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Confederate Bonds, General Custer, And The Regulation Of Derivative Financial Instuments, Jerry W. Markham
Confederate Bonds, General Custer, And The Regulation Of Derivative Financial Instuments, Jerry W. Markham
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The phenomenal growth of derivative financial instruments has sparked a near revolution in finance. These instruments take many forms and come in literally hundreds of varieties. Some, such as commodity futures and options, are heavily regulated when they are traded on organized exchanges. Other derivatives, particularly those traded over-the-counter, are subject to little regulation. Included on the list of unregulated derivatives are swap transactions. The swaps market alone is equal in size to the regulated markets with which it competes. The lack of regulation over such a large financial market and the losses suffered by some large firms in recent …
The Pros And Cons Of A Self-Regulatory Organization For Advisers And Mutual Funds, Tamar Frankel
The Pros And Cons Of A Self-Regulatory Organization For Advisers And Mutual Funds, Tamar Frankel
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Congress is seriously considering bills to establish self-regulatory organizations (SROs) for investment advisers (advisers) and investment companies (Funds). These bills would require members of the investment management industry to regulate themselves under the watchful eye of the Securities and Exchange Commission, similar in approach to the regulation of broker-dealers by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) and the securities exchanges. Proposals to establish SRO for investment advisers have arisen before. However, those proposals did not cover Funds and their advisers,