"A conflicted transaction entails directly shorting the ABS, entering into a credit default swap that references the underlying assets, or something economically equivalent to either ...
"Our pattern of proposing unrealistic rules with numerous questions, only to substantively revise the rule text after the comment period closes inhibits our ability to ...
"If market participants are seeking to comply with the rule and find that there are circumstances that call for an exemption, guidance, or other relief, ...
"The final rule we adopt today will contribute to the healthy functioning of ABS markets by reducing the ability of securitization participants to exploit their ...
"I would like to proselytize how invaluable Form PF data has been in the hands of regulators seeking to stay abreast of an increasingly complex ...
"First, the Commission should evaluate the costs for disclosing the additional information. These costs include direct costs, such as fees paid to attorneys and other ...
"We have bank and nonbank intermediaries using leverage, particularly in the prime brokerage relationships, and when stress enters the system, the result can be instability"
"History is replete with times when tremors in one corner of the financial system or at one bank or financial institution spill out into the ...
"Regulators should be expected to exercise appropriate judgement in carrying out its investigative and sanctioning authority and to have an articulable basis for those decisions. ...
"Based upon the current market for security-based swaps, we expect that the entities that will register as security-based SEFs also are registered as SEFs with ...