Grateful (November 22, 2012)

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Shadow Banking System Grows as FSB Issues New Recommendations to Tame It (November 19, 2012)

Yesterday, while the world was busy watching football of one shape or another, the Financial Stability Board issued a series... (Category: Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

The Office of Financial Research Gets No Lovin’ (November 17, 2012)

It took President Obama a while to nominate a candidate for the inaugural Director of the Office of Financial Research.... (Category: Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

Shadow Banking From the Top-Down or Bottom-Up?: at the Clearing House Annual Meeting (November 16, 2012)

I just returned from speaking at a panel at the Clearing House’s Annual Meeting in New York that focused on... (Category: Conferences, Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Legal Scholarship)

Financial Regulation at Brooklyn Law (November 12, 2012)

David and I presented at a great financial regulation workshop at Brooklyn Law School on Friday. Many thanks to Claire... (Category: Conferences, Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Legal Scholarship)

AALS Earlybird Registration Two Days Away: Securities, Financial Institution and Consumer Finance Events (November 12, 2012)

With the earlybird registration deadline for the AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans two days away, here are two events... (Category: AALS, Conferences, Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions, Legal Scholarship, Securities)

A Diversification Strategy in Government Subprime Lawsuits? (October 24, 2012)

Today saw yet another big ticket government lawsuit against yet another large financial conglomerate alleging deceptive conduct in selling either... (Category: Businesses of Note, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

Chilecon Valley: a Startup Community Ferments in Chile (October 23, 2012)

The latest edition of The Economist has a fascinating article on “Chilecon Valley” that discusses the emergence of a startup... (Category: Conferences, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Family, Globalization/Trade, Innovation, Investing, Social Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital)

Will Money Market Reform Test FSOC Powers? (October 22, 2012)

The SEC’s impasse over money market mutual fund reform may provide a test of some of the Financial Stability Oversight... (Category: Administrative Law, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

PCAOB Considers Mandatory Auditor Rotation (October 22, 2012)

On Thursday, I travelled to Houston and gave a statement before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in a roundtable... (Category: Accounting, Enron, Legal Scholarship, Securities)

Pandit, Citi and Shadow Banking (October 16, 2012)

At midnight, several hours before Vikram Pandit resigned, Bloomberg ran a story about a speech in which Pandit criticized federal... (Category: Businesses of Note, Financial Crisis, Financial Institutions)

Larry Cunningham's Contracts in the Real World (October 16, 2012)

Concurring Opinions is hosting an online symposium on Larry Cunningham's new book, Contracts in the Real World (Cambridge). Here is... (Category: Contracts, Teaching)

Call for Papers: International Association of Consumer Law (October 12, 2012)

The 14th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Consumer Law will take place from July 1-4, 2013 at the... (Category: Calls for Papers, Contracts)

AALS Insurance Law Program on Consumer Protection (October 05, 2012)

Conglomerate readers interested in consumer financial protection should check out the Insurance law Section Program at the AALS Annual Meeting... (Category: AALS, Finance, Investing, Legal Scholarship)

AALS Financial Institutions/Consumer Fin. Services Lunch – Michael Barr as Keynote Speaker (October 03, 2012)

If you are going to the 2013 AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans in January, put the Financial Institutions/Consumer Financial... (Category: AALS, Financial Institutions)