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Future of the big two GSEs
The government appears bent on sticking to its previously announced schedule for reforming the housing market mortgage finance machinery, which calls for the end of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their current form.
Big Data: Smart move for the future
If you want to sound hip in a techno-sort of way--if only to prove you’re on top of big-think trends--you may want to sprinkle the term Hadoop into conversations. Hadoop is the open source...
Dick Bove on the mortgage settlement
While analysts maintain the $26 billion settlement between banks and states is a net positive, there have been plenty of critics. You can add Dick Bove to the list. In an interview with The Daily...
Congressman under investigation for insider trading
The media has gone to town on the issue of insider trading by powerful Congressmen. The chief culprit according to media reports has been Rep. Spencer Bauchus. Bachus reportedly received a...
@GSElevator not a real Goldman Sachs employee
Recall that supposed Goldman Sachs employee has been Tweeting via @GSElevator about the very funny things he hears riding the elevators at the gilded bank, recounting, for example, talk about the...
Deal's narrow immunity sparks concerns
The mortgage settlement between the top five mortgage banks and state attorneys general may indeed be a net positive in the short term, as it offers more certainty about the myriad state inquiries...
Banks face limited mortgage settlement fallout
The bottom-line impact of the ballyhooed $25 billion settlement between five big mortgage banks and nearly all states will likely be limited. Bank of America will contribute the majority of the...
JPMorgan: additional settlement reserves not necessary
Banks had already reserved against losses stemming from the mortgage settlement that was hammered out with state and federal regulators. We suggested that those reserves were probably adequate....
The future of NYSE Euronext
At NYSE Euronext, the question is: What now? It invested so much--some might say it bet the farm--on inking a deal with Deutsche Bourse, that it must now fight the perception that it is merely...
States, banks finally ink $26B mortgage settlement
People were starting to wonder if this was ever going to happen. After more than a year of talking, state attorneys general inked a $26 billion deal with banks to settle a litany of residential...
Goldman Sachs might benefit from Volcker Rule
The conventional wisdom on the Volcker Rule is that it would hit trading-intensive firms the hardest. A JPMorgan analyst last year estimated that the rule would reduce U.S. bank’s revenue by up...
Impact of Wall Street clawbacks
Clawbacks have been in the news for much of the last year. But UBS kicked the discussion into a higher gear when it announced that it would be clawing back some bonuses paid for work in 2010. The...
Deutsche Bank caps bonuses
Deutsche Bank has taken a page from Morgan Stanley playbook on capping bonuses. But they have deferred bonuses awards (cash and stock) in excess of 200,000 euros, or about $265,000. Recall that...
Goldman Sachs' same-sex marriage support
Goldman Sachs has raised brows by throwing its support behind the Human Rights Campaign's effort to legalize same-sex marriages. For the movement, this is a big deal, as the firm ranks as one of...
Michael Klein wins on both sides of big deal
DealBook notes the rise of a one-man boutique, a highly specialized shop built on the enviable contacts of Michael Klein, the former Citigroup vice chairman. In 2008, he left the bank at the ripe age...
Goldman Sachs “shameless” in deal conflict
The DealProfessor takes a look at Goldman Sachs’ multi-sided role in Kinder Morgan’s proposed acquisition of the El Paso Corporation. At the time the deal talks got underway, Goldman...
New York AG’s cancels press conference
Once again, New York has found itself in the middle of a storm regarding the proposed settlement between states and big mortgage banks. In a surprising development, New York’s AG Eric...
Bank of America seeks magic with new ad campaign
It was big news when Bank of America put its advertising account up for review. For all its woes, the bank still ranks as a top 20 advertiser. Winning a piece of the account would be quite a coup and...
Goldman Sachs may reduce CEO pay
It’s hard to assess the compensation of top bank CEOs right now, as we don’t have full information yet. The news only drips out as various pieces of compensation are disclosed at...
Shuttered LPS unit hit with criminal charges
In the great mortgage meltdown that continues to afflict banks, MERS and its bank-owners attracted a massive volume of criticism, which allowed Lender Processing Services to fly under the radar of...
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