Introduction -- A systemic regulator for financial markets -- A new information infrastructure for financial markets -- Regulation of retirement savings -- Reforming capital requirements for financial institutions -- Regulation of executive compensation in financial services -- An expedited resolution mechanism for distressed financial firms: Regulatory hybrid securities -- Improving resolution options for systemically important financial institutions -- Credit default swaps, clearing houses, and exchanges -- Prime brokers, derivative dealers, and runs -- Conclusion.
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In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform. The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights from the ongoing collaboration that began at these meetings and provides a revelatory, unified, and coherent voice for fixing our troubled and damaged financial markets. As an alternative to the patchwork solutions and ideologically charged proposals that have dominated other discussions, the Squam Lake group.