Joint Trade Association Letter to Commissioner Barnier on Investor Choice

ISDA, AFME and eight other trade associations in a letter on the European Commission’s MiFID consultation to express support for the principle that regulatory intervention in a market should tend to support a widening of choice for investors – whether financial investors or corporate firms seeking to hedge risk – rather than the reverse.http://www.isda.org/whatsnew/pdf/Joint-trade-association-letter.pdf

Addressing Termination Troubles

When Enron announced a shock $618 million loss on October 16, 2001, it took a further 47 days until it filed for bankruptcy. For Bear Stearns, it took 266 days between its bailout of a structured credit fund run by...