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Chidem Kurdas

Chidem Kurdas is a financial journalist, analyst and writer.

Throughout her career she has held numerous positions, including: Research Analyst at Thomson Reuters, New York Bureau Chief at HedgeWorld, News Editor at Infovest21, Senior Associate Editor at Medical Economics Publications at The Thomson Corporation. She is currently Editor at Opalesque Futures Intelligence.

She holds a PhD in Economics from New School University.

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Chidem Kurdas's Latest Articles | 18

Dodd Liquidation Panel

Mar 19, 2010| 

There is one new regulation that is truly needed—a way to wind down, without major disruption to markets, failing broker-dealers and other financial companies.... Read »

Why We Need More Speculators

Mar 10, 2010| 

Greek prime minister George Papandreou demands a crackdown on credit default swaps. It’s easy to see why politicians bring up wicked speculators whenever some... Read »

Regulators Ban Mom’s Banana Bread

Mar 2, 2010| 

Last week, New York City’s Panel for Educational Policy approved a new rule for school bake sales. Home-made treats are no-no, but pre-approved packaged products,... Read »

Out of Death Spiral, Into the Fire

Feb 26, 2010| 

A big rate hike by an insurance company in California’s market for individually purchased health insurance provided a rationale for the new Obama care proposal.... Read »

Blair House Summit: Focus on Tax Cut

Feb 10, 2010| 

Political theater as it is, President’s Obama’s call for a health reform summit to be held on February 25th at Blair House presents an opportunity to publicly... Read »

Three Aspects of the Volcker Rule

Feb 4, 2010| 1

Former Federal Reserve chief Paul Volcker and President Obama want to force banks to get rid of their proprietary trading operations, hedge funds and private equity... Read »

Beating Bonuses into Risk Controls

Jan 29, 2010| 

Deferred vesting of stock options is not a new idea—it gained currency amid the corporate scandals that emerged in the aftermath of the late 1990s stock bubble.... Read »

Wishing for a Government that can Google

Jan 4, 2010| 

What do you want your government to do in the 2010s? The wish lists tend to be ambitious. Here is one from Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf: “Somehow, we... Read »

The Informant’s Incentive

Dec 9, 2009| 

This October, prosecutors announced a case of hedge fund insider trading with multiple arrests and perp walks amid great media fanfare. Revelations from court documents... Read »

Get Real about Jobs

Dec 3, 2009| 

Today President Obama is holding a jobs summit, with the professed goal of soliciting ideas to encourage businesses to hire. Short-term tax credits for employers... Read »

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