Financial Regulatory Forum

European Central Bank says will combine tests to get financial pulse

By John O’Donnell
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will combine future tests to check the health of the financial system, its vice president said, outlining his vision for a new watchdog to prevent further crises.

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U.S. internal review blasts SEC over Madoff

Defrauded investors and their supporters hold signs during a rally near the United States Courthouse in lower Manhattan, June 29, 2009, after the sentencing hearing for convicted swindler Bernard Madoff. BOSTON/WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – U.S. securities
regulators missed repeated chances to uncover Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, a sharply critical review by a federal watchdog said on Wednesday.

A summary of a report by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Inspector General, released by the SEC, described five investigations the SEC launched into Madoff’s business because of complaints dating to 1992, and said “a thorough and competent investigation or examination was never performed.”

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