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Central Bank of Ireland Publishes Review of the Regulatory Regime For the Safeguarding of Client Assets

The Central Bank of Ireland has outlined its plan to strengthen the protection of client assets and published the “Review of the Regulatory Regime for the Safeguarding of Client Assets” which contains wide-ranging recommendations, covering internal operational and structural issues for firms, revisi

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Central Bank of Ireland Publishes Macro-Financial Review

In a new report, the Central Bank of Ireland (“Bank”) identified risks around continued economic weakness, over-indebted private and public sectors and warned that mortgage stress, poor profit outlooks and funding pressures could see the fresh capital put into the country's banks erode quicker

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Friday, March 23, 2012

SEC Commissioner States That Investor Protection is Needed for True Capital Formation

SEC Commissioner Aguilar sets out his concerns with The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (HR 3606) in this speech which highlights the need for increased investor protection.

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Friday, March 16, 2012

New York Times Publishes Opinion From Disgruntled Former Goldman Sachs Employee

Greg Smith was Goldman Sach’s head of US equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He bid farewell to his 12-year career at Goldman Sachs on 14 March 2012 by penning a column for the New York describing a toxic and destructive work environment.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Federal Reserve Announces Summary Results (and Corrects) Latest Round of Bank Stress Tests

On March 13, the Federal Reserve announced summary results of the latest round of bank stress tests, which show that the majority of the 19 largest U.S.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Little Value in Bankrupt Ideology of Share Price

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Friday, March 2, 2012

Lynn Stout of UCLA Law School says It's time to recognise shareholder value ideology is just that - an ideology, not a legal requirement or a practical necessity of modern business life.

Who Rights Wrongs Better? The Sheriff or the Bounty Hunter

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Michael Legg of the CLMR argues that class actions undesirably substitute private for public law enforcement.

New York Times Reports on The Volcker Rule and the Costs of Good Intentions

Andrew Sorkin of the New York Times has opined on the embedded costs for the US and global economy associated with implementation of the Volcker Rule.

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Monday, February 13, 2012

New York Times Reports that SEC Is Avoiding Tough Sanctions For Large Banks

The New York Times reports that even as the Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its investigations of Wall Street in the last decade, the agency has repeatedly allowed the biggest firms to avoid punishments specifically meant to apply to fraud cases.

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Friday, February 3, 2012

European Securities and Markets Authority Publishes Central Repository of Credit Rating Agency Performance Statistics

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a central repository of credit rating statistics and the historical performance of credit rating agencies.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

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