Banking Report Index-Summary

HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HSAs)

– Health care reform, expansion proposal, 94:471
– Snapshot, JP Morgan report, 2009 program data, 94:1139
– Taxation

– – IRS guidance 2010-22 on limits for 2011, 94:1092
– – Wis. governor plans for ending taxes, 95:1071

– Use study, AHIP report, 95:1125

HEDGE FUNDS

– Access limits, Geithner remarks on discriminatory regulations, 95:626
– Argentine assets, immunity from claims by hedge funds and other investors (U.S., rev den), 94:483; request for advice on state law requirements (2d Cir.), 95:525
– Bayou group collapse, Goldman Sachs bid to vacate arbitration award rejected (S.D.N.Y.), 95:893
– Contract with foreign bank giving hedge fund control over basket of securities not option contract for tax purposes, IRS remarks, 95:933
– EU, vote on regulatory framework postponed, 94:580; compromise regulations for non-EU firms, 94:937; Spain resisting attempts to delay vote again, 94:990; continuing deadlock on passport issue, impact on measure, 95:586; breakthrough in dispute, 95:756; Parliament approval, 95:803; European Parliament passes measure, 95:894
– Galleon Mgmt. collapse, SEC access to wiretap evidence from defendants (2d Cir.), 94:1141
– Madoff Ponzi scheme

See FRAUD

– Registration of advisers with SEC, Hill Watch, 94:712
– Regulatory policy, SEC allocation of priorities, 95:969
– Statistics, BarclaysHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research data, June 2010, 95:308

HEDGING

– Accounting, split between FASB and IASB on unified joint approach for eligible hedged items, 94:290; IASB exposure draft anticipating complaints about due process, 95:800

HILL WATCH

– Key bills, status, 94:712; 95:427

HMDA (HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT)

See generally MORTGAGES

HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT (HMDA)

See generally MORTGAGES

HOUSING

– Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, Nov. 2009, 94:22; Dec. 2009, 94:230; Jan. 2010, 94:659; Feb. 2010, 94:877; June 2010, 95:580
– Energy-efficient homes

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2336, S 1379

– Equity stakes in new home purchases as spur to real state demand, FRB N.Y. study, 95:303
– Existing home sales, National Ass'n of Realtors report, Nov. 2009, 94:21; Dec. 2009, 94:230; fourth quarter 2009, 94:369; Feb. 2010, 94:615; March 2010, 94:817; July 2010, 95:353; Sept. 2010, 95:793; Oct. 2010, 95:976
– FHA MMI Fund financial status, HUD report for FY2010, 95:920
– Future of government policy, public comment sought on Obama administration proposals, 94:599
– Grants, Treasury Dep't guidance on applications, 94:469
– Hardest Hit Housing Markets initiative for distressed homeowners, joblessness hot spots in 5 states targeted, 95:263
– Median home prices, Natl. Ass'n of Realtors report, first quarter 2010, 94:982
– New home sales, Census Bureau report, Nov. 2009, 94:19; Dec. 2009, 94:230; Jan. 2010, 94:427; March 2010, 94:816; April 2010, 94:1087; May 2010, 94:1295; July 2010, 95:355
– Pending Home Sales Index, Natl. Ass'n of Realtors report, Nov. 2009, 94:63; Dec. 2009, 94:284; Jan. 2010, 94:478; Feb. 2010, 94:702; March 2010, 94:929; April 2010, 94:1137; May 2010, 95:15; Oct. 2010, 95:1026
– Purchase-Only Home Price Index, FHFA report, Nov. 2009, 94:230
– Scorecard on Comprehensive Housing Initiative, HUD-Treasury Dep't joint report, July 2010, 95:163
– Starts, HUD-Commerce Dep't joint report, Dec. 2009, 94:155; Jan. 2010, 94:369; Feb. 2010, 94:572; May 2010, 94:1251; July 2010, 95:318; Oct. 2010, 95:920; Nov. 2010, 95:1122
– Subprime mortgage loans

See SUBPRIME MORTGAGES

– TARP, Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for Hardest Hit Housing Markets, more allocations for select states, 94:650
– Tenant protection

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4868

HSAs

See HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HSAs)

HUNGARY

– Bank taxes, government approval of levy including insurance and financial services, 95:175