Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, known as a financial reformer and sharp critic of Wall Street’s revolving door, is distancing herself from a handful of financial engagements that had raised eyebrows. Sheila Bair said she is leaving the board of directors of Spain’s Banco Santander as well as scaling back her work with the legal / lobbying firm DLA Piper as well as ending her chairmanship of the Systemic Risk Council and an advisory role with Boston Consulting Group, the Financial Times is reporting. She will remain on the board at Thomson Reuters, Host Hotels and itBit USA. Sheila Bair…
Sheila Bair Ending Relationship With Santander
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.