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Entries tagged "derivatives"

AIG, Geithner, CDOs for 100 cents on the dollar

The New York Fed and Federal Reserve made the decision to pay the banks 100 cents on the dollar even after AIG spent months trying to negotiate lower payments of 40 cents on the dollar.


Mary Shapiro on the crisis, regulatory overhaul

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association kicked off its 2009 annual meeting with a speech by SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro.


The eggheads did it

DealBook offers a compelling suggestion of what caused last year's financial crisis: smart guys working on Wall Street. Of course there's very little actual truth to this hypothesis.


Regulators want tougher derivatives regulation

Regulators want to tighten up legislation to rein in derivatives trading.


Wall Street's CDS revenue grows as regulators debate

While Washington debates over how to regulate the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market, Wall Street's revenues from trading unregulated derivatives contracts are piling up fast.


Frank, Peterson talk derivatives legislation

House panels offer thoughts on how to move derivatives legislation after Congress' summer break.


Is Joe Cassano 'the man who crashed the world'?

Vanity Fair has been getting a lot of attention between its features on Sarah Palin and Heath Ledger. Now the magazine calls AIG's Joseph Cassano 'the man who crashed the world.'


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.


OTC regulation possible winners & losers

Guidelines for regulating the derivatives aren't yet revealed, but there are likely winners and losers from the process anyway.


How will CDS dealers react to regulation?

Now that Treasury is likely to get regulatory authority of derivatives markets, how will participants react?


AIG's CDS unwind slows down

The unwinding of those pesky $2.7 trillion derivatives has slowed down to a crawl.


The usefulness of financial innovations

Adam Posen and Marc Hinterschweiger at the Peterson Institute for International Economics have a very interesting post up looking at some aspects of financial innovation during the boom.



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Easing the stress of distressed M&A

Corporate buyers face numerous complexities when trying to identify the right moment to purchase a distressed asset.


Editor's Note

Editor's letter: Nov. 16, 2009

Beneath the veneer of Wall Streeters beats the same heart, stirred by the same determinants of behavior.



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