Financial Institutional Reform News

Zurich Launches Risk Management Tool for Financial Institutions

Zurich has launched a new Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) healthcheck assessment tool for financial institutions. The tool was created to assist financial institutions in response to recent regulations making them more accountable for risk management. “The ERM Healthcheck helps financial …

Government Wins Bid to Apply FIRREA Fraud Law in Banks’ Mortgage Cases

A federal judge has endorsed a broad interpretation of a savings-and-loan era law that the U.S. Justice Department is trying to use in cases against Wall Street banks. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Monday that a “straightforward …