Category Archives: Financial Institution Regulation

Optimum

Posted on June 8, 2017 by

From an email message forwarding the article: This is an example of why you want to focus on getting a publication or two out of your LL.M. Thesis in the next six months or so. This is the first publication … Continue reading →

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Jumpchicka JumpJump: Maybe Not

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

From Terence Corcoran. Home Capital Group didn’t just fall from the edge of a cliff — it was pushed. National Post, May 2, 2017: On April 19, OSC staff released a “statement of allegations” against the company and its three … Continue reading →

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Too Big To Fail

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

The theme has come back. As in all of Canada’s six major banks.

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Perception

Posted on August 25, 2015 by

From the dissertation, Chapter 8, “The Pathologies of Regulatory Inaction: Institutional Dimensions” When you don’t have a buyer who can borrow, you don’t have a price. Testimony of John Lytle, former vice-president, Continental Illinois Bank, in l982 U.S. House of … Continue reading →

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Another Take: Canadian Bank Mergers, Rescues, Failures

Posted on June 30, 2015 by

Discovered Marie Hélène Noiseux doctoral thesis, 2002. Some similar lines to dissertation, in terms of regulation and impression management. See pages 131 to 159. Also similar lines to dissertation, in terms of no apparent publications from the thesis. Still…

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markalossmark

Posted on May 1, 2015 by

Some rough understanding or recollection. So U.S. banks objected to writedowns based on mark-to-market accounting, and were accorded some flexibility in that regard by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Then European banks objected to similar provisions established by the International … Continue reading →

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DocStoc

Posted on February 10, 2015 by

The original commentary is published here. What it says: One never knows what gets picked up and why. Just discovered that Chapter 10 of the dissertation was shared on DocStoc by Yan TingTing, who has posted nearly 58,000 documents there. … Continue reading →

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