Archive for September, 2009

  • Morgan Stanley’s Mack Proposes Single Global Bank Regulator
  • In Harsh Reports on S.E.C.’s Fraud Failures, a Watchdog Urges Sweeping Changes
  • Bank-Bailout Fund Faces Years in Red as Failures Jolt System
  • Fed’s Plosser: Not time yet to shift policy
  • Hedge funds find new sweet spot in sugar
  • J.P. Morgan Shuffles Executives
  • CIT in Last-Ditch Rescue Bid
  • Citi, Barclays offer financing to CIT Read the rest of this entry »
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  • U.S. Says It Has ‘Proof’ of Crimes by Cioffi, Tannin
  • Banker-Pay Limits May Hurt Most at Citigroup, Bank of America
  • BofA Sued by Funds Over Merrill
  • FDIC Prepayment Likely for Banks
  • SEC Weighs New Rules for Lending of Securities
  • UBS chief forecasts return to health in a year
  • Paulson’s plan
  • JPMorgan’s Winters to Leave; Staley Will Run Investment Bank
  • Cassano is back in US
  • BNP Paribas To Reimburse Aid With Rights Issue Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Goldman Sachs launches recruiting drive
  • Bank Pulls Back From Acorn Work
  • Job losses, early retirements hurt Social Security
  • Trustee Plans to Sue Madoff Family Members for $198 Million
  • Phone Calls Add to Din Over Loans
  • Merkel Wins Majority for Tax-Cut Coalition in Germany
  • New York Governor Paterson Says He’ll Run in 2010
  • Stanford remains hospitalized after jail fight
  • ‘Black Swan’ Author Taleb Asks Why Bernanke Kept Post Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Fed, Treasury to Scale Back Emergency Programs as Crisis Eases
  • Fed’s Warsh’s Op Ed: The Fed’s Job Is Only Half Over
  • Losses on Banks’ Big Loans: $53 Billion
  • Lehman asks to unseal documents from Barclays probe
  • Credit Suisse Group Selling $1 Billion Lehman Claim
  • New S.E.C. Rule Heightens Risk of Insider Trading
  • Accused Perot Staffer Led ‘79 Hostage Rescue Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Omaha’s Oracle of Style Sings the Praises of a Chinese Suit
  • ‘Damage’ control
  • Credit Suisse bankers poised for pay-out
  • Citigroup Will Pare Back to Six Major U.S. Cities
  • Griffin’s Citadel Securities to Unveil Credit Team in October
  • California sees big demand for $8.8 billion in short-term debt
  • Blackstone’s Jenkins Says Buyout Firms to Thrive, Debt Limited Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Khadafy booted from Camp Trump
  • Palin Attacks Fed on Hong Kong Visit, Wants ‘Responsible China’
  • Ken and Linda Lay’s condo for sale for $12.8 million
  • MCapital delays launch amid lack of seed funds
  • Yale Endowment Posts a 25% Loss
  • Harvard, NYU Law Students Left Hanging as Firms Slash Offers Read the rest of this entry »
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  • BofA to provide more documents in Congress probe
  • Traders eye fund launch
  • Bank of America, JPMorgan Trim Overdraft Fees Amid Criticism
  • Ex-Bear Fund Manager’s Bail Needs Review After Trip, U.S. Says
  • UBS Is Said to Fire About 150 Brokers in U.S. Wealth Management
  • Geithner Says ‘Time Is the Enemy’ of Financial Rules Overhaul
  • SEC Aggressively Reviewing Insurance Securities, Schapiro Say
  • SEC, CFTC Chairmen Urge Tougher Rules for Derivatives
  • Government: Half of Madoff accounts show no loss Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Bank of America to Pay for Merrill Backstop, Faces SEC Trial
  • SEC Gets Tougher With Bank of America
  • Amaranth Advisors Seeks at Least $350 Million From Touradji
  • F.D.I.C. May Borrow Funds From Banks
  • Fed to Miss Review Deadline
  • AIG banks that Hank gets it out of the tank
  • Gender bender at RBC
