Missile Threat | A Project of the George C. Marshall and Claremont InstitutesMissile Threat | A Project of the George C. Marshall and Claremont Institutes Identifying and Regulating Systemically Important Financial Institutions: The Risks of Under and Over Identification and Regulation Certain financial institutions are so central to the American financial system that their failure could cause traumatic damage, both to financial markets and to the larger economy. These institutions are often referred to as “systemically important financial institutions” or SIFIs. Among its numerous provisions, the Dodd-Frank Act, the comprehensive reform legislation signed into law during the summer of 2010, requires financial regulators belonging to the Financial Stability Oversight Committee (FSOC) [1] to designate those financial institutions that are systemically important.[2] Such SIFIs are to be supervised more closely and potentially required to operate with greater safety margins, such as higher levels of capital, and to face further limitations on their activities. This policy brief is intended to assist the Fed and the FSOC with this difficult task. 1. 2.
PRI • Pacific Research Institute 3quarksdaily: Home Mission Statement The goals of the Frank J. Petrilli Center for Research in International Finance (CRIF) are to support scholarly research in the field of international finance, to foster interaction between the academic and business/finance communities, and to add recognition to the research being done at Fordham University Schools of Business. Funded by the Fordham University School of Business, CRIF promotes interdisciplinary collaborations among financial engineers, historians, monetary economists, and legal scholars, in and outside Fordham. CRIF sponsors a working paper series and hosts a series of regular research workshops. To foster interaction and collaboration with researchers outside Fordham, CRIF also sponsors a visiting scholar program, under which CRIF invites active researchers in the relevant areas for short-term visits and collaboration.
ComPADRE.org - Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide Wordorigins.org Top 30 think tanks in the world 2011 The latest report of global think tanks rankings was released by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania's International Relations Program on January 20 this year. This annual report, named "The 2011 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings," the fifth edition of the kind, contains the most comprehensive rankings of the world's top think tanks, which has been described as the insider's guide to the global marketplace of ideas. A total of 6,545 think tanks in the world were contacted and encouraged to participate in the nominations process, and a group of over 6000 scholars, journalists, policymakers, public and private donors, think tanks, and regional and subject area specialists were involved. The nominations and rankings were based on the detailed set of criteria, including the think tanks' production of rigorous and relevant research, publications, and programs in one or more substantive areas of research. Fraser Institute Establishment: 1974