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Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle
Nov 20th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming...
Goldman Sachs: Here's What Makes Us Awesome
Nov 20th, 2009 - Silicon Alley Insider
Lloyd Blankfein delivered a presentation about Goldman Sachs last week in which he explained what Goldman Sachs is and what its plans for expansion are. His comments were...
EU Commission approves revised Irish bank scheme
Nov 20th, 2009 - Forbes
BRUSSELS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Friday a revised Irish government guarantee scheme for financial institutions that extends the maturity of instruments covered by the plan to five years from two years.
Panel Approves Curbs on 'Too Big' Firms
Nov 18th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- A key House panel voted Wednesday to give government the power to break up large financial firms whose collapse might threaten the broader economy, despite aggressive lobbying by major financial institutions to kill the measure.
Goldman Sachs, Warren Buffett To Help Small Businesses
Nov 18th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Tuesday it is teaming with billionaire investor Warren Buffett to invest $500 million to provide thousands of small business owners across America with college scholarships and boost their access to capital.

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Financial Institutions Caused this Crisis Says Wells Fargo's Kovacevich
The current financial crisis was caused by financial institutions themselves, not by their customers, Richard Kovacevich, MBA 67, chairman of Wells Fargo, told a Stanford audience. Financial institutions exhibited a total disregard for basic risk management fundamentals and even common sense ...
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4. Portfolio Diversification and Supporting Financial Institutions (CAPM Model)
Financial Markets (ECON 252) Portfolio diversification is the most fundamental concept of risk management. The allocation of financial resources in stocks, bonds, riskless, assets, oil and other assets determine the expected return and risk of a portfolio ...
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Rachel Maddow Show: Matt Taibbi on Why Financial Institutions Should Be Broken Up
From the Rachel Maddow Show March 24, 2009.
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Alan Grayson on Large Financial Institutions: Who will say 'enough is enough'?
Rep. Alan Grayson asks a group of witnesses representing parts of the hedge fund industry what the rules should be to prevent large financial institutions from threatening the financial system. The witnesses at this hearing are ...

Financial Institutions from WikiPedia:

In financial economics, a financial institution is an institution that provides financial services for its clients or members. Probably the most important financial service provided by financial institutions is acting as financial intermediaries. Most financial institutions are highly regulated by government bodies. Broadly speaking, there are three major types of financial institution:

Financial institutions provide service as intermediaries of the capital and debt markets. They are responsible for transferring funds from investors to companies, in need of those funds. The presence of financial institutions facilitate the flow of money through the economy. To do so, savings are pooled to mitigate the risk brought to provide funds for loans. Such is the primary means for depository institutions to develop revenue. Should the yield curve become inverse, firms in this arena will offer additional fee-generating services including securities underwriting, and prime brokerage.