  • Venezuela says to pay $5 bln oil service debts Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Obama Says He Has Been ‘Humbled’ by Tough Health-Care Debate
  • Congress Presses for Details From Bank of America on Talks
  • Firms Back Plan to Change Pay Policies
  • Bankers Furious Over Government Pay Plan
  • Limit EU bank bonuses even if U.S. doesn’t – Barroso
  • RBS Said to Gauge Interest in $8.1 Billion Share Sale
  • Citi Executive Tom King to Depart
  • SocGen CEO: Expects Higher Cap Requirements For Banks
  • IRS to Extend Leniency for UBS Offshore Disclosures Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Thain Says He Should Have Picked Ikea Furniture for Merrill
  • House Ethics Panel Probes Rep. Waters
  • Wall St. on notice
  • Stanford’s public defenders are top of the line
  • As Riches Fade, So Does Finance’s Allure
  • Blackstone to Buy 50% of London’s Broadgate Complex
  • Ex-M.Stanley HK banker gets 7 years for insider trading Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Bankers Face Sweeping Curbs on Pay
  • Pandit Says $100 Million Is Too Much for a Banker
  • Citigroup CEO Pandit Says Phibro Business Will Be Restructured
  • Citigroup eyes spinning off controversial oil unit
  • Thain Says Bank of America Knew About Merrill’s Bonuses, Losses
  • SEC Puts Forward Plan to Ban Flash Orders
  • Hurdles for a Bulked-Up Barclays
  • Barclays creates $12bn credit vehicle Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Cuomo Said to Subpoena Five Bank of America Directors
  • Ex-Brokerage Chief: Pressured to Forgo Bonus by Thain
  • Citi CEO Pandit Has ‘Little Doubt’ of Profit Return
  • Pandering Pandit
  • SEC to Consider Flash-Order Ban, Rules for Credit-Rating Firms
  • California Will Investigate Rating Firms, Attorney General Says
  • Citi’s Levkovich sees 5-10 pct pullback in US stocks Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Lehman Claims Barclays ‘Windfall’
  • Lehman Says Barclays Got $5 Billion Discount, Wants Assets Back
  • BofA Fights Ex-Merrill Brokerage Chief’s Move to UBS
  • ‘Black Swan’ Author Taleb Wants His Vote for Barack Obama Back
  • Greenspan Sees Threat U.S. Congress Will Hamper Fed
  • Citi’s Parsons Said to Join Equity Firm
  • What Kind of Judge Stands Up For Truth and Justice?
  • BofA Ruling Questions an SEC Weapon
  • Law Firms Put in Unfamiliar Spot
  • SocGen bankers quit to launch hedge fund Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Parsons Says Citigroup Will Be Able to Repay
  • U.S. Said to Explore Selling Off Its Citigroup Stock
  • U.S. Treasury Sec says tax increases not likely
  • Bank of America CEO Says Rebound May Beat Forecasts
  • SEC suffers further humiliation over BofA
  • Bank of America Ruling Leaves SEC With Few Options for Pursuit
  • A Tough Crowd on Wall Street
  • For Obama, a Chance to Reform the Street Is Fading
  • New York State Says Bankrupt Lehman Owes $1.2 Billion in Tax Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman
  • Obama to Mark Lehman Collapse With Push for New Financial Rules
  • Lessons Learned at Goldman
  • Tales From Lehman’s Crypt
  • From Lehman’s Wreckage, New Lives
  • Where the Players Landed
  • Lehman Had to Die So Global Finance Could Live
  • Indicted Financier Danny Pang Dies; Autopsy Due Today
  • Foul play not suspected in death of financier Danny Pang Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Geithner Wants Bankers’ Pay in Equity That Can Be ‘Clawed Back
  • SEC officials promise changes after Madoff failure
  • SEC Outlines Madoff Lessons
  • Wells Fargo exec used Malibu Colony home lost by Madoff-duped couple, neighbors say
