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On the recordMarch 17, 2009
The governance structures, the firm managers, and sophisticated models all failed to capture the magnitude of the risks that were building.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed criticizes the failures in governance and risk assessment in financial firms.

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