Taming the Street: An interview with financial journalist and historian Diana Henriques

Financial services deregulation has become a global theme. At a time when policy makers and regulators are seeking to slim down rulebooks governing financial services, Rachel Wolcott speaks to Diana Henriques, author of Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR’s Fight to Regulate American Capitalism.Diana’s 2023 book dramatizes the birth of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash. How much has conduct and culture moved on from the Wall Street of the New Deal? What can we learn about the early days of financial regulation as lawmakers and regulators seek to unpick rules? A lot, as it turns out. Diana and Rachel discuss…About DianaDiana is a prize-winning journalist and the author of five other books on financial history. Her New York Times bestseller The Wizard of Lies was adapted as a 2017 HBO film starring Robert De Niro as con man Bernie Madoff - with Diana playing herself. She also was featured in the Netflix global hit series “Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street.” She retired in 2012 after nearly 25 years at The New York Times, where she was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and won a George Polk Award for her 2004 series on financial rip-offs of military consumers.Linkswww.dianabhenriques.comUS debanking laws, politics complicate financial crime compliance - ComplianceCorylatedCryptos sound alarm on meme coins, but SEC unlikely to regulate - ComplianceCorylatedProject 2025’s planned bonfire of the regulators ignites uncertainty - ComplianceCorylatedContact us!editorial@corylated.comwww.compliancecorylated.comLinkedInwww.corlytics.comNewsletter signup https://www.compliancecorylated.com/this-week-corylated/