  • Mack Steps Down as Morgan Stanley Chief After Shying From Risk
  • Morgan, Under Mack, Lagged Behind Peers This Year
  • For Gorman, a Test of His Leadership
  • Harvard and Yale endowments suffer heavy losses
  • Yale to Cut $150 Million Annually Through Fiscal 2014 Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Bank of America defiant over Merrill Lynch bonuses
  • S.E.C. Defends Deal in Merrill Takeover
  • Goldman’s chief treads a fine line over remuneration
  • In Europe, Goldman’s Blankfein Assails Pay
  • Banks Face Loss of Debt Guarantee
  • Judge Orders UBS to Set Aside $35 Million in Hedge- Fund Case
  • Ex-Morgan Stanley HK banker found guilty of insider trading
  • Gold Producer De-Hedging Helps Explain High Prices, Says GFMS
  • States Face Drop in Gambling Revenues for the First Time Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Goldman chief hits at ‘useless’ bankers
  • Goldman’s Blankfein Calls for Pay Rules to Stem Anger, Risk
  • NY’s Cuomo may charge BofA execs over Merrill
  • Cuomo: BofA is ducking questions
  • Bank Firing of Counsel Is Examined
  • Taxpayers will lose on auto bailouts
  • NYSE Will Bring In Options Partners
  • Fairfield Agrees to Settle Madoff-Linked Charges
  • Hedge Funds Performing In 2009 Like It’s 1999
  • Record Drop Hits Borrowing Read the rest of this entry »
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  • Closely Watched Buffett Recalculating His Bets
  • LSE welcomes high-frequency traders as source of liquidity
  • Gold Rallies to 18-Month High on Dollar’s Weakness, Inflation
  • Greenspan Says Capital Requirements Must Be Raised
  • Allan Sloan: A Year After Lehman, Wall Street’s Acting Like Wall Street Again
  • Eurotunnel Says Goldman Fund Becomes Biggest Investor
  • Swiss Deal With I.R.S. May Hide Some Tax Cheats
  • Martin Feldstein op ed: ObamaCare’s Crippling Deficits Read the rest of this entry »
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  • SEC, CFTC May Sharpen Rules on Market Manipulation
  • Schumer seeks SEC funding reform
  • No Pity For Citi
  • Governor Paterson says bonuses paid to Wall Street financial executives were good for state
  • Buffett’s Berkshire Cuts Moody’s Stake Second Time in 2 Months
  • S&P Parent McGraw-Hill, Moody’s Tumble on Lawsuit
  • Deutsche Bank Chief Says Lenders Learned From Crisis
  • Gold May Advance on Higher Prices, Weaker Dollar, Survey Shows
  • Gold may touch $1,200 by end December – official Read the rest of this entry »
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Even as their investors have given them huge lack of confidence vote by opting to redeem billions from their hedge funds, Cerberus is apparently planning a three year lock up for their newest hedge fund offerings which will be looking for new cash in the not too distant future.  Talk about nervy.  In our opinion, anyone who invests in these funds is asking to be fucked royally.   In general, the distressed deals have been getting shorter in duration, not longer, so why the need for an incredibly long three year lock up?  Other than being expedient for Cerberus, a three year lock up is absurd in a hedge fund.  Talk about chutzpah. Read the rest of this entry »

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  • The Madoff Files: A Chronicle of SEC Failure
  • Will AIG Rein In Its Brash CEO?
  • Spitzer’s Babe Slaps the Snobs
  • Pot ‘Plantations’ on the Rise
  • Geithner urges G20 to consider leverage restraints
  • BofA, Wells Fargo will take California’s IOUs
  • Turner’s ‘Tobin Tax’ Proposal Criticized by Kaufman, Ferguson Read the rest of this entry »
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