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More US investment banks close prop desks

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... Protection Act, which was passed by the US congress and signed into law by President Obama in July, incorporated the "Volcker Rule", which prohibits investment banks from engaging in proprietary trading and owning private equity or hedge funds.

US reforms pave way for super investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... said David Hartley, chief investment officer of the $15 billion-plus Sunsuper. Hartley said the bill, which includes the Volcker Rule that will prevent banks from trading their own capital, is restricting the amount and types of lending, along with debt ...

US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... 'exotic' products; and the creation of a new consumer protection agency. The bill includes the core of the intensely-debated Volcker Rule, which will prevent banks from trading their own capital. Treasury secretary Geithner said the bill, when it becomes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... the US financial industry in decades," Briefing.com analysts said in a note to clients. They noted that the so-called "Volcker rule," which is aimed at banning banks from proprietary trading, "was softened by Senate negotiators" in the final legislation. ...

Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... which in many years passed, have been made for their own benefit. In the words of former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, "I don't know how we accommodate ourselves to it...You cannot be dependent upon these (emerging) countries for three to ...
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