Managing Partner

Karen Shaw Petrou is a managing partner at Federal Financial Analytics.

The Real Reason to Worry About Basel III Liquidity Rules
January 16, 2013 No, the standards weren't "watered down," media hype notwithstanding. But the Basel Committee is considering a complete pass...

Basel III: Something For Everyone to Hate
July 8, 2012 The first Basel III deadlines are in place for 2013 and represent a sweeping change for the industry. The nation’s...

Lesson of JPM Debacle: Keep the Board's Eye on the Ball
May 21, 2012 The JPM unpleasantness reinforces the hard lessons of the financial crisis, which are that a sound financial system depends on...

Basel III and SIFIs: Rules and Realities
June 23, 2011 Within months of the enactment of Dodd-Frank, international regulators proposed sweeping new capital and liquidity rules that...