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Wall Street pushes back on CFTC’s policy for overseas swaps

Robert Schmidt and Silla Brush, Bloomberg

November 18, 2013

The largest Wall Street banks are fighting a new policy that gives the CFTC broad authority in overseas derivatives deals.

Senate Democrats circulate letter urging Yellen as Fed chairman

Cheyenne Hopkins, Kathleen Hunter and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg

July 25, 2013

A group of Democratic senators will send the White House a letter today calling for Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen to succeed Ben S. Bernanke.

U.S. needs more time on overseas swaps, Democratic senators say

Silla Brush and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg

June 26, 2013

U.S. regulators will inject risk into the market if they don’t better coordinate Dodd-Frank Act rules with overseas counterparts, lawmakers say.