Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finance. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Wells Fargo repaying its clients $1.3 Billion over auction rate securities ("ARS")

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I wrote over the summer regarding New York Attorney General Cuomo's continuing campaign for state governor, that then was taking the fo...

Tom Petters' Ponzi Scheme: $3.65 Billion

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It has been speculated that the Petters ponzi trial (and conspirator trials) are getting less attention from the media and financial communi...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Senate and Dodd release their own version of Financial Reform

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The text of the draft legislation is here . I haven't read it yet, but can summarize some of the provisions receiving the most (negativ...

What Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Should Have Said

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We were fortunate to have had an extraordinary year. I am grateful to our employees, shareholders, and the U.S. government for helping us th...
Monday, November 2, 2009

Consumer Financial Protection Agency ("CFPA") – what's inside?

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So the Consumer Financial Protection Agency ("CFPA") made it out of two House Committees last week: the Financial Services Committ...
Sunday, November 1, 2009

Financial Stability and Improvement Act of 2009

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The Financial Stability and Improvement Act of 2009 , otherwise known as draft legislation for the “Too Big Too Fail” institutions, was prou...

Investor Protection Act of 2009

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Because last week was hot for re-regulation, I promised a summary of what I saw. So here goes ... The Investor Protection Act of 2009 was p...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Consumer Financial Protection Agency (“CFPA”) moves forward today: to pre-empt or not to pre-empt?

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The House Financial Services Committee meets again today to mark-up draft legislation on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (“CFPA”). ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Navel Gazing and UPDATE: Executive Compensation and Financial Markets

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So I’ll admit my own distraction for the last week, but was surprised that when I tuned-in again, the issues of executive compensation and ...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Auction Rate Securities (what are they?): Charles Schwab and David Markowitz

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Busy week. David Markowtiz, attorney under NYAG Cuomo’s Investor Protection Bureau, filed a complaint against brokerage firm Charles Schwab...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Consumer Financial Protection Agency (“CFPA”): the re-regulation has begun

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Olga wrote me last week, bringing my attention to a discussion of whether the U.S. is re-regulating itself out of competition for global b...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Litigating the Credit Rating Agencies

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AmLawDaily is among the media outlets that reported CalPERS filed a suit alleging negligent misrepresentation against Moody’s, Standard ...
Monday, July 6, 2009

More (?!) Bank Closings and New Rules for Private Equity Buyers

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Is this a visual alarm bell, or just an economic system purging itself? As of Thursday, the total number of banks closed since Fall 2008 i...
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