No securities market comes close in size to the U.S. But when it comes to investor appetite for risk, the flow chart shows fund managers have been more apt to remain invested in higher beta emerging markets than in the advanced economies, especially basket-case Europe which is now more riskier than any of the big emerging markets, both politically and economically.
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They make up less than 5% of global reserves and there are no private securities in SDRs.
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So I applaud Judge Rakoff for raising the issue of shadowy, no-fault securities settlements.
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The SEC is seeking unprecedented oversight over a single group of market participants a group with no history of securities-law violations.
There are no mortgage backed securities and other derivatives to drag the economy down with the housing market, even if the market did correct by that staggering amount.
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Mortgage related securities lost all bids at that time and while the Fed had no authority to purchase securities in these markets it went to the extraordinary step of loaning money to the newly formed Maiden Lane entities which allowed them to purchase such securities.
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But when the credit crisis hit there was no market for subprime securities.
"As a result we believe such securities will no longer be issued, " Principal Funds said in a 2012 research note.
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The NASD Foundation is changing its board to include more outside members who have no ties to the securities industry, and it has asked the SEC and other regulators for nominations.
But the specifics of Glass-Steagall, which were created in 1934, underwriting securities and trading in securities are no longer in the current financial system the things that pose the greatest risk.
The banks worry there are no natural buyers for such securities, making them expensive to issue.
While conducting an investigation last year, it occurred to us that there was no comprehensive source for researching securities dealers.
He will find it hard to stop sellers from rigging auctions, if only because no two lots of dodgy securities are exactly the same.
As part of their conversion to agency status, Fannie and Freddie should auction off their portfolios of duff mortgages and dodgy mortgage-backed securities, with no guarantees for the bidders.
Since corporate tax laws and securities regulations make no sense, executives do not bother to learn the details, leaving interpretation of the cabalistic codes to highly paid experts with many years of training and specialized degrees.
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In 1994 the Supreme Court ruled that aiding and abetting a securities law violation was no reason to sue an auditor.
But beyond Rule 10b-5, there are many state securities laws which require no scienter and are broader in their reach than Rule 10b-5.
No regulator will ever propose that securities firms reveal their holdings.
The SEC said the timing and size of the trades were highly suspicious given the account had no history of trading in Heinz securities in the last six months.
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In these days of collateralised-debt obligations and residential mortgage-backed securities, there is no textbook to tell central bankers exactly what to do when liquidity in the interbank market dries up.
Figure John Paulson was a joke on Wall Street for shorting mortgage securities until he was no longer a joke, so to presume that ratings agencies could have moved against a powerful market tide seems a reach.
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There is, however, no indication the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the company now.
In addition, MF Global has no exposure to subprime mortgage-backed securities that have been the root cause of the current market environment.
Too many existing mortgages and mortgage securities were being valued with no known bids, roughly the equivalent of having little or no equity in them.
Therefore, when the Fed offsets an increase in one of its assets--loans--with a decrease in another of its assets--Treasury securities--there is no net effect on bank reserves.
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