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Financial reform fight heats up in House

Source: Politico
Washington : DC : USA | 20 days ago  
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  • US Representative Barney Frank holds a news conference on issues before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
    US Representative Barney Frank holds a news conference on issues ...
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  • Frank holds a news conference on issues before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
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  • U.S. Representative Barney Frank departs following a news conference on issues before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
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  • U.S. Representative Barney Frank talks during a news conference on issues before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
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  • Frank answers questions during a news conference on issues before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
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  • U.S. Representative Barney Frank checks his mobile phone as he departs following a news conference on issues before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
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  • U.S. President Obama speaks about small business in Washington
    U.S. President Obama speaks about small business in Washington
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US Representative Barney Frank holds a news conference on issues ...
The House was supposed to be the path of least resistance on financial reform. But Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank is fighting off attacks from the right and left on his legislation. He’s priming for a House floor showdown with another Democratic chairman, Henry...
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    The bill gives the Federal Reserve the power to determine which firms are actually "too big to fail" and pose systemic risk to the financial system. But it also creates a new council of financial risk regulators. Here's Bloomberg: .... House
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    At the committee's legislative drafting session on Tuesday, Representative Paul Kanjorski, the Pennsylvania Democrat who heads the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, added the requirement of registration by offshore funds. ...
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    The whole point of these bills is to get a large enough understanding of the total amount of capital that the systemic risk regulator should be aware of,” Mr. Kanjorski said. ... The committee exempted venture capital funds and funds with less than
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    During periods of market instability -- such as during the fall of 2008 -- the exercise of these netting and collateral rights can increase systemic risks. At such times, the resulting fire sale of collateral can depress prices, freeze market ....
  • Blog Source: www.thedeal.com
    Indeed, the point of the bill is to give lawmakers a better sense of how large the private capital industry is so it can better gauge the systemic risk it poses to the financial system, if any. ... finance at the New York University Stern School of
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