As Buffett, Singer Warn of Derivatives Implosion, Fed Posts Watch List

Mark Melin

Published onMay 2, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

The US Federal Reserve today released a list of 15 large financial firms that “may pose elevated risks to U.S. financial stability and are supervised by the Federal Reserve,” according to a statement released by the bank regulator today.

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Significant commonality on list is many are 2008 repeat offenders

An important commonality of members of the infamous list is many engage OTC derivatives trading where the contract structures violate long established principles of transparency, proper margin to equity and simplicity of terms. The list includes well known repeat offenders from the...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

As Buffett, Singer Warn of Derivatives Implosion, Fed Posts Watch List

Significant commonality on list is many are 2008 repeat offenders

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