Speeches & Testimony

The Should-We Threshold to Operational Risk-Based Capital:
Policy Problems with the Basel II Proposal
Karen Shaw Petrou
Prepared for the
Operational Risk Management Forum
Tysons Corner, Virginia
November 8, 2004
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Battling the Basel Babble: Why This Complex Rule Really Matters
Karen Shaw Petrou
Remarks before the Conference of Counsel
New York, New York
October 7, 2004
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Rep-Risk Rocks: Strategies to Reduce Reputational Risk at a Troubled Time
Karen Shaw Petrou
Remarks before the Conference of Counsel
New York, New York
October 7, 2004
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H.R. 4110 : The FHA Single Family Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2004
Basil N. Petrou
Testimony prepared for the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the Committee on Financial Services
United States House of Representatives
June 16, 2004
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H.R. 3755 – The Zero Downpayment Act of 2004
Basil N. Petrou
Testimony Prepared for the Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Opportunity of the Committee on Financial Services
United States House of Representatives
March 24, 2004
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“Fannie, Freddie and the Fall-Out: The Future of the Housing GSEs”
Karen Shaw Petrou
Remarks Prepared for the Community Bankers Association of New York State
Colorado Springs, Colorado
September 6, 2003
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“EFFECTIVE GSE SUPERVISION WILL LOWER THE COST OF HOME OWNERSHIP”
Karen Shaw Petrou before the Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee
Financial Services Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
June 25, 2003
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“BASEL II: Baby in the Bath Water Worth Saving”
Karen Shaw Petrou
Before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
United States Senate
June 18, 2003
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“Big Bad Banks and What To Do About Them”
Karen Shaw Petrou
Remarks Prepared for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Bank Supervision Managers’ Conference
Washington, D. C.
April 23, 2003
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Remarks Prepared for Federal Bar Association
Karen Shaw Petrou
Washington, D. C.
April 8, 2003
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“Policy Issues in Complex Proposal Warrant Congressional Scrutiny”
Karen Shaw Petrou
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology Subcommittee
Committee on Financial Services
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC, February 27, 2003
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“Getting the Risk Right in Risk-Based Capital”
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Risk Management Conference
New York, NY, July 31, 2002
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“European Union’s Financial Services Action Plan”
Testimony before the Financial Services Committee
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC, May 22, 2002
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“Taking Care With Capital Rules: Why Getting Them Right Matters So Much”
Annual Research Meeting
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chicago, IL, May 9, 2002
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“Getting It Right and Making It Clear: How U.S. Rules Will Change After Enron”
Ministry of Finance Delegation, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Washington, D.C., February 1, 2002.
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“Bigger Isn’t Better: Consolidating Banks and Their Policy Impact”
General Accounting Office,
Washington, D.C., February 14, 2001.
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“Why Should You Keep Them Down on the Farm: A New Vision for Community Banking”
Iowa Bankers Association,
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2001.
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“The Distant Sound of Drums: The Compliance Challenges After Privacy and Predatory Lending”
Annual Compliance Conference American Bankers Association,
Washington, D.C., June 18, 2001.
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“Policy Implications of the Superior Federal Bank Failure and The New World of Financial System Risk”
Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs United States Senate,
Washington, D.C., October 16, 2001.
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2000:

“A Full Plate after FinMod: Strategic Challenges for Banks in the Federal Policy Arena”
Louisiana Bankers Association,
Washington, D.C., March 3, 2000.

“The Capital Quandary: Speed-Bumps on the Road to Modernization”
California Bankers Association,
Berkeley, CA, March 29, 2000.
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“Future Business and Strategic Challenges for the Financial Services Industry”
Lawyers’ Council Spring Meeting Financial Services Roundtable,
Washington, D.C., May 12, 2000.

“The Compliance Conundrum: Defining the Fine Line between Certainty and Stupidity”
Annual Meeting of Compliance Directors Office of Thrift Supervision,
Arlington, VA, July 18, 2000.

“No Matter Who Wins: The Financial Services Policy Agenda in 2001″
Bank Counsel Group,
Boston, MA, October 19, 2000.

1999:

“Food Chain vs. Chain Fence: Emerging Merger Strategies in the Financial Services Industry”
1999 UNC School of Law Banking Institute,
Chapel Hill, NC, April 8, 1999.

“Pictures at an Exhibition: Prospects for Financial Industry Legislative and Regulatory Initiatives”
Bankers Association for Foreign Trade,
Washington, D.C., June 25, 1999.

“Some Smoke, Some Fire: Federal Financial Legislation and Regulation,”
Financial Institutions Conference,
Atlanta, GA, September 24, 1999.

“Unfinished Business: The Federal Agenda After Financial Reform,”
Bank Counsel Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL, October 28, 1999.

“Banking on the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Community Banks,”
Annual Meeting America’s Community Bankers,
Orlando, FL, November 1, 1999.

“Parsing Privacy: The New Law and Beyond,”
Delaware Bankers Association,
Wilmington, DE, November 17, 1999.

1998:

“Rescue and Retribution: Congress, the IMF, and the Banks,”
Annual Meeting of the Bankers Association …