Reform reading: New York AG takes aim at Bank of America

By Shirley Gao

Reform reading: New York AG takes aim at Bank of America

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… July.Gruenberg is expected to easily win Senate confirmation, reports the Wall Street Journal, due in part to his previous experience as a longtime aide to then-Sen. Pa …"

Reform Reading: CFTC delays derivatives rules until end of year

By Shirley Gao

CFTC postpones derivatives rules for 6 months

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… 387 sets of all Dodd-Frank rules have yet to be proposed, according to the Wall Street Journal. Some Obama administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Ti …"

Reform reading: Big banks adopt new rallying cry that Dodd-Frank is anti-competitive

By Shirley Gao

Reform reading: Big banks adopt new rallying cry that Dodd-Frank is anti-competitive

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… e and cheap solution:  double bank capital standards to 14 percent, a Wall Street Journal editorial says.The “2,300 pages of insufficiency and misallocated credit …"

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Reform reading: Is Obama too eager to collect Wall St. campaign dollars?

By Shirley Gao

Reform reading: Obama said to be too eager to collect Wall St. campaign dollars?

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… eloping the mortgage-bond deals that helped fuel the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports.As part of a long-running probe into the deals, the Securities and …"

Reform reading: These embeds carry briefcases, calculators

By Shirley Gao

Regulators boost number of examiners embedded in big banks

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… r safety and soundness, financial performance, and management quality, the Wall Street Journal reports.The number of embedded regulators working for the New York Fed, cu …"

Reform reading: CFTC chief says "my thinking has evolved" on derivatives regulation

By Shirley Gao

Ex-Goldman exec at the forefront of regulating derivatives

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… ve had with the government of Col. Muammar Gadhafi since 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, the SEC has yet to finalize the Dodd-Frank regulations requiri …"

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Democrats demand ouster of regulator for not being tough enough with banks

By Shirley Gao

Democrats demand ouster of regulator who doesn't see need for higher capital requirements

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… rry out its Dodd-Frank financial reform responsibilities, according to the Wall Street Journal. The House bill would also set the consumer bureau’s budget at $200 mill …"

International regulators order mega-banks to boost capital to 9.5 percent

By Shirley Gao

International regulators order mega-banks to boost capital to 9.5 percent

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… & Co. will need a combined $150 billion of extra capital, reports the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column. Basel regulators give them until 2019 to f …"

"… and allowing smaller banks to compete for business, Gary Gensler told the Wall Street Journal.As chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Gensler oversees …"

Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

Yet another senior vacancy among banking regulators

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… of top financial regulators leaving the administration.Goldstein told the Wall Street Journal he will depart next month after playing a key role in setting up the   …"

Bank of America, which spent $4 billion to buy Countrywide, now must pay $8.5 billion settlement to Countrywide investors

By Julie Vorman

BofA settles big investors' complaints about Countrywide mortgage-backed loans

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wall Street Journal":

"… who lost money on mortgage-backed securities, a deal first reported by the Wall Street Journal.A group of 22 investors including giant BlackRock Inc., MetLife Inc. and t …"

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