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Henry Paulson and Fed Regulation of Investment Banks
The regualtory structure for investment banks has been back in the news, with allegations in the WSJ that the SEC is asleep at the switch and Henry Paulson, a lame duck secretary of the treasury, giving a speech calling again for an overhaul of the regulatory system for financial institutions, including investment banks...

Goldman and Morgan Register as Commercial Banks
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, our last two free standing investment banks, registered as regulated bank holding companies, capable of acquiring commercial banks and, in essence, agreeing to the heavier regulation of the Fed over commercial banks...

Paulson: Now We Regulate the I-Banks
The regulatory fallout of the Bear Stearns bailout just took another interesting twist. Today former investment banker and current Secretary...

The Paulson bailout and Andrew Jackson's attack on the "Monster Bank"
In the wake of the House of Representative's rejection of Paulson's bailout measure, I cannot help but think that the spirit of Andrew Jackson lingers among America's electorate. The rhetoric among members of Congress, op-eds, blogs, all sound suspiciously similar to Jackson's message accompanying his veto of the renewal of the Bank of the United States' charter...

Dombalagian on Investment Banks & Systemic Risk
Onnig H. Dombalagian (Tulane Law School) has posted 'Too Interconnected to Fail?': Investment Banks and Systemic Risk on SSRN. Here is the abstract:I argue that the most efficient way to regulate investment banks for financial responsibility is to make them...

On the Paulson Proposal to Overhaul Regulation of the Financial Markets
Congressional Democrats will continue to work to provide additional assistance to millions of families at risk of losing their homes, bring much-needed relief to consumers feeling the impact of the economic downturn, and ensure meaningful regulation of the financial system...

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings
Class Action Filed Against Banks in Foreclosure Proceedings

American Equity Investment Life
Settles Class Action

Developer Investment
Raffaello Follieri agrees to $12 million joint venture settlement.

Rothschild Investment
$28,000 settlement reached in securities lawsuit.

Elderly Annuities
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co. allots $125 million in insurance malpractice refunds.