BGC’s Woodard: Option Traders Target Systemically Important Firms

The non-bank companies that have been designated systemically significant are poised to get some relief, and investors in the options market have noticed. AIG, Prudential, MetLife, and GE Capital have been designated systematically important financial institutions (SIFIs) by the Financial Stability Oversight Council of the Treasury Department and, as a result, face greater capital requirements and more regulatory oversight than their non-SIFI industry peers.

Daniel O'Leary

DEC 10, 2014

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