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On the Revisions to Basel III’s Liquidity Requirements 23 Jan 2013 | 09:20 pm
So the Basel Committee finally released its revisions to the all-important Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), which I have written about at length. Most of the press coverage has painted the revisions as...
On the Revisions to Basel III’s Liquidity Requirements 23 Jan 2013 | 09:20 pm
So the Basel Committee finally released its revisions to the all-important Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), which I have written about at length. Most of the press coverage has painted the revisions as...
Volcker Rule: “Market Making” and the SEC 3 Dec 2012 | 06:36 pm
And I’m back! Here’s hoping that my prolonged absence has not cost me my entire audience. The last substantive update on the Volcker Rule came from the WSJ a few weeks ago. The article contains an in...
Volcker Rule: “Market Making” and the SEC 3 Dec 2012 | 06:36 pm
And I’m back! Here’s hoping that my prolonged absence has not cost me my entire audience. The last substantive update on the Volcker Rule came from the WSJ a few weeks ago. The article contains an in...
JPMorgan and the Volcker Rule's Hedging Exemption 21 May 2012 | 03:42 pm
In the wake of JPMorgan’s $2 billion trading loss, there’s been lots of talk about whether “portfolio hedging” is allowed under the Volcker Rule, and whether that should be changed. As I wrote in my p...
JPMorgan and the Volcker Rule's Hedging Exemption 21 May 2012 | 11:42 am
In the wake of JPMorgan’s $2 billion trading loss, there’s been lots of talk about whether “portfolio hedging” is allowed under the Volcker Rule, and whether that should be changed. As I wrote in my p...
The Volcker Rule and “Portfolio Hedging,” Yet Again 20 Apr 2012 | 05:52 pm
Seriously, Jesse Eisinger needs to stop writing about the Volcker Rule, because he has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about. His latest article makes a number of egregious errors, but I want to ...
The Volcker Rule and “Portfolio Hedging,” Yet Again 20 Apr 2012 | 01:52 pm
Seriously, Jesse Eisinger needs to stop writing about the Volcker Rule, because he has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about. His latest article makes a number of egregious errors, but I want to ...
The Volcker Rule and 'Flipping the Presumption' 4 Mar 2012 | 06:32 pm
In my previous post on the Volcker Rule, I admittedly glossed over the real issue in my second prediction. This issue is important, but it’s also reasonably complex (way too complex for some people, I...
The Volcker Rule and 'Flipping the Presumption' 4 Mar 2012 | 01:32 pm
In my previous post on the Volcker Rule, I admittedly glossed over the real issue in my second prediction. This issue is important, but it’s also reasonably complex (way too complex for some people, I...
