Financial Institutions Exam #3

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Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Created the Federal Reserve System
McFadden Act of 1927
Effectively prohibited banks from banking across state lines.
Banking Acts of 1933 (Glass-Steagall) and 1935
-Created the FDIC-Separated commercial banking from the securities industry-Prohibited interest on checkable deposit and restricted such deposits to commercial banks-Put interest-rate ceilings on other deposits
Bank Holding Company Act and Douglas Amendment (1956)(2 features)
Clarified the status of bank holding companies (BHCs)Gave the Federal Reserve regulatory responsibility for BHCs
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (DIDMCA) of 1980 Gave
-Gave thrift institutions wider latitude in activities-Approved NOW and sweep accounts nationwide-Phased out interest-rate ceilings on deposits -Imposed uniform reserve requirements on depository institutions-Eliminated usury ceilings on loans-Increased deposit insurance to $100,00 per account
Depository Institutions Act of 1982(Garn--St. Germain)
-Gave the FDIC and the FSLIC emergency powers to merge banks and thrifts across state lines-Allowed depository institutions to offer money market deposit accounts (MMDAs)-Granted thrifts wider latitude in commercial and consumer lending
Competitive Equality in Banking Act (CEBA) of 1987
Provided $10.8 billion to the FSLICMade provisions for regulatory forbearance in depressed areas
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) of 1989
-Provided funds to resolve S&L failures-Eliminated the FSLIC and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board-Created the Office of Thrift Supervision to regulate thrifts-Created the Resolution Trust Corporation to resolve insolvent thrifts-Raised deposit insurance premiums-Reimposed restrictions on S&L activities
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations Improvement Act (FDICIA) of 1991
-Recapitalized the FDIC-Limited brokered deposit and the too-big-to-fail -policy-Set provisions for prompt corrective action-Instructed the FDIC to establish risk-based premiums-Increased examinations capital requirements, and reporting requirements
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
-Overturned prohibition of interstate banking-Allowed branching across
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
Repealed Glass-Steagall and removed the separation of banking and securities industries
Federal Deopsit Insurance Reform Act of 2005
-Merged the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund-Increased deposit insurance on individual retirement accounts to $250,000 per account-Allowed for future automatic adjustments to the insurance limits based on inflation-Authorized FDIC to revise its system of risk-based premiums
Economic analyses of the eight financial system puzzles indicate that our financial structure is best understood as a response to the problems of adverse selection, moral hazard and __________
Transactions costs
When the quality of information about firms is better, asymmetric information problems will be less severe. Thus, it will be easier for firms to issue ______________, rather than obtaining external finance through __________________
Securities, equities, stocks, bonds,
bank loans,financial intermediaries
The Two most common conflict interests abuses in mutual funds in 2003 and 2004 were ________ and ___________
Late trading
Market timing