Margin Requirements for Transactions in Financial Instruments: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2704 ... May 29 and 30, 1980 |
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... action in the proper district court of 2 the United States , the United States District Court for the 3 District of Columbia , or the United States courts of any terri- 4 tory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United 5 ...
... action in the proper district court of 2 the United States , the United States District Court for the 3 District of Columbia , or the United States courts of any terri- 4 tory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United 5 ...
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... action in the House and Senate and so forth . Will that be possible , do you think ? Mr. VOLCKER . I understand the problem very well . I'm not sure about early July . I was thinking in terms of the middle of July for a preliminary ...
... action in the House and Senate and so forth . Will that be possible , do you think ? Mr. VOLCKER . I understand the problem very well . I'm not sure about early July . I was thinking in terms of the middle of July for a preliminary ...
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... action now rather than later . Mr. VOLCKER . Yes . The CHAIRMAN . Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 , the Federal Reserve Board has the responsibility for setting margin requirements on any security except an exempted ...
... action now rather than later . Mr. VOLCKER . Yes . The CHAIRMAN . Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 , the Federal Reserve Board has the responsibility for setting margin requirements on any security except an exempted ...
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... action in the futures mar- kets could take a variety of forms - increased initial margins , posi- tion limits ... actions of the futures market appear most necessary , or are they all needed , and are you considering all of them ? Mr ...
... action in the futures mar- kets could take a variety of forms - increased initial margins , posi- tion limits ... actions of the futures market appear most necessary , or are they all needed , and are you considering all of them ? Mr ...
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... action ? Mr. VOLCKER . The first request we made was in October . We had no specific monitoring apparatus in place until we reiterated the request in the middle of March . At that point we did put in a monitoring and surveillance ...
... action ? Mr. VOLCKER . The first request we made was in October . We had no specific monitoring apparatus in place until we reiterated the request in the middle of March . At that point we did put in a monitoring and surveillance ...
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1979 through March action agency Agriculture Andrew Brimmer banks Berendt bill Board of Governors Board of Trade Brimmer broker broker-dealers CARSWELL cash market CBOT CFTC Chairman Chicago Board clearing members collateral Comex commodities markets Commodity Exchange Act Commodity Futures Trading concern Cong Congress customers daily price delivery economic excessive speculation FCCB Federal Reserve Board financial futures financial instruments Foreign Investors forward contracts futures contracts futures exchanges futures margins Futures Trading Commission gold hedgers hedging HEIMANN increase initial margin interest January jurisdiction KCBT legislation liquidation loans March 27 margin authority margin calls margin levels meeting million ounces original margin requirements participants purchase question regulation regulatory responsibility risk SCHLEICHER Section securities self-regulatory Senator STEVENSON Senator STEWART September Sess set margins silver contracts silver futures market silver market silver positions silver prices silver situation Special Silver Committee statement tion transactions Treasury volatility VOLCKER WILMOUTH
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Page 526 - ... security" or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.
Page 526 - When used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires — (1) the term "security" means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, or, in...
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Page 213 - Five members who are members of the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives, three from the majority and two from the minority party, to be appointed by the chairman of the committee.
Page 680 - ... person by any means whatsoever In regard to any such order or contract or the disposition or execution of any such order or contract, or In regard to any act of agency performed with respect to such order or contract for such...
Page 680 - ... any contract of sale of any commodity for future delivery made, or to be made, on or subject to the rules of any contract market...
Page 232 - Policy. — Regulations shall be as simple and clear as possible. They shall achieve legislative goals effectively and efficiently. They shall not impose unnecessary burdens on the economy, on individuals, on public or private organizations, or on State and local governments.
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