Tag Archives: Ingo Walter

Thoughts on Reputation and Governance in Banking

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

The following is a post written by Professor Ingo Walter, Academic Director of the MS in Risk Management Program:

The epic financial crisis of a few years ago inflicted immense damage on the process of financial intermediation, the fabric of … Continue reading →

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Swaps Regulations to Cost an Estimated $6.7 Billion

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Laura Shanley

SimCorp StrategyLab, a private research firm headed by Finance Professor Ingo Walter of NYU Stern, estimates that financial institutions will incur massive costs in compliance with new swaps regulations.

Excerpt from International Securities Services:

Financial firms will spend an … Continue reading →

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Dimon’s $23 Million Payday Isn’t the Problem

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Laura Shanley

In a new op-ed, NYU Stern Professors Ingo Walter and Jennifer Carpenter address risk exposure and incentive systems in financial institutions. They argue that the root of the problem is the underpriced government guarantees that incentivize risk taking, not executive compensation … Continue reading →

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Financial Architecture, Systemic Risk and Universal Banking

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Laura Shanley

NYU Stern Finance Professors Anthony Saunders and Ingo Walter published an article in the January 2012 edition of Financial Markets and Portfolio Management. “Financial Architecture, Systemic Risk and Universal Banking” explores sources of risk in the financial services sector and … Continue reading →

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Taking on the Big Three: Professor Ingo Walter on Credit Rating Agencies

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Laura Shanley

Professor Ingo Walter is interviewed in Crain’s New York Business on the dominance of the three main credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch Ratings Ltd. Newer rating agencies such as Kroll and … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: Banking Stability and Reform with Sir John Vickers

Posted on September 20, 2011 by mjog

On Monday, September 12, the Independent Commission on Banking, led by Sir John Vickers, released its final report on UK banking. Two of its key findings are that core banking operations must be ringfenced from the rest of bank’s other … Continue reading →

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Dodd-Frank: One Year On…..

Posted on July 12, 2011 by mjog

22 July marks the first anniversary of Dodd-Frank, the most comprehensive US regulatory effort for financial markets since the 1930s. In June, the Pew Charitable Trusts and NYU’s Stern School collected an array of prominent experts to provide an interim … Continue reading →

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Continued Recovery of the US Economy

Posted on May 19, 2011 by mjog

Professor Ingo Walter believes that the US fiscal policy has to be addressed as a matter of national urgency.

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The Wall Street Leviathan

Posted on April 12, 2011 by mjog

by Jeff Madrick Regulating Wall Street: The Dodd-Frank Act and the New Architecture of Global Finance
edited by Viral V. Acharya, Thomas F. Cooley, Matthew P. Richardson, and Ingo Walter Wiley, 573 pp., $49.95One refreshing sign of hope … Continue reading →

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Reputational Risk

Posted on April 7, 2011 by mjog

Professor Ingo Walter

The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 was associated with an unprecedented degree of financial and economic damage. For investors and financial intermediaries, the estimates seem to have risen to over $4 trillion or so worldwide by the … Continue reading →

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