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US Regulatory Agencies Seek Public Comment on Risk Retention Proposal

In accordance with the risk-retention requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010, six federal agencies are seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would require sponsors of asset-backed securities to retain at least 5 percent of the credit risk of the a
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

State of Ireland: State of Crisis

Justin O'Brien of the CLMR at the University of New South Wales discusses how the interlinked corporate regulatory and political failures in Ireland has produced a seismic shift in the political landscape.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Implementation of the IOSCO Credit Rating Agencies Principles

The purpose of the report was to evaluate, in light of the 2003 IOSCO Principles Regarding the Activities of Credit Rating Agencies, several of the recent regulatory initiatives that impact or will shortly impact credit rating agencies whose ratings are used for regulatory purposes in multiple juris
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

IOSCO Discussion Paper on Mitigating Systemic Risk

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has released a paper which aims to promote discussion among regulators on the ways systemic risk comes under their mandates, and to give them insights into how they can identify, monitor, mitigate and manage systemic risk.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

IOSCO Report on the Trading of OTC Derivatives

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions has released a report which analyses the trading of over-the-counter derivatives.
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Friday, February 18, 2011

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