Department of the Treasury

• Demand for Swaps Collateral Could Bolster Bonds

  By Matthew Leising and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg  |  June 11, 2013

  New collateral rules could slow rise in Treasury yields.

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  Countdown to SEPA

  By Susan Kelly  |  May 13, 2013

  Lagging SEPA implementation leaves companies at risk of payment disruptions.

• Treasury Management Systems Boost Productivity

  By Treasury & Risk Staff  |  May 9, 2013

  Survey finds that the average TMS user spends 30 minutes less on manual tasks each day, compared with the average spreadsheet user.

• Too-Big-to-Fail Bill Pitched as Fix for Dodd-Frank’s Flaws

  By Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg  |  April 25, 2013

  Sens. Brown and Vitter propose 15% capital requirement for megabanks.

• Corzine Sued by Trustee over MF Global Failure

  By Phil Milford and Tiffany Kary, Bloomberg  |  April 23, 2013

  CFO Steenkamp and COO Abelow are also named in Freeh’s lawsuit.

• U.K. Among Nations Raising Alarm on U.S. Swap Rules’ Reach

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  April 19, 2013

  Overseas finance officials urge U.S. Treasury to limit the cross-border reach of derivatives regulations.

• Corzine Blamed for MF Global Demise: Trustee’s Report

  By Tiffany Kary and Sophia Pearson, Bloomberg  |  April 4, 2013

  CEO knew firm’s capital and liquidity assumptions were ‘fatally flawed,’ Freeh says.

• Cyprus Shows Libor Still Broken

  By Liam Vaughan, Bloomberg  |  March 28, 2013

  Benchmark rate ignored the crisis in Cyprus, with just four out of 18 banks showing increase in dollar borrowing cost.

• Economists Don’t See U.S. Debt as a Crisis

  By David J. Lynch, Bloomberg  |  March 22, 2013

  U.S. growth is picking up despite the federal deficit.

• Deal to Raise Revenue on Foreign Income Gets Closer

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  February 28, 2013

  Bipartisan deal could make it easier for U.S. companies to bring home foreign income that has been taxed elsewhere.