Last Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee voted to move forward with proposed legislation concerning derivatives contracts regulation. Ranking minority leader Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) impressively opposed the bill; however, the Vote ended 13-8 in favor of passage anyway, with one Republican, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), voting in favor of the legislation. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Embedded Derivative in Financial Regulatory Reform Legislation
In Le Gardien on April 25, 2010 at 9:09 PMGov’t Paper
In Le Gardien on December 7, 2009 at 3:51 AMIn this version of Le Gardien, we spotlight not the commercial paper market, but the government paper market; and more specifically the sovereign debt market as a bubbling area for potential concern.
Gillian Tett, a prominent ahead-of-the-curve writer at Financial Times, has featured an article outlining concern for sovereign debt risk levels escalating across banking portfolios worldwide. Read the rest of this entry »
CoCo Bonds
In Le Gardien on November 17, 2009 at 12:08 AM“You are what you eat,” so goes the old nutrition adage.
That thought in mind, Le Gardien represents a new thread provided here, one whereby the freshest products being offered in the financial planetary landscape will be explored and/or at least made known a little more so in fuller, adequate lighting.
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