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Entries tagged "Roger Altman"Evercore lands massive Burlington-Berkshire dealEvercore scored another megadeal, advising Burlington Northern Santa Fe in its agreement to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway for about $44 billion in cash and stock. Merrill energy banker defects to EvercoreMerrill Lynch energy banker Robert Pacha is the second to defect to Evercore Partners. Evercore hires BlackRock co-founder as CEOEvercore brings in BlackRock co-founder Ralph Schlosstein as president and chief executive. Greenberg enlists help to possibly save AIG from the Fed's clutchesA committee of some of American International Group Inc.'s major shareholders met on Monday to discuss the possibility of raising capital to pay off the Federal Reserve's $85 billion loan before the Fed exercises its warrants representing 79.9% of the company and completely washes out the shareholder base. ... Altman: Another vote for an uber-FedEvercore Partners Inc.'s Robert Altman weighed in Wednesday in The New York Times on his views of regulatory reform. Our own John Morris has already posted on the op-ed article, commenting about Altman's failure to discuss the giant slug of leveraged assets at risk after the bubble burst. I'm more interested in the fact that Altman essentially seconds the current Treasury plan to make the Federal Reserve the go-to uber-regulator essentially of all of finance. What's fascinating here is how Altman -- like everyone from Hank Paulson to Barney Frank -- accedes to the Fed's ascension as if it's some... Curious omission from Altman op-ed pieceIn an op-ed article in Wednesday's New York Times, Roger Altman, founder of Evercore Partners Inc. and former deputy treasury secretary, had some sensible suggestions about rationalizing the maze of federal and state bank regulators and requiring more disclosure about leverage. But, strangely, he made no mention of the $350 billion mountain of LBO debt that was stuck on the books of major banks at one point last year. Or maybe it wasn't that strange given that Evercore has its own $1.4 billion private equity arm. ... Is Vivendi in play?Here we go again. The New York Times has broached the subject that business journalists have turned into a sporting event: the future of French media conglomerate Vivendi. Over the weekend it emerged that Vivendi reportedly had held talks with private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts over a potential $50 billion buyout, according to The Times. It's not the first time a buyout firm has flirted with the idea of acquiring the media and telecom conglomerate. Vivendi is a strange amalgamation of media and telecom assets that if it were an animal might be a duck-billed platypus. In part, Vivendi... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Roger Altman." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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