‘The banks want to get away with everything, and she is probably one of the linchpins in saying that is going to happen or isn’t going to happen,’ said Liz Ryan Murray, the chairwoman of the foreclosure task force at Americans for Financial Reform. ‘We would like to see her come forward and be more public on what she will and won’t give up.’”

Questions Arise About UBS Risk Controls
Alistair MacDonald and Deborah Ball (WSJ – subscription required)
September 16, 2011
“Risk-management and control specialists are again questioning the banking industry’s ability to manage risks and regulator’s efforts to police the …

Global Standards Sought on Rules
Victoria McGrane (WSJ – subscription required)
September 16, 2011
“Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter Wednesday assured Congress that the Obama administration and federal regulators are working with their international counterparts to …

Delta One Desks Are Big Moneymakers
Susanne Craig and Azam Ahmed (DealBook/NYT)
September 15, 2011
“The $2 billion trading loss that has rocked the Swiss banking giant UBS has also cast a spotlight on a relatively unknown but …

Swap Lobbyists Pushing SEC Version of Trading Rules Over CFTC
Jesse Hamilton and Silla Brush (Bloomberg)
September 9, 2011
“In a match made in Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission are supposed to …

Consumer Protection Bureau in Political Limbo
Katherine Reynolds Lewis (The Fiscal Times)
September 6, 2011
“Until the Senate confirms a director, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot impose rules on some of the worst actors in the 2008 …