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Barclays and Lehman: Job cuts, trading and risk management integration (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Bloomberg has an update on Barclays plc plans for the U.S. investment banking and capital markets business of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Look for integration of trading and risk management systems "shortly" -- around 5,000 job cuts. ...

Posted on September 23, 2008 3:55 PM

Will Barclays turn its back on Lehman's ETN holders? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Here's an integration decision you don't see in every acquisition. Barclays plc, buying the U.S. investment banking and capital markets business of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. at a bargain basement price, apparently is choosing  whether to assume the obligation of exchange traded notes issued by Lehman. As a group these...

Posted on September 23, 2008 1:05 PM

What do we want from our financial system? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

With things on Wall Street and in Washington getting downright weird, it seems like a good time to ask that question.Tuesday, soon after launching a campaign against stock market rumormongers, the SEC temporarily banned naked short selling of the shares of 19 financial firms. Along with Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Posted on July 16, 2008 1:30 PM