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In Brown-Vitter Bill, a Banking Overhaul With Possible Teeth | NYTimes.com
Jesse Eisinger from ProPublica skewers big banks’ objections to increasing capital buffers as proposed by the bipartisan Brown-Vitter bill: Goldman Sachs and S.& P. estimate the big banks might be...
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Are Australian banks really sound?
Business Spectator reports: In a statement APRA chairman John Laker said that, in implementing the Basel III liquidity reforms, the authority’s objectives were to improve its ability to assess and...
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Can two senators end ‘too big to fail’? | The Big Picture
Barry Ritholz writes: The idea that two senators from opposite sides of the ideological spectrum can find common ground to attack a problem with a simple solution is novel in the Senate these days. If...
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Too-big-to-fail Q&A. Get the facts | Sober Look
Interesting pro-bank piece by Sober Look. I have added my comments in italics. The debate around “too big to fail” of the US banking system is often infused with political rhetoric and media hype....
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