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By Neil Roland
March 4, 2009
Federal banking regulators knew as far back as 2002 about problems at First National Bank Holding Co.’s banks in Arizona, California and Nevada, but failed to act until shortly before their demise...
March 4, 2009
Your story (U.S. banks in big Brit shareholder's crosshairs
By Aaron Elstein
March 3, 2009
(Crain’s)—A big British pension-fund adviser and manager is coming to shake things up at some large U.S. banks....
By Ronald Fink
March 3, 2009
The amount of capital that Citigroup holds for purposes of meeting regulatory requirements may not be as sizable as it is reported to be, according to an analysis of the troubled bank’s accounting...
By Neil Roland
March 3, 2009
In the most direct evidence yet tying UBS Chairman Peter Kurer to oversight failures at the Swiss bank, the U.S. Justice Department last month criticized as inadequate an internal investigation that...
By Ronald Fink
March 2, 2009
The latest bailout at AIG could be a preview of how the president will deal with Wall Street....
By Neil Roland
March 2, 2009
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By Ronald Fink
February 27, 2009
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s latest move to save Citigroup shows that the Obama administration may care more about foreign investors than U.S. taxpayers....
By Ronald Fink
February 26, 2009
All but 9% of Citigroup equity would wind up in the hands of the government—if the Treasury applies its new bailout terms to the reported plan to convert the U.S.’s $45 billion in holdings of...
By Ronald Fink
February 25, 2009
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By Neil Roland
February 25, 2009
The Internal Revenue Service is investigating a number of foreign banks’ compliance with the so-called Qualified Intermediary program, which was adopted in 2000 to help the agency track U.S....
By Neil Roland
February 24, 2009
In a pointed criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the financial bailout, the head of a congressional oversight panel said the new Treasury Department plan “lacks crucial details,”...
By Neil Roland
February 24, 2009
Northern Trust bank in Chicago should return millions of dollars it spent sponsoring a professional golf tournament last week at the same time it was receiving $1.5 billion in federal bailout money,...
By Ronald Fink
February 23, 2009
Citigroup’s widely reported proposal to have the Treasury convert its preferred shares in the bank to common equity would bring its capital well over the threshold that some analysts believe the...
By Ronald Fink
February 23, 2009
The road to restructuring Citigroup and Bank of America may run through Beijing....
By Aaron Elstein
February 23, 2009
(Crain’s)—Citigroup shareholders are already all but cleaned out. Bondholders may be next....
By Matthew Quinn
February 19, 2009
Despite unprecedented actions by governments around the globe to thaw the capital markets, large companies are still finding it difficult to obtain credit, a new survey by Greenwich Associates found....
By Ronald Fink
February 18, 2009
Financial counterparty risk is back up to where it was when Bear Stearns ran into trouble, according to an index that tracks prices of credit default swaps on the 14 dealers that account for the vast ...
By Matthew Quinn
February 18, 2009
In its first monthly report outlining the lending activities of banks receiving federal money, the Treasury Department found that lending to corporations among the top 20 recipients of funds fell—if...
By Ronald Fink
February 16, 2009
Statute passed during S&L scandal yards better than Treasury's latest plan, says ex-Fed official....
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