Entries tagged "conference"
Speaking at a conference, the co-founder of the Carlyle Group said leveraged deals were like a roll in the hay -- far too good to pass up.
At the TMA/The Deal's Distressed Investing Conference in Las Vegas, Harvey Pitt, former SEC chairman and CEO of Kalorama Partners LLC, outlined the top 10 lessons to learn from the current economic crisis....
Speaking at Crowell & Moring LLPs Credit Default Swaps conference on Thursday, Douglas G. Baird, a professor of law at the University of Chicago, talked about the somewhat problematic nature of the derivatives. "The big risk with credit default swaps is the big difference between the party that holds the risk and the party with control of the underlying asset," Baird said....
As Wall Street looks ahead to a new year sure to be filled with new regulation (and probably a healthy dose of turmoil), dealmakers gathered at a conference Thursday to discuss one of the most controversial topics of the financial crisis ... credit default swaps.Robert Pickel, executive director and CEO of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, kicked off Crowell & Moring LLP's Credit Default Swaps: Exploring the Controversy Market Forces, Litigation, Regulation, Accounting & Tax conference with a spirited defense of the much maligned derivatives. ...
