Press Releases

2008

• May 20, 2008 - Petrou Tells Bank Supervisors, “Keep it Simple, Smarty”
• February 6, 2008 - Testimony Details SWF Impact on U.S. Financial Industry

2007

• December 6, 2007 - U.S. Basel  II Rules Pose Profit Problem
• July 18, 2007 - Petrou Cautious on FHA Reform
• June 21, 2007 - Regulators to Head COV-Lite Loans
• May 15, 2007 - Guidance Released for Private-Equity Bank Takeovers
• May 1, 2007 - Petrou Outlines Way Through Basel Quagmire
• March 12, 2007 - Petrou Testifies Before Congress on Key Powers For New GSE Regulator

2006

• October 26, 2006 - Market-Risk Rules Have Real Market Impact, FedFin Study Finds
• October 5, 2006 - While Basel Wanes, Charter Choice Waxes, Petrou Says
• October 4, 2006 - U.S. Basel Proposal Poses Serious Competitiveness Challenges, FedFin Study Finds
• September 26, 2006 - Petrous Forecast Federal Response to "Nightmare" Mortgages
• September 14, 2006 - Petrou Points to Problems in Keeping U.S. Basel Rules Unchanged for Too Long
• June 20, 2006 - Petrou Urges Congress to Target FHA to Neediest Borrowers
• May 19, 2006 - Hedge Funds to be Battered by New Rules, FedFin Report Finds
• April 6, 2006 - Key U.S. Basel Issues Outlined in Petrou Talk

2005

• October 17, 2005 - Analysis Shows Basel IA Winners, Losers
• September 28, 2005 - U.S. in "Damned-if-we-do, damned-if-we-don't" Basel Dilemma, FedFin Managing Partner Tells Congress
• August 12, 2005 - Share Spike in China Agency Bond Holdings Drives US GSE Policy, FedFin Analysis Finds
• May 11, 2005 - Leave No Bank Behind on Basel, Petrou Tells Congress
• February 22, 2005 - Basel II Operational Risk Based Capital Rule: A Charge For The Worse

2004

• November 8, 2004 - Basel Operational Risk Proposal High-Risk, Not Inevitable,
  Petrou Says
• September 17, 2004 - Little Noticed Farm Rule Creates Powerful New GSE, FedFin Finds
• August 10, 2004 - New Basel II Securitization Rules Mean Big GSE/Industry Reshuffle, FedFin Report Concludes
• July 15, 2004 - Final Basel Accord to Kick Off Financial Services Shuffle, FedFin Report Concludes
  March 29, 2004 - Foreign Exchange Traders Face Serious Regulatory Risk, FedFin Finds
• March 25, 2004 - Petrou Urges Caution on FHA Zero Downpayment Loans

2003

• September 23, 2003 - Proposal shows bank capital rules are changing with or without Basel II
• August 13, 2003 - Little Gain, Much Pain Found in U.S. Basel Proposal (click here to view the US Risk-Based Capital Rules)
• July 31, 2003 - CITI, Chase Orders to Unstructure Structured Finance, FedFin Report Concludes
• June 18, 2003 - Basel Can be Saved, Petrou Tells Senate
• April 29, 2003 - Next-to-Final Basel Accord: Big Benefit For Retail Lenders, Petrou Asserts. (click here for a summary of Basel II)
• April 21, 2003 - Toughen Embedded Examiners, Petrou Tells Regulators
• April 8, 2003 - Congress to Take Active Basel Role, Petrou Predicts
• Februrary 27, 2003 - Petrou Urges Go-Slow to Get Basel Capital Rules Going

2002

• October 16, 2002 - New Capital Rules May Decide Winners, Losers Sooner Than Thought, Report Says
• September 9, 2002 - Fannie, Freddie Figures Show Big Cross-Ownership of Each Other’s Securities