http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/12/imf-report-banks-that-take-biggest-risks-lobby-for-least-regulation/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:54:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/12/imf-report-banks-that-take-biggest-risks-lobby-for-least-regulation/comment-page-1/#comment-5068 Absolutely fascinating Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:25:03 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=5363#comment-5068 [...] Ritchie and the TUC are excited by this new IMF [...] [...] Ritchie and the TUC are excited by this new IMF [...]

]]> http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/12/imf-report-banks-that-take-biggest-risks-lobby-for-least-regulation/comment-page-1/#comment-5064 Tax Research UK » IMF report: banks that take biggest risks lobby for least regulation Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:06:44 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=5363#comment-5064 [...] IMF report: banks that take biggest risks lobby for least regulation | ToUChstone blog: A public pol.... Although it probably shouldn’t surprise anyone, it’s nonetheless interesting to see a group of International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reported (although this is not a statement of IMF policy, necessarily) that the US banks most active in lobbying against regulation of the financial sector are the ones who took the biggest risks over the mortgage and other deals which caused the crisis. Their paper explores the evidence behind the… [...] [...] IMF report: banks that take biggest risks lobby for least regulation | ToUChstone blog: A public pol…. Although it probably shouldn’t surprise anyone, it’s nonetheless interesting to see a group of International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reported (although this is not a statement of IMF policy, necessarily) that the US banks most active in lobbying against regulation of the financial sector are the ones who took the biggest risks over the mortgage and other deals which caused the crisis. Their paper explores the evidence behind the… [...]

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