Thursday, May 10, 2012

Fed Plans Avoiding the Next Big Bailout


When the next crisis brings a major financial firm to its knees, U.S. regulators will seize the parent company but allow its units around the globe to keep operating while the mess is cleaned up, according to a planned announcement Thursday from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, The Wall St Journal reports..

The equity stakeholders of the large bank or other financial firm will be wiped out, and bondholders will face losses as their holdings are swapped for equity in a new entity, as a part of the FDIC's plan.

Nearly four years after the massive government bailouts of the financial crisis, regulators are looking to chip away at the tacit understanding that the government will step in to save top financial institutions seen as vital to the economy or banking system….

Wait, wait....there's more at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304543904577394362191974098.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

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