Tagged: financial regulation

Regulating Wall Street

June 15, 2009 at 10:58 am

Word is leaking about about the Obama administration’s plan to regulate Wall Street, to be announced Wednesday.  School of Law Professor Cornelius Hurley, director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law and a former Federal Reserve lawyer, can discuss the likely impact of the proposed changes.
Contact Cornelius Hurley, 617-353-5427, ckhurley@bu.edu

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Pequot Capital Management hedge fund closes

May 28, 2009 at 11:57 am

Under the shadow of an insider-trading probe, pioneering hedge fund Pequot Capital Management is shutting down forever.  School of Law Professor Tamar Frankel, an authority on securities law and legal ethics, says this is another lesson in why hedge funds should not be exempt from regulation.
Contact Tamar Frankel, 617-353-3773, tfrankel@bu.edu

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Possible new consumer watchdog agency

May 20, 2009 at 9:55 am

Reports say the Obama administration is considering creating a new regulatory agency to protect consumers of a wide variety of financial products ranging from mortgages to hedge funds.  School of Law Professor Cornelius Hurley, a proponent of regulatory streamlining who directs the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, can comment on the implications. 
Meantime, School [...]

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Geithner calls for major overhaul of financial rules

March 26, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Boston University Law School professors react to Treasury Secretary Geithner’s wide-ranging plan to overhaul financial regulation.
Professor Cornelius Hurley, director of the Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law and former counsel to the Fed Board of Governors:
“Secretary Geithner has kicked off the debate over regulatory reform starting with systemic risk.  Regrettably, the proposals continue the [...]

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