Entries tagged "Geithner"

Treasury taps Hellman & Friedman dealmaker

Jeffrey Goldstein, a managing director at private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC, was nominated by President Obama Wednesday to be Treasury under secretary for domestic finance.

Tim Geithner's conflict

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has plenty of conflicts for pundits to contemplate, but the thorniest may be choosing between his two mentors.

Why regulating pay is so difficult

The question on executive pay is not whether the world would be demonstrably better if the financial crowd made less, it's whether the attempt to enforce pay levels would create more problems, rather than less.

Finally, some extra hands at Treasury

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finally has help with the recent confirmation of three new high-level staffers.

A guide to the politics of derivatives regulation

A day after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner issued principles on derivatives regulation, not surprisingly, the reaction in the media remained muted.

No Goldman conspiracy to see here

Conspiracy theories involving Goldman Sachs are abundant, and a Wall Street Journal story about Federal Reserve Bank of New York Chairman Stephen Friedman may have added another.

Banks may regret delaying stress test results

Some stress-tested banks are resisting federal officials' assertions that they need to raise more capital, forcing the government to delay the scheduled May 4 findings of the tests.

Stiglitz calls out Obama's Wall Street ties

Nobel winning economist Joseph Stiglitz in a Bloomberg interview worries that too many Obama advisers are in the pocket of Wall Street.

Systemic risk? No, say VCs to Geithner on overhaul

Venture capitalists Alan Patricof and Fred Wilson and NVCA president Mark Heesen react to the notion that VCs might pose a systemic risk.

Government statement on Capital Assistance Program

The U.S. government released Monday a joint statement about the Treasury's Capital Assistance Program.

The critics pound the Geithner plan

The early reviews of the Obama administration's bank bailout are in, and most major media outlets gave it a thumbs down.

Feds could throw bones to PE, hedge funds

Even if the reports that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner may court private capital firms to invest in banks are true, interest may be tepid.

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