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Sarbanes grills Brickell over Ofheo nomination

The US Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on Mark Brickell's nomination for director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (Ofheo), the regulator for government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, this afternoon.

Sarbanes grills Brickell over Ofheo nomination

The US Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on Mark Brickell’s nomination for director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (Ofheo), the regulator for government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, this afternoon…

S&P to apply stress test to power firms

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) is to apply a stress test designed to measure how well power companies can stand price swings in volatile electricity markets. The move is part of the credit rating agency’s effort to combat criticism of rating agency failure to…

Who will be on Basel II in the US?

Observers are wondering, now that the US regulatory agencies have released their advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR), which banking institutions will be considered mandatory banks, and be forced to use the advanced credit and operational risk…

Hong Kong to adopt loose approach to Basel II

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the financial regulator for the special administrative region of China, will not be mandating that certain types of banks adopt certain portions of the revised Basel Accords, according to a speech by Simon Toping,…

Standard & Poor's enters portfolio risk modelling

Standard & Poor's (S&P) Risk Solutions has launched a portfolio risk tracker model. The model covers both credit and market risk, which should allow banks to calculate their economic capital and perform risk assessments across the full range of risks…

FASB unlikely to delay FIN 46, says CSFB

The US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is unlikely to delay the introduction of financial interpretation number 46 (FIN 46), the consolidation of variable interest entities (VIEs), according to the accounting and tax research team at Credit…

FASB unlikely to delay FIN 46, says CSFB

The US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is unlikely to delay the introduction of financial interpretation number 46 (FIN 46), the consolidation of variable interest entities (VIEs), according to the accounting and tax research team at Credit…

BNP Paribas beats SG for ZCM assets

French bank BNP Paribas has entered the final stages of negotiations to purchase about 140 structured transactions linked to funds investments from Zurich Capital Markets (ZCM), a division of Swiss insurer Zurich Financial.

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