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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew York Fed Chief Levels Explosive Charge Against Big Banks
New York Fed Chief Levels Explosive Charge Against Big Banksby Shahein Nasiripour at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/william-dudley-big-banks_n_4235834.html
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Collectively, these enhancements to our current regime may not solve another important problem evident within some large financial institutions -- the apparent lack of respect for law, regulation and the public trust," he said.
There is evidence of deep-seated cultural and ethical failures at many large financial institutions, he continued. Whether this is due to size and complexity, bad incentives, or some other issues is difficult to judge, but it is another critical problem that needs to be addressed.
Dudley's comments come as the worlds biggest banks collectively face tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and government-driven settlements arising from alleged lawbreaking in markets ranging from home mortgages to interest rates and currencies.
Authorities in North America, Europe and Asia have been probing more than a dozen large institutions for allegedly attempting to manipulate benchmark interest rates, the most popular of which is known as Libor, that affect hundreds of trillions of dollars in loans and securities. So far, Barclays, UBS, Rabobank and Royal Bank of Scotland collectively have agreed to pay nearly $4 billion to settle with government authorities. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant U.S.-backed mortgage financiers, also have sued many of these banks to recover alleged losses.
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New York Fed Chief Levels Explosive Charge Against Big Banks (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2013
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. Recommended. (nt)
applegrove
(118,622 posts)2. They don't want felons to vote but dam if the banksters don't
get to lobby and finance the GOP when they want something. And they are not Americans in good standing.
msongs
(67,395 posts)3. the feds are gonna try and shut him up.,..or down nt