Monthly Archives: June 2009

Battle over derivatives regulation

Trading in complex derivatives, financial instruments like credit default swaps, in large part sparked the current economic crisis.  Now the debate has shifted to how to regulate derivatives and where to trade them.  School of Law Professor Charles Whitehead, a securities law expert and long-time Citigroup counsel, can offer some guidance as to where the […]

GM files for bankruptcy

It’s official:  Industy icon General Motors has filed for bankruptcy (as Chrysler prepares to emerge from it).  Former Ford Motors executive Louis Lataif, now dean of the BU School of Management, can put the upheavals into context. Contact Louis Lataif, 617-353-2668, lelataif@bu.edu