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Brooksley Elizabeth Born[1] (born August 27, 1940) [1] is an American attorney and former public official who, from August 26, 1996, to June 1, 1999, was chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency which oversees the U.S. futures and commodity options markets. [2] During her tenure on the CFTC, Born lobbied ...
The same day the CFTC issued its "concept release" Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Federal Reserve Board Chair Alan Greenspan, and SEC Chair Arthur Levitt (who, along with CFTC Chair Brooksley Born, were the members of the PWG) issued a letter asking Congress to prevent the CFTC from changing its existing treatment of OTC derivatives. They ...
Brooksley Born. In 1998 CFTC chairperson Brooksley E. Born lobbied Congress and the President [13] [page needed] [14] to give the CFTC oversight of 'off-exchange markets' for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives in addition to its existing oversight of exchange-traded derivatives, [15] but her warnings were opposed by other regulators. [16]
The derivatives market is the financial market for derivatives - financial instruments like futures contracts or options - which are derived from other forms of assets. The market can be divided into two, that for exchange-traded derivatives and that for over-the-counter derivatives. The legal nature of these products is very different, as well ...
Profile in Courage Award. The Profile in Courage Award is a private award created by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Kennedy originally described in his book of the same name. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or ...
The Frontline episode on Brooksley Born seems to have created interest in those events. The new section 1.2.3 gives details missing from the Frontline episode and adds the 1997 “professional markets” fight during which Born spoke of the OTC derivatives market in much the same manner as the later PWG Report. While the Markham/Johnson/Coffee ...
In 1998, Brooksley E. Born, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, put forth a policy paper asking for feedback from regulators, lobbyists, and legislators on the question of whether derivatives should be reported, sold through a central facility, or whether capital requirements should be required of their buyers.
Abraham Lincoln High School was established on Tuesday, August 27, 1940, accepting approximately 950 students under principal Clyde W. White. Its opening and dedication ceremony was held on September 22, 1940. ALHS is a "westside" school along with Lowell High School and George Washington High School. ALHS at the corner of Quintara and 24th.