Regulators could not go back and fix it with their new Dodd-Frank powers, because the firm would already be ripped asunder. So, as it stands now, regulators need to preempt bankruptcy, not rely on it, because as soon as any failed financial firm files for bankruptcy, it has signed its own death warrant.
如果发生了这一幕——可能会在破产申请递交几小时内发生——雷曼公司就会变得不可挽救。监管机构无法回头凭借新多德-弗兰克权力拯救它，因为该公司已经支离破碎了。因此，和现在一样，监管机构需要先发制人地实施破产而不是依赖它，因为只要倒闭金融公司递交破产申请，就相当于签署了死亡保证书。