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The Response To The Financial Meltdown In The U.K., Bruce J.L. Lowe
The Response To The Financial Meltdown In The U.K., Bruce J.L. Lowe
Global Business Law Review
It is now over two years since the September 15, 2008 bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers sent shockwaves through an already tremulous and jittery financial and political world. In the dark days of the ensuing months, in the United States (U.S.), in Britain and Europe, and in many other parts of the world, markets crashed or severely slumped, commercial and investment banks failed, credit froze, trade and commerce slowed dramatically, profits evaporated, businesses tightened belts, and unemployment figures skyrocketed. In most major economic zones, including the U.S. and Europe, governments and central banks, often in consultation with each other over …
Should Banks Be Permitted To Engage In Real Estate Brokerage And Management Services: How The Current Debate Demonstrates The Inadequacies Of The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Patrick J. Burke
Cleveland State Law Review
One of the first major efforts by regulators to expand the list of permissible activities under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act is to allow financial holding companies and financial subsidiaries of nationally chartered banks to engage in real estate brokerage and real estate management services. Part II of this Note will provide a brief history of the financial service regulations that preceded the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Part III will discuss the legislative history of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, provide a brief overview of the Act, and detail the provision which may allow financial holding companies to engage in real estate brokerage and management activities. …
Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson
Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson
Cleveland State Law Review
The purpose of this article, however, is not to summarize the maze of federal and state banking regulation. Instead, recognizing that deposit insurance is a centerpiece of the overall regulatory scheme to which any financial institution in the United States is subject, this article is primarily concerned with subjecting this form of bank regulation to analysis based upon general principles of regulatory theory. This article is less concerned with the details of banking law than it is with using regulatory to shape policy guidelines for the coming process of deposit insurance reform.
Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson
Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson
Cleveland State Law Review
The purpose of this article, however, is not to summarize the maze of federal and state banking regulation. Instead, recognizing that deposit insurance is a centerpiece of the overall regulatory scheme to which any financial institution in the United States is subject, this article is primarily concerned with subjecting this form of bank regulation to analysis based upon general principles of regulatory theory. This article is less concerned with the details of banking law than it is with using regulatory to shape policy guidelines for the coming process of deposit insurance reform.