2008 Financial Crisis Lessons YPFS Lessons Learned Oral History Project – [link] One important lesson of the recent crisis is that as financial products and services proliferate and become more complex, they often fall through the regulatory cracks. (p16) — Testimony of Ann Yerger, Executive Director – Council of Institutional Investors – 106p 2009 0729 -…

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FCIC – Testimony 2010 0113 – Mark Zandi (Moody’s) – Written Testimony – Before the FCIC on The Causes and Current State of the Financial Crisis – 17p 2010 0114 – FDIC FCIC – Sheila Bair, FDIC – 54p   2010 0407 – FRB FCIC – Alan Greenspan, Former Chair of the Federal Reserve and Private…

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CSPAN – Requests 2021 0919 2008 1021 – Financial Markets Oversight and Regulation – mp4 2008 1015 – GOV –  Hearing to Review the Role of Credit Derivatives in the U.S. Economy [PDF-259p, VIDEO-CSPAN- Request 09192021] – <mp3, mp4>  Tom Harkin (IA), Eric Dinallo (NYSID) x – OCTOBER 23, 2008 – Regulatory Response to the…

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AIG – Securities Lending – Insurance Regulators Q: Did Insurance Regulators tell AIG to Wind-Down their Securities Lending Business? (18) – Baxter: When you look at what happened with AIG’s securities borrowing program, in a nutshell, AIG’s insurance companies held Treasury securities, which they lent out for cash. Then they used that cash to buy…

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AIG – Legal Cases American International Group, Inc. 2008 Securities Litigation Starr International Company Transatlantic Holdings vs American International Group Securities Lending sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5272/000104746913001390/R27.htm 2022 – LC – In re: AIG FINANCIAL PRODUCTS CORP Case 22-11309 Doc 2 Filed 12/14/22 Page 1 of 62 DECLARATION OF WILLIAM C. KOSTUROS, CHIEF RESTRUCTURING OFFICER OF THE DEBTOR, IN…

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NARA 2013 – LC – 00779 – Starr v US –  Doc 98-2 – NARA – COP – FCIC – Release of Information – 8p p1-2 – 2012 0928 – NARA to DOJ  p3-4 – 2011 0210 – FCIC to NARA  p5-8 – 2011 0403 – COP to NARA  https://www.archives.gov/files/legislative/cla/advisory-committee/minutes/2011-05-12.pdf We live in a world…

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Dixie Noonan 2010 0330 – FCIC staff audiotape of interview with Patrick Parkinson, Federal Reserve Board (Interview 1) [Andrew] Forster  Gene Park 2010 0513 – D Noonan ltr to B Rohde re Park Interview_1.pdf [Robert] Lewis  [Pierre] Micottis Eric Dinallo Background Information Hank Greenberg 2010 0622 –  FCIC staff audiotape of interview with Mark Hutchings,…

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FHLB – Federal Home Loan Bank Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932 Federal Home Loan Bank System Federal Home Loan Bank Board  Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – [link] The Federal Home Loan Bank System was created by the Federal Home Loan Bank Act as a government sponsored enterprise to support mortgage lending and…

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Ambac – American Municipal Bonds Corp. Ambac – American Mutual Bond Assurance Company 2008 Financial Crisis Kim Shaul – FCIC – Interview Surplus Notes Settlements with Banks ambacpolicyholders.com/ Legal Cases ambacpolicyholders.com/ 17 Ambac filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code on 8 November 2010 2011 11 – IAIS – Insurance and…

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NAIC – Testimony 1970s 1973 / 1974 – GOV (Senate) – The Life Insurance Industry, Senator Hart (D-MI) – 4 Parts — [BonkNote] 1973 0221 and 0222 – Part 2 of 4 – [PDF-733p-GooglePlay] 1973-2,  NAIC Proceedings – GOV (Senate) – NAIC – Testimony Stanley DuRose (Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner / NAIC) – p107-131 – 25p 1972 0221 (Typo…

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