Saturday 9 January 2010

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION

We are seeing United States initiative for investigations regarding the causes of the recent crisis. We have been discussing, reading about these since 2007 but the commission has put them in a more organized structure under 22 headings ranged from credit rating agencies, global imbalances, corporate governance, derivatives to securitisation.

On the positive side:
1. US determination to lead the exit is persistent
2. A rich mix will be available in hearings from head of top investment banks to regulators and independent experts.

On the question mark side:
Will it cause high public expectations or indifference?