Dodd-Frank, a 2010 piece of legislation that in general I do not agree with, did make some positive strides towards assuring capital adequacy at banks, somewhat addressing the "too big to fail" issue.
Giving corporations greater freedom to deploy their capital will neither assure that capital will be invested in the United States nor that the economic conditions will later exist to warrant increasing employment costs, by adding new employees (i.e. creating jobs).
As Mr. Saakashvili tried to assure the capital, two Russian tanks were parked inside the gate of a refurbished military base in Senaki that until two days ago had been a Georgian military outpost.
The leaders of both parties variously negotiated together over the phone, talked separately, conferred with their caucuses and tried to plot an end to the debt crisis that would assure the capital markets around the world that America would meet its debt obligations.
Proposals have included the idea of setting up a separate "insurance fund" to hold the so-called "segregated" accounts that futures commission merchants (FCM's) now hold and account for with the exchange clearinghouse, which is supposed to "mark to market" every trade every day to assure adequate capital.
In the investment banking world--in the world of risk--perhaps it is time to return to partnerships and assure that when capital is at risk, people are too.
The automaker, analysts say, needs at least $10 billion to $15 billion in new capital to assure its liquidity through next year.
Mr. Geithner's first goal is to stabilize the banks, pumping in more capital to assure that they can weather the storms ahead.
The leaders of a military coup in Mali went on state television early Tuesday morning to assure residents of the capital, Bamako, that an outbreak of fighting there had been contained and an apparent counter-coup prevented, my colleague Adam Nossiter reports.
Confidence in the Bank of Spain has been badly dented by the revelation of large losses at Bankia just weeks after senior bank supervisors trotted around financial capitals to assure investors that Spanish banks were well capitalised.
