The US Treasury has appointed Charles Collyns as assistant secretary for international finance following his confirmation by the US Senate. Collyns, who previously served as the deputy director of the...
The US Treasury has appointed Charles Collyns as assistant secretary for international finance following his confirmation by the US Senate. Collyns, who previously served as the deputy director of the...
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Paying by the rules
As the US Treasury’s special master for executive compensation, Kenneth Feinberg has the task of overseeing pay for the top 100 employees at firms receiving exceptional government aid. In an exclusive interview, he discusses progress on pay reform,...
401(k) reform could prompt expansion of US annuity sector
Moves by the US government to promote greater use of annuities among 401(k) defined contribution members will be a definite boost to annuity providers, according to a senior figure at New York-based insurer MetLife. Jody Strakosch, national director...
PPIP puchases just $3.4bn MBSs in first three months
The US Treasury’s Public-Private Investment Programme (PPIP) purchased just $3.4 billion of mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) in its first quarter of operation, despite the fact that approved money managers had access to more than seven times that sum...
FDIC wades into US remuneration debate
WASHINGTON, DC – US regulators are publicly arguing over the form regulation should take to curb inappropriate Wall Street bonuses. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) chairman Sheila Bair has published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking...
Lloyds and OFAC settle for $217m on sanctions violations
WASHINGTON, DC – The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a $217 million settlement with Lloyds TSB over compliance violations relating to wire transfers with Iranian, Libyan and Sudanese customers. The federal government...
Credit Suisse agrees $536 million sanctions OFAC settlement
WASHINGTON, DC – The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a record $536 million settlement with Credit Suisse, after the Swiss bank violated OFAC’s rules in what the regulator called “egregious sanctions violations”....
Bonus response “perfectly justified”, says pay czar
The public outcry over hefty discretionary pay awards at financial firms is justified, says the US Treasury's special master for executive compensation, Kenneth Feinberg. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Risk, Feinberg says: "Of course there's...
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