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C-Suite, Financial Regulation, Wall Street
Sean McMahon

Thought Leadership: Feb. 21, 2012

By on February 21st, 2012 | 1 comment on this post

A collection of thought-provoking commentaries and analysis from the past week …

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and others join the Harvard Business Review to discuss the biggest threat to U.S. competitiveness. Pandit: “Globalization is both a wonderful opportunity and a big threat. … One of the things I see is that there is a competition for jobs.[…] Continue Reading »

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Consumer Banking, Financial Regulation, Wall Street
Sean McMahon

Will the Dodd-Frank Act actually create more too-big-to-fail financial firms?

By on March 29th, 2011 | 1 comment on this post

An oft-repeated refrain by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he tried to deal with the financial crisis was that the government had neither the authority nor the necessary tools to wind down a so-called Systemically Important Financial Institution. When it comes to SIFIs, policymakers have precious few choices. They can:

  1. Do nothing and let the markets sort things out when a SIFI collapses.

    2. […] Continue Reading »

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