Mayra Rodriguez Valladares
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Almost Half of America’s Banks Have Less Than Satisfactory Federal Reserve Supervisory Ratings
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
On Tuesday, right as most Americans were running around doing last minute preparations for Thanksgiving, the Board of Governors of …
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The Government Accountability Office Is Right to Assess Regulators’ Monitoring of Leveraged Lending
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S. legislative agency that monitors and audits government spending and operations, is conducting an …
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Leveraged Loans and Collateralized Loan Obligations Are Riskier Than Many Want to Admit
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
In the last twelve months, I have written almost thirty articles about leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), because …
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Foreign Exchange Transactions and Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Derivatives Hit Record Highs
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
Anyone who is still claiming that Basel III rules, Dodd-Frank, or international agreed upon derivatives reforms would hurt trading volumes …
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Here’s Why Critics Think Changes to the ‘Volcker Rule’ Could Increase Risk and Leave Taxpayers Bailing Out Banks (Again)
By Erik Sherman
August 26, 2019, Fortune
After big banks received a bailout during the Great Recession (with taxpayer money) one guardrail that followed was increased regulation. Part of the …
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Weakening Dodd-Frank’s Volcker Rule Puts Depositors and Tax Payers at Risk
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
In an unfortunate decision, three of the four voting members of the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) …
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The Volcker Rule Should Be Strengthened for Big Banks and Made Transparent
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
Consumer advocates are very concerned that last week’s release of an Office of Financial Research (OFR) preliminary working paper, ‘The …
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Leveraged Loans and Collateralized Loan Obligations Have Significant Capital Implications for Banks
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
Banks around the world are exposed to the credit, market, operational and market liquidity risks of leveraged loans and collateralized …
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U.S. Corporate Debt Continues to Rise As Do Problem Leveraged Loans
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how highly leveraged zombie companies threaten the global economy. After spending the last …
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Keep Your Eye on Record Large Global Derivatives Markets
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
If I had a dollar for every time my clients and students told me in 2008 – 2012, that derivatives …
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