Goodwill Manasota honors 2023 Community Ambassadors of the Year
I accepted the Philanthropy award on behalf of Sarasota Private Trust Company at Goodwill Manasota’s 2023 Community Ambassador of the Year Awards event.
“Reforming the Federal Reserve” by Alex Pollock
My long-time friend, Alex Pollock, has written what might be the most timely and important of the many thoughtful pieces he has authored over a lifetime of great scholarship. The article addresses the issue of whether the Federal Reserve should be subject to Congressional oversight when setting interest rates and determining the supply of money.
How Risky Are the Banks Now? What Regulatory Reforms Make Sense? Federalist Society Panel Discussion
I joined the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project for a panel discussion moderated by my good friend Alex Pollock.
What led to the TD-First Horizon deal termination
I spoke with Zoe Sagalow at S&P Global Market Intelligence on the suspension of Toronto-Dominion Bank’s acquisiton of First Horizon Corp., explaining how these processes work from a regulatory perspective.
Remembering Charles Arthur (Butch) Isaac
Last Saturday Butch and his wonderful partner, Pam Clark, watched the Ohio State game together and had dinner. Some 12 hours later, Butch died in Pam’s arms. I don’t believe he could have ever scripted a better ending for his great life. I didn’t get to say goodbye, but I spoke with him by phone last Friday and texted him “Go Bucks” during Saturday’s game.
“Lots of Red Ink at the Fed” by Alex Pollock
Alex Pollock, who has devoted much of his lifetime to studying the financial world, has written two new articles about highly questionable monetary policy actions taken by the Federal Reserve in coordination with the US Treasury’s TARP bailout programs
Bill Isaac – Financial Institutions in the Current Environment
Larry Gordon and I sat down for a wide-ranging interview covering the banking and thrift crises from 1978 through 1992 when the FDIC dealt with thousands of deeply troubled banks and thrifts, some 3,000 of which failed, including many of the largest regional banks in the nation.
Government Debt Crisis Has Hit U.S. Banks | Bill Isaac, Former FDIC Chair
I joined host Jack Farley for an episode of the Forward Guidance podcast, during which we discussed my background in banking and the lessons I learned that should be applied today.
Capital reform is coming, but not without a fight
I spoke with American Banker about the Fed, FDIC, and OCC’s newly proposed capital rule changes.
Bloomberg Markets “The Close”: Proposed Capital Rules
Regulators have been acting in an ad-hoc manner, albeit in good faith, for over six decades (including during the period when I was Chairman of the FDIC). This unending practice of bailouts of large banks and large depositors must end––now.
I urge Congress and the regulators to develop a plan to reform the deposit insurance system to end bailing out the largest depositors when banks fail.