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Engineered Credit Default Swaps: Innovative Or Manipulative?, Gina-Gail S. Fletcher
Engineered Credit Default Swaps: Innovative Or Manipulative?, Gina-Gail S. Fletcher
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Credit default swaps (“CDS”) are, once again, making waves. Maligned for their role in the 2008 financial crisis and condemned by the Vatican, investors are once more utilizing CDS to achieve results of questionable market benefit. A CDS is a financial contract that allows investors to “bet” on whether a borrower will default on its loan. However, rather than waiting to see how their bets pan out, some CDS investors are collaborating with financially distressed borrowers to guarantee the profitability of their CDS positions—“engineering” the CDS’ outcome. Under the CDS contract, these collaborations are not prohibited, yet they have roiled …
A New Framework For Eu Administration: The Financial Regulation 2002, Paul Craig
A New Framework For Eu Administration: The Financial Regulation 2002, Paul Craig
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Municipal Securities Market: Same Problems -- No Solutions, Ann Judith Gellis
Municipal Securities Market: Same Problems -- No Solutions, Ann Judith Gellis
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This article examines the existing regulations of the municipal securities market, focusing on what activities prompted the regulatory changes and analyzing the direction and efficacy of these regulations in terms of the deficiencies in the market. Part One gives a background sketch of the market and its participants from the time of the New York City fiscal crises to today. Part Two discusses whether the existing regulation is sufficient to produce disclosure, focusing on the Orange County crises. Part Three offers a critique of the current regulatory scheme and makes some suggestions for reform.