Discussion of the new world of U.S. financial regulation that will be developing over the coming months continued last Thursday as the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform received testimony on oversight of the financial markets from the SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, among others.  Chairman Cox’s testimony can be [...]

There has been so much news and volitility over the past couple of weeks that it is hard to get a feeling of where things are headed.  It seems pretty clear, however, that this in this brave new world of government sponsored capitalism there is likely to be more hedge [...]

On July 24, 2008 SEC Chairman Christopher Cox testified before the Congressional Committee on Financial Services concerning the reform of the financial regulatory system. His statement: Given these business, accounting, and regulatory differences, imposing the existing commercial bank regulatory regime on investment banks would be a mistake. It is conceivable [...]

Jul. 24, 2008 Testimony Concerning Reform of the Financial Regulatory System, Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives Given these business, accounting, and regulatory differences, imposing the existing commercial bank regulatory regime on investment banks would be a mistake. It is conceivable that Congress could create a [...]