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Record Nr.

UNINA9910878075103321

Autore

McCleskey Scott

Titolo

When free markets fail [[e-book] ] : saving the market when it can't save itself / / Scott McCleskey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

0-470-64956-9

1-119-20011-3

1-282-65662-7

9786612656620

0-470-64954-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

332.10941

332.10973

Soggetti

Financial institutions - State supervision - United States

Financial institutions - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

When Free Markets Fail: Saving the Market When It Can't Save Itself; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Preface: In Defense of Regulation (and of Free Markets); Introduction: Why Regulatory Reform Matters to You; Chapter 1: Meltdown in the Markets: Systemic Risk; Chapter 2: Can an Institution Be Too Big to Fail?; Chapter 3: Moral Hazard; Chapter 4: Toxic Assets; Chapter 5: Should Regulation Stifle Innovation?; Chapter 6: Rewarding Success, Rewarding Failure: Incentives and Compensation; Chapter 7: Who Protects the Consumer?

Chapter 8: Transparency: Letting the Sun Shine In, or Sipping Water from a Firehose?Chapter 9: Rebuilding the Regulatory Structure; Chapter 10: Rating the Raters: The Role of Credit Rating Agencies; Chapter 11: The Politics of Regulation; Chapter 12: Nice Law, Now Go Do It: Regulators and Compliance Officers; Chapter 13: Cost-Benefit Analysis; Chapter 14: It's a Small World, After All; Chapter 15: Where Do We Go from Here? Conclusions, Observations, and Recommendations; Chapter 16: Judging for Yourself; Appendix 1: Summaries of Regulatory Concepts and Issues



Appendix 2: Excerpt from Obama Administration's Reform Proposal, ''Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation''Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Authoritative guidance for navigating inevitable financial market regulation  The reform of this country's financial regulation will be one of the most significant legislative programs in a generation. Financial Regulation and The Markets: A Guide to Understanding Today's Environment outlines everything you need to know to stay abreast of these changes.   Written by Scott McCleskey, a Managing Editor at Complinet, the leading provider of risk and compliance solutions for the global financial services industry.  Looks at the intended result of these regulations so that institutions and individuals will have a greater understanding of the new regulatory environment.  Offers a realistic look at how these regulations will affect anyone who has a bank account, a car loan, a mortgage or a credit card.  Covers the reforms that have been enacted and looks forward to future reforms.  Both theoretical and practical in approach, Financial Regulation and the Markets provides a strong overview of coming regulation laws with insightful analysis into various aspects not easily understood."--