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Morgan Stanley, "worth more dead than alive"
So just how undervalued is Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS )? Its shares are down nearly 30 percent from their February peak, and that has got Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Brad Hintz thinking. After accounting for the planned conversion of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's stake in the firm, h
Does Citigroup have a future?
Citigroup has several viable options to raise capital: It can expand the exchange offer already on the tables and it can sell more assets. The fact is it will have to do both. The Financial Times reports that the bank "could sell several units and had not ruled out shedding businesses it deeme
In praise of the Smith Barney deal
The headlines regarding the Citi-Morgan Stanley deal for Smith Barney have centered understandably on the looming "break-up" of Citi and the longevity of Vikram Pandit as CEO. Lost in the ink: The deal seems to be a winner for Citi. Breakingviews calls it a "deft start" to a larger break up.
Citigroup to combine debt and equities units
Financial News Online reports that Citigroup has plans to combine its equity and debt capital markets origination divisions into a single unit. The move follows like-minded moves by JPMorgan Chase and UBS. The point is to unlock efficiencies that might result from integrated product offeri
The case against a Citigroup break up
A post at Naked Capitalism makes some astute points about the value of a Citigroup break up. A break up only makes sense if parts can be sold in a way that improves the capital position of the remaining entity. Given current valuations, that does not seem likely. Indeed, it's a good bet th
Break-up-Citigroup advocates not giving up
Vikram Pandit's much anticipated new strategy for Citigroup was anti-climactic in several ways. Among the most disappointed were those who have been advocating a break up of the behemoth bank. Not that anyone really expected Pandit to announce anything along these lines, but the break-up bull
The art of ending a deal
Alliance Data's announced intention to sue the Blackstone Group  highlights the trickiness involved in ending a deal. A good strategy, of course, is to somehow blame the banks, if possible. In the case of the Blackstone Group-Alliance Data deal--at one time worth more than $6 billion--the end
The future of Citigroup
The New York Times notes that Citigroup 's stock has sunk below the price it traded at 10 years ago, when the mega-merger with Travelers was announced. It has been a long bitter road to this point, and it remains unclear whether CEO Vikram Pandit can somehow right the ship. The merger at t
