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ns, or hedge fund fees. We don't need to micromanage over-the- counter versus exchange-traded derivatives, swap margins, position limits, the bloated Basel bank regulation mess, the definition of risk-weighted assets, the internal process and regulatory designation of and Moody ratings, the treatment

sis, and only a mild recession. Our financial system and economy could easily have handled the decline in home values and mortgage-backed security (MBS) values—which might also have been a lot smaller—had there not been a run. The central task for a regulatory response, then, should be to eliminate

based on mathematical models, in a manner "consistent with the standards (`Basel Standards') adopted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (`Basel Committee')".7 2. Bear Stearns Failed to Take Timely and Adequate Capital Charges 436. As the 2008 OIG Report points out, Bear Stearns' treatment

light of the Company's decision to use valuation and risk models that did not reflect the impact of the housing crisis on its most important assets: MBS. 89 EFTA00316817 Case 1:08-cv-02793-RWS Document 102 Filed 02/27/09 Page 105 of 347 368. As set out in the 2008 OIG Report, TM concluded that

ecome more stringent with the implementation of the standards set forth in the Basel Committee's 2010 capital and liquidity reform package known as Basel III. The implementation of Basel III may cause the cost of financing obtained by the Fund from such counterparties to become more expensive or, in

rest-rate and foreign exchange-rate risks. Mortgage-backed Securities ("Mal) and Asset-backed Securities ("ABS') Some investment characteristics of MBS and ABS differ from traditional debt securities. Among the major differences are that interest and principal payments are made more frequently, usu