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Was Kravis forced to sell art?

November 5, 2008 — 2:18pm ET | By Jim Kim
How tough is this economy? Well, private equity kingpin Henry Kravis sold an Edgar Degas this week via a Sotheby's auction. The piece fetched just over $37 million, a new record for the French... Read more...

Profiting from the credit crisis

September 29, 2008 — 12:07pm ET | By Jim Kim
Does it ever seem that the financial services world is one big insiders game, even when it comes to regulatory activity? Here's how Business Week puts it: "Some of the finance outfits being tapped by... Read more...

Morgan Stanley finding leads to Fannie, Freddie drama

September 7, 2008 — 9:01am ET | By Jim Kim
Morgan Stanley was the low bidder in the Treasury's auction to find a top Wall Street adviser on GSE-related issues. It ended up making a stunning discovery: Freddie Mac's capital position was worse... Read more...

Handicapping the Neuberger Berman sweepstakes

August 27, 2008 — 2:09pm ET | By Jim Kim
Well, it certainly feels like an auction. Lehman Brothers has informed three private equity firms--Hellman & Friedman, Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts--that they are still in the running... Read more...

Freddie auction fares well...So what?

July 14, 2008 — 12:59pm ET | By Jim Kim
Freddie Mac's $3 billion auction of short-term securities went well. Of course it took news of a massive potential government bailout to undergird market confidence. This is decent news, but the... Read more...

Plan unveiled to shore up Fannie, Freddie

July 14, 2008 — 8:52am ET | By Jim Kim
Wow! To think that just a month or so ago, people were saying that the worst of the credit crunch had passed. That line of thinking clearly was way too premature. Not only did the Bush Administration... Read more...