MetLife Not Happy With "Too Big To Fail" Designation, FSOC Transparency Questioned

Mark Melin

Published onDecember 19, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on Thursday said MetLife Inc. is officially “too big to fail,” and Metlife Inc isn’t happy. Meanwhile, the insurance Company Institute expressed concerns regarding FSOC’s decision making transparency.

In a statement, the life insurance company argued over the ruling. “MetLife is not systemically important under the Dodd-Frank Act’s criteria, and the company has presented substantial and compelling evidence to FSOC to support this conclusion,” the statement said, noting that is was “disappointed in the FSOC decision.”

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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.

MetLife Not Happy With "Too Big To Fail" Designation, FSOC Transparency Questioned

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