Brooksley Born

  • 1996-1999 - Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) - 08/26/96 – 06/01/99
  • 2009 07 -  FCIC - July 2009, Nancy Pelosi appointed Brooksley Born as a commissioner to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC).
  • 1998 0724 - GOV (House) - Testimony Of Brooksley Born, Chairperson Commodity Futures Trading Commission Concerning The Over-The-Counter Derivatives Market Before The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Banking And Financial Services July 24, 1998 - 16p
  • 1998 0507 - Press Release - CFTC - re: Concept Release - cftc.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press98/opa4142-98.htm
  • 1998 - CFTC - Over-the-Counter Derivatives - Concept Release - [link] 
    • SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") has been engaged in a comprehensive regulatory reform effort designed to update the agency's oversight of both exchange and off-exchange markets.
    • As part of this reform effort, the Commission is reexamining its approach to the over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives market.
  • 1998 1001 - GOV (House) - Hedge Fund Operations Risks
    • [PDF-?, VIDEO-CSPAN]
    • LTCM - Long-Term Capital Management
    • Brooksley E. Born
    • The House Banking Committee heard testimony on hedge funds and their effect on the global economy. Federal monetary officials, investors and professors testified.
    • 13: - [Bonk: sounds like what happened to AIG]