Banking Report Index-Summary

HAWAII

– Tax havens, state to waive penalties for taxpayers voluntarily disclosing previously undeclared offshore bank account income, 93:400

HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HSAs)

– Average employer contributions, industry trade group issues preliminary analysis, 92:388
– Eligible insurance plans cover 8M people in 2009, industry group reports, 92:1168

HEDGE FUNDS

– Advisers, SEC and MFA officials discuss possibility of regulatory regime, 92:1160
– Best practice standards, President's Working Group panels issue reports for asset managers, 92:191
– Enforcement policy, Schapiro highlights SEC's aggressive approach, 92:1060
– European Comm'n to seek authority to regulate despite industry commitment to self-regulatory schemes, 92:517; European Comm'n proposes measure to impose rules on alternative investment capital pools, 92:1074; study finds proposal could cost funds billions, 93:599
– Fair value measurement, FASB issues new guidance on estimation, 93:637
– FBAR filings, private foundations ask IRS to issue clarifying guidance on investments in offshore funds, 92:1498
– Fraud, group of investors may go forward with claim that Banc of Am. Securities aided and abetted breach of fiduciary duties committed by fund managers (2d Cir.), 92:1385
– G-20 members must support regulatory proposals, EU leaders say, 92:447; Managed Funds Ass'n CEO warns against limiting leverage, 92:799; G-20 leaders intend to regulate systemically important hedge funds, 92:843
– Guaranty program, SEC considering extension of temporary relief rule, 92:381
– Hill Watch, 92:957; 93:478
– Insider trading

– – Deutsche Bank Securities, SEC files first action involving CDS by charging portfolio manager and salesman (S.D.N.Y.), 92:1125
– – Galleon and New Castle, 6 executives charged over alleged roles in largest case yet (S.D.N.Y.), 93:742

– Madoff Ponzi scheme

See FRAUD

– Outlook 2009, new rules likely, analysts say, citing systemic risk potential, 92:233
– Registration as investment companies

– – Authority, SEC needs to inspect entities regularly but unlikely to handle additional responsibility, former chief says, 92:22; Schapiro claims registration insufficient to oversee industry adequately, 92:1060; Schapiro maintains more stringent regulation possible despite Obama overhaul plan, 92:1429
– – Capuano (D-Mass)-Castle (R-Del) measure

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 711

– – Framework, Geithner outlines Obama administration plan, 92:730; venture capitalists oppose idea while some private funds voice agreement, 92:1416; Obama administration delivers draft measure to Congress, 93:127
– – Gensler recommends proposing principles requiring prime brokers and banks to be subject to mandatory registration, 92:1485
– – IOSCO endorses concept of mandatory registration for prime brokers and financial backers, 92:1502
– – Private funds, SEC official encourages Senate Banking Comm. members to consider mandate, 93:126
– – Transparency, Grassley (D-Iowa) and Levin (D-Mich) introduce measure to treat hedge funds as investment companies, 92:273; measure indirectly to remove money manager exemption, 92:425

– Surveys, some managers continue to view excessive regulation as most significant threat to business, 93:20
– Vulture funds, distressed debt market offers significant opportunities, survey says, 92:276

HEDGING

– Accounting

– – IASB vote to explore simplifications of model raises fresh questions about U.S. convergence, 93:598
– – Use of more than one derivative as hedging instrument, IFRIC set to publish agenda rejection on IAS 39, 92:1129

– Derivatives, swap dealer exemptions, CFTC seeking comment on recommendations to review elimination option, 92:751

HELOC

See HOME EQUITY LINES OF CREDIT (HELOC)

HILL WATCH

– Key bills, status, 92:957; 93:478

HOME EQUITY LINES OF CREDIT (HELOC)

– Delinquency, American Bankers Ass'n bulletin, 3rd quarter 2008, 92:71
– Disclosure, FRB proposes changes to Regulation Z requirements to highlight potentially risky features, 93:171

HOMELAND SECURITY

See TERRORISM

HOUSING

– Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, Oct. 2008, 92:20; Nov. 2008, 92:284; Dec. 2008, 92:506; Jan. 2009, 92:823; March 2009, 92:1268; May 2009, 93:242; June 2009, 93:402; July 2009, 93:642
– Civil disobedience part of push to stop foreclosures and evictions in U.S. cities, Special Report, 92:398
– Existing home sales

– – Census Bureau report, Nov. 2008, 92:25; Dec. 2008, 92:282
– – National Ass'n of Realtors, 4th quarter 2008, 92:388; Jan. 2009, 92:507; March 2009, 92:1010; April 2009, 92:1269; May 2009, 92:1493; June 2009, 93:188; July 2009, 93:345; Sept. 2009, 93:800

– Future of market

– – Amidst historic recession, glimmers of hope appear, Viewpoint, 92:1156
– – Bair foresees further price reductions before bottom reached, 92:1156

– HERA, guidance needed to inform taxpayers of tax consequences of Treasury Dep't actions, IRS officials say, 93:730
– House GOP leaders unveil plan to provide tax credits to home buyers trying to refinance mortgages or purchase primary residences, 92:755
– Mortgages

– – Interest rates

See INTEREST RATES

– – Subprime loans

See SUBPRIME MORTGAGES

– New home sales

– – Census Bureau report, Nov. 2008, 92:25; Dec. 2008, 92:283; Jan. 2009, 92:508; Feb. 2009, 92:759; March 2009, 92:1010; May 2009, 92:1493; June 2009, 93:241; July 2009, 93:402
– – National Ass'n of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, August 2009, 93:345

– Online raffles, home sellers face patchwork of state rules and restrictions, 92:154
– Pending Home Sales Index, Natl. Ass'n of Realtors report, Oct. 2008, 92:82; Dec. 2008, 92:345; Jan. 2009, 92:577; Feb. 2009, 92:824; March 2009, 92:1121; April 2009, 92:1326; May 2009, 93:24; June 2009, 93:288; July 2009, 93:450
– Purchase-Only Home Price Index, FHFA report, Oct. 2008, 92:20; Jan. 2009, 92:759; Feb. 2009, 92:1009; May 2009, 93:189; June 2009, 93:401
– Qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage certificates

– – Housing cost/income ratio, IRS updates guidance for issuers, 92:1057
– – Purchase prices, IRS updates tables for U.S. homes in nationwide metropolitan statistical areas, 92:380

– Regulatory reform, clearly defined government role essential for fixing mortgage market, FHFA official says, 93:679
– Rural Housing Service refinancing program for guaranteed loans

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2034

– Starts, HUD-Commerce Dep't joint report, Dec. 2008, 92:198; Jan. 2009, 92:438; Feb. 2009, 92:705; March 2009, 92:938; May 2009, 92:1442; June 2009, 93:132; Aug. 2009, 93:530
– State and local HFAs, Obama administration announces bond, credit, and liquidity initiatives to help support new lending, 93:721
– Tax credit extension, bipartisan group urges House to act in timely fashion, 93:787

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (HUD)

– Donovan nomination as secretary, agency must become major player in fixing foreclosure crisis, Senate panel says, 92:133

HSAs

See HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HSAs)

HUD

See HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (HUD)