Topic: Christopher Dodd
THE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE UNDER Chairman Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) last week was considering whether to force broker-dealers and insurers to follow the same fiduciary standards as investment advisors.. "It's like being on the side of the angels," says Burt Greenwald of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Christopher Dodd, chief negotiator for the Democrats in talks on a bipartisan financial reform bill in the Senate, on Thursday called for creating a new government ""A lot of attention is being paid to what address the new ...
Administration calls for limits on size of financial institutions, pushes consumer protections The Obama administration waded into negotiations over Wall Street regulations Wednesday, calling for limits on the size of financial institutions and insisting that consumer protections remain a central objective of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican U.S. senator has made at least two counter-offers to Democrats on creating a new government watchdog for financial consumers, Reuters learned on Monday from aides and documents.Senator Richard Shelby proposed making the watchdog a division of ...
Edmund Andrews, freed from the strictures of writing for the NYT, is proving to be a valuable addition to the econoblogosphere: Today he not only writes smartly about Chris Dodd's CFPA compromise, but also posts the actual document. It's well worth reading, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bipartisan agreement in the Senate on financial reform hit a snag on how much power to give a consumer watchdog office being proposed by Democrats, with marathon talks resuming on Sunday." BILL MAY NARROW The struggle in the Senate ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marathon negotiations in the Senate on financial regulatory reform were set to continue on Sunday with a renewed focus on financial consumer protections after key Republicans rejected a compromise offer from the banking committee chairman.Sources told Reuters Saturday night ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bold proposal by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd to set up a single supervisor for U.S. banks looks doomed, said a source familiar with Senate committee discussions on Friday.The Financial Institutions Regulatory Administration, which Dodd proposed in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate's chief architect of financial regulation reform said on Friday the Federal Reserve may "As he searches for compromises to win support for a landmark financial regulation bill, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd told Bloomberg TV the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan agreement on financial regulation reform was close at hand on Thursday in the Senate, with lawmakers working to overcome a key obstacle -- creating a new financial consumer watchdog.Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd, committee chairman, and top committee ...