Reference no: EM133632135
Discussion Post: Banking & Finance
Question I. Should banks be required to clearly state any off balance sheet activities? Should banks be required to hold reserves against their off balance sheet activities?
Question II. Should governments purchase the devalued paper so that financial institutions can clean up their balance sheets and prevent a collapse of the financial system?
Question III. Should governments seize the insolvent banks and operate them until private buyers can step in?
Question IV. Should governments regulate investment banks and private equity funds and hedge funds? If so, would this regulation have to be international in scope?
Question V. Should governments regulate the compensation schemes of the senior managers and traders in financial institutions?
Question VI. In a crisis, should financial institutions be required to mark to market?
Question VII. Should credit rating agencies be regulated?
Question VIII. Should governments regulate mortgage terms and security conditions?
Question IX. Has globalization created the ineviatability of global contagion in financial crises?
Question X. Did the financial crisis make a recession inevitable?