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AFR Statement on Leaked Details of Volcker Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     DATE: September 19, 2011                                   CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854 john@ourfinancialsecurity.org             AFR Statement on Leaked Details of Volcker Rule Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together for strong

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Questions Arise About UBS Risk Controls

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 sector after a UBS AG trader lost

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Global Standards Sought on Rules

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 see they adopt similar rules requiring market

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Delta One Desks Are Big Moneymakers

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 increasingly profitable corner of Wall Street —

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AFR Statement on Markup of FY12 Financial Services and General Gov’t Appropriations Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: September 15, 2011            CONTACT: John Carey at 202-466-1854 john@ourfinancialsecurity.org            AFR Statement on Markup of FY12 Financial Services and General Gov’t Appropriations Bill Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national, state and local organizations