Financial regulation is a form of regulation or supervision, which subjects financial institutions to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines, aiming to maintain the integrity of the financial system. This may be handled by either a government or non-government organization.
Purpose: The purpose of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the ?Committee?) of the Board of Directors (the ?Board?) of Macromedia, Inc. (the ?Company?) is to -- Identify, consider and nominate candidates for membership on the Board; -- Make recommendations regarding the structure and composition of the Board and Board committees; -- Develop and recommend corporate governance guidelines applicable to the Company; -- Consider matters related to conflicts of...
Economics
In Russia and elsewhere, proponents of rapid, mass privatization of stateowned enterprises (ourselves among them) hoped that the profit incentives unleashed by privatization would soon revive faltering, centrally planned economies. In Russia, the revival didn?t happen. We offer here some partial explanations. First, mass privatization is likely to lead to massive self-dealing by managers and controlling shareholders unless (implausibly in the initial transition from cent...
Government Reference Publication
Excerpt: Before We Get Started… ... 15 years in process engineering and configuration management ... Helped create in-house CM system at GE Information Services ... Helped move GEIS to level 2 CMM ... Led global CMM Process Improvement effort at Ford Motor Company ... 3 years developing and directing an enterprise configuration management practice for a national consulting organization ... Frequent speaker on SCM and process improvement, including 2004 ACDM conference an...
Excerpt: Assistance to the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry for Finance and the Ministry of Justice, provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a part of the U.S. Mission to Macedonia, has resulted in the review and implementation ...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-43); Supported by the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the MIT Sloan School of Management
Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-31)
Excerpt: The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is transmitting EPA’s comments on the robust summaries and test plan for Dibutylcarbamodithioic acid, methylene ester posted on the ChemRTK HPV Challenge Program Web site on June 1, 2004. I commend R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc. for its commitment to the HPV Challenge Program. EPA reviews test plans and robust summaries to determine whether the reported data and test plans will provide the data necessary to adequately...
Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
Excerpt: FHFB?s chair has greater authority to make key administrative decisions than the chairs at five of the six other financial regulators GAO reviewed. FHFB?s chair has the authority to appoint and remove officials and reorganize the agency without a vote by the board. In contrast, statutes, regulations, and practices limit the chairs? authorities at most other regulators. In particular, the boards or commissions at these agencies approve most senior-level appointme...
Excerpt: There was general agreement among the participants that the root causes of the accountability breakdowns are systemic in nature, complex, and will require leadership and alterations to the current models in each of the four interrelated areas to transition to an overall system that is more focused on protecting the public interest and, in that regard, accountability. They also agreed that considerable actions have been taken and/or proposed towards achieving tho...
Excerpt: Farmer Mac, a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE), was established to provide a secondary market for agricultural real estate and rural housing loans and to increase agricultural mortgage credit. In 2003, GAO reported that several aspects of Farmer Mac?s financial risk management practices had not kept pace with its increasing risk profile. First, Farmer Mac had $3. billion in off-balance-sheet commitments and other agreements that could obligate it to buy the...
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
Two economic events have dominated the twentieth century?the socialist/communist experiment that began in the Soviet Union in 1917 and ended with the fall of the Soviet Empire just under a decade ago; and the transition of these economies to market economies during the past decade. There is widespread agreement about the lessons from the first?central planning cannot replace markets, and even market socialism cannot replace the incentives associated with capitalism?incen...
August 1995.; Prepared for submission to Congress pursuant to the Conference Report on FY 1994 Treasury Appropriations; Includes bibliographical references
Excerpt: Farmer Mac?s income has increased since 1999, and its capital continues to exceed required levels. At the same time, we identified trends that indicated a more complex risk profile. For example, its off-balance sheet standby agreements have grown 350 percent in 3 years and comprise nearly 50 percent of Farmer Mac?s total loans. To date, the underlying loans have been performing better than the on-balance sheet loans. However, if rapid growth in standby agreement...
Pursuant to Administrative and Financial Regulation 5(4), I am pleased to submit to the Administrative Council for its approval the Annual Report on the Operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes required by Article 6(1)(g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States. This Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002. The Report includes the audited financia...
Pursuant to Administrative and Financial Regulation 5(4), I am pleased to submit to the Administrative Council for its approval the Annual Report on the Operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes required by Article 6(1)(g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States. This Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003. The Report includes the audited financia...