Behavioral Finance
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Geithner To Ask For More Powers
By Arthur D. PostalTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a congressional committee today that he will ask for the authority to create a federal receiver for "systemically important" non-bank financial firms.
March 18, 2009
Panel Displays AIG ContractsThe House Financial Services Committee has responded to interest in AIG Financial Products Corp. bonuses by posting the unit's employee contracts on the Web.
March 18, 2009
New Name on the Door at Raymond JamesRaymond James Financial reaches outside the family for a new CEO.
March 18, 2009
Liddy Weighs In On BonusesAmerican International Group Inc. Chairman Edward Liddy says he agreed to pay bonuses to the financial products unit employees to keep the unit from collapsing.
March 18, 2009
Report: Financial Abuse Hurts EldersFinancial professionals may find ideas for ways to protect older clients in a new report on elder financial abuse.
March 17, 2009
ICI Details Systemic Risk Regulator's RoleICI, the mutual fund trade group, has laid out what it thinks a systemic risk regulator's role should be, and, more broadly, how financial services reform should take shape.
March 17, 2009
Lawmakers Eye AIG PaymentsSenate Banking Committee leaders are asking why American International Group Inc. counterparties received payments for mortgage securities that had not defaulted.
March 17, 2009
Greenberg: AIG Unit Bonuses "Unfathomable"Maurice Greenberg, the former chairman of American International Group Inc., says the company executives who recently received retention bonuses do not deserve the cash.