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SmartBrief caught up with CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy this week on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Global Conference. In Part one of this two-part interview, Duffy addressed the evolution of leadership in the exchange world. Today he chats about regulatory reform, the London Interbank Offered Rate and social media.

We are coming up on the three-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act.[…] Continue Reading »

The U.S. is on the right track with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s expected-loss model, Tim Bush of Pensions and Investment Research Consultants writes in Financial News: “It is time for the [International Accounting Standards Board] to match the lead taken by the US and deliver accounting rules which help, not hinder, the accurate reflection of the recoverable amount of loans.[…] Continue Reading »

News and analyses worth a read this weekend …

Barney vs. Bartiromo — Love him or hate him, Rep. Barney Frank is a great for TV. Check out the verbal jousting match that broke out yesterday between the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts and CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo. Be sure to watch all the way to the very, very end because Frank’s “Sometimes more than others” jab is priceless.[…] Continue Reading »

News and analyses worth a read this weekend …

The Guardian offers up this interactive data set that shows London Interbank Offered Rate submissions from every bank from 2005 to 2008. Cross-referencing the data with this Financial News timeline sheds some light on what was going on in the markets in the days and weeks before a now-infamous phone call Oct.[…] Continue Reading »