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- CIT's Bankruptcy Puts Pressure on Regulators to Act
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: CIT Group CIT, an embattled small business lender that filed for bankruptcy Sunday as a result of lack of government-sponsored financial assistance, is now hoping regulators will give it a second chance to turn itself around. The firm’s Chapter 11 filing appears...
- External links 2009-11-04
- What Will Morgan Stanley Look Like Under James Gorman?
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: For many bankers, September 2008 marked the end of an era, when the 158 year-old Lehman Brothers spectacularly collapsed amid a subprime-spurred stock market massacre. Exactly one year on, just as stock markets are recovering, Morgan Stanley’s MS bankers are experiencing a...
- External links 2009-09-12
- Citadel Hedge Fund: Gearing Up to Become the Next Goldman Sachs?
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Among asset management circles on Wall Street, there’s a persistent rumor that just won’t go away: the world’s most aggressive hedge fund is gearing up to become a full-scale banking institution. Citadel Investment Group, a Chicago-based hedge fund, is on many asset...
- External links 2009-09-12
- Populist Politics Shouldn't Be Driving Financial Reform
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Business Insider editor John Carney poses a hot question: Is financial reform really working? If you’re familiar with Carney’s views, you probably already know that the answer isn’t: “it’s working really well.” Carney bases his post on an interesting Reuters article by Huw Jones,...
- External links 2009-09-11
- Standard Life's Joint Venture Sale to Bank of China: Asset Swap or Mountain of Cash?
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Wednesday, U.K. insurer Standard Life (SLFPF.PK) said that it is selling part of its stake in its Chinese joint venture Heng An Standard Life to Bank of China (BACHF.PK). Standard Life didn’t go into reasons for its sale, or the amount the joint venture...
- External links 2009-09-09
- Securitizing Life Insurance: Big Return for Asian Insurers as U.S. Insurers Lose Out
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: In the east and west, bankers are looking to the life insurance industry to give the financial system a fresh dose of vitality. But the wildly different approaches stand to impact life insurers in equally opposite ways. Friday, the New York Times...
- External links 2009-09-07
- The Past Week's Bank and Thrift Data Undermine Obama's Regulatory Plans
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: What’s the difference between a thrift and a bank, other than that the former has a number of dangerous regulatory loopholes it can jump through whenever it pleases and a lax regulator? That was the Obama Administration’s rhetorical question to bankers and...
- External links 2009-08-30
- Against All Odds, Pandit Seems to Be Leading Citigroup Out of Crisis
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: At long last, the tables are turning for Citigroup C. Despite two quarters of profitability, sustained investment in its emerging markets operations as the region boomed, and a near-total overhaul of the bank’s chaotic commercial-investment banking structure, nothing chief executive Vikram Pandit...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Private Equity's Sweet Deal If Investment Rules Surrounding Small Banks Loosen
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Private equity firms look like they are about to get a sweet deal, judging by the expected loosening of the FDIC rules on private capital investment in small, distressed banks and the fact that bigger banks seem more than willing to lend to them....
- External links 2009-08-26
- Goldman 'Trading Huddles': Another Term for Market Manipulation?
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: For those who remember Goldman Sachs’s GS proclamation that oil would reach $200 a barrel by the end of 2008, it might seem a little odd that anyone would still care to sit in on the inside of the analyst meetings. by...
- External links 2009-08-26
- BBVA's Acquisition of Guaranty May Not Be as Easy as It Looks
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Texas-based Guaranty Financial GFG may provide Spanish giant BBVA with a useful entry point to service multiple Hispanic customers in the U.S. But it’s far from fitting like one of the snuggles you see advertised on CNBC. by Daniel Harrison
- External links 2009-08-20
- China's Everbright Putting IPO Funds to Good Use
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: For many investors, the turn of the millennium is a bitter-sweet memory, marked by extraordinary triple-digit percentage gains in new issues of technology ventures that ultimately fell flat. But for companies that survived the era’s crushing equity sell-off, such as Amazon AMZN, Yahoo! YHOO,...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Citigroup Gets Approval to Make Market in Chinese Bonds, Extending Asia Pacific Strategy
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: While the word on Wall Street is that congressional overseers of TARP funds are less than happy about Citigroup’s aggressive pursuit of Asian emerging markets, that’s not stopping the bank that never sleeps from upping its presence in the East. On Thursday,...
- External links 2009-08-17
- BB&T-Colonial Deal Illustrates It's the Big Bank Chiefs Who Win Again
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Colonial BancGroup’s CNB quick fire-sale to regional North Carolina bank BB&T BBT offers an indication that the U.S. economy may be slowly recovering. But that’s small consolation to the large number of speculators who piled into the lender’s worthless penny shares in recent weeks,...
- External links 2009-08-17
- Citadel Announces It Will Compete with Goldman Sachs, But Remains Silent on E*Trade
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Citadel chief Ken Griffin is starting a full-scale investment bank, to compete alongside Goldman Sachs GS and Morgan Stanley MS, according to an interview the hedge fund manager gave to Bloomberg recently, which was published Tuesday. by Daniel Harrison
- External links 2009-09-16
- SEC's Attempts to Institute Financial Reform Could Also Have a Downside
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: The financial services industry is about to get its first attempt at genuine reform aimed at protecting consumers and retail investors, as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted today for the first time on whether to ban flash-trading and whether ratings agencies...
- External links 2009-09-17
- Could This Financial Crisis Lead to Cheaper, More Efficient Virtual Banking?
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: The recent announcement by Bank of America BAC and JPMorgan Chase JPM that they will change their policies on overdraft fees has me thinking about what other kinds of changes to the U.S. banking system might come about in the aftermath of this year’s...
- External links 2009-09-23
- CIT Group Announces More 'Restructuring', But Bankruptcy Outcome Still Unclear
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: Throughout the week, a burning question has been on the lips of investors, bankers and business owners alike: “Is CIT filing for Chapter 11?” Despite a flurry of announcements Friday, no one is that much wiser. CIT Group CIT has been slowly...
- External links 2009-11-01
- Blackstone Group - Awash in Hilton Debt - Is Getting Back to Basics
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: After a solid year in which its valuation more than doubled, private equity giant Blackstone Group BX has been taking a beating in recent weeks. Blackstone’s huge position in Hilton Hotels HLT has saddled it with a chunk of hard-to-manage debt: so...
- External links 2009-10-29
- Morgan, Wells Earnings Reveal How Conflicted Analyst Opinions Are over Banking Sector
- Daniel M. Harrison submits: When you look under the hood, the strong third-quarter performances of Morgan Stanley MS and Wells Fargo WFC make for a great example of how uncertain — and conflicted — opinions are in the banking sector right now. Morgan Stanley increased its...
- External links 2009-10-21
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