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 Entries tagged "HBOS"The turning pointThe decision to send Lehman into bankruptcy marked the shift from a financial crisis to a market meltdown. By associationAs the nexus of state and finance becomes tighter, the banks and the government that bought them become weaker. Be careful what you wish forIn the U.K., bank CEOs called for state aid and had second thoughts when the strings were attached. Follow the fleet?U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown wants the world to know he has learned from the mistakes of others. Now he wants other leaders to learn from his successes. Hobson's choiceFighting the HBOS sale, do swashbuckling Scots offer style or substance? Cravath in a lot of cookie jarsCravath's Faiza Saeed represented Morgan Stanley's board on the company's conversion to a bank holding company and its stake sale to Mitsubishi UFJ. The road less traveledIn taking state aid, what separates the homebodies from the adventurers is not philosophy but necessity. Morgan Stanley hobnobs with the BritsAlong with Morgan Stanley bankers, Slaughter and May's George Seligman advised the U.K. on Bradford & Bingley. The world below the bulgeBoutique i-banks are holding steady for now, but the future remains uncertain. About-faceDeleveraging among U.K. banks will be painful, however necessary, but lending could take years to recover. Cut to the chaseThe Labour government suddenly regained its self-confidence, so why didn't it tackle the banking crisis head-on? Collateral damageAs the banking industry consolidates, some effects are unknown. Job losses, though, are inevitable. HBOS keeps turning to Morgan Stanley, DresdnerIn order to avoid another Northern Rock-type bailout, the British government hastily brokered a Lloyds-HBOS deal and will change competition law to do so. A black-and-white movieThe FSA exorcises short sellers to punish the greedy, but what about transparency for governments? Between the cracksEuropean investors try to identify the next bank failures and saviors. Cleanup crewIn the middle of the credit crunch, the buyout of waste manager Biffa showed debt could be raised and syndicated. | ||||||||||||||||
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