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Ranieri's firm shut down
Well some of you might find some poetic justice in this: Lewis Ranieri, a one-time famous Salomon Bros. employee (made famous in Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker) and a towering figure in mortgage-backed universe, has just been forced to shut down the bank he formed after leaving Salomon Bros., th
Lewis Ranieri's latest venture
Remember Lewis Ranieri? He's credited with the phenomenal rise of the mortgage-backed market. His exploits at Salomon Brothers were humorously recounted in the Wall Street class's Liar's Poker . He's been active on Wall Street ever since, in lower profile roles. Now he is running an Internet b
Commercial mortgage backed securities gain
The most recent niche in the asset-backed universe to spurt: The commercial mortgage-backed securities market. These securities have become increasingly popular for Wall Street bankers looking to offer clients the cheapest possible financing. Leveraged buyouts have traditionally been financed with
Lewis Ranieri back in the spotlight
Remember Lewis Ranieri, of Liar's Poker fame. He is known as the man who started in the Salomon Brothers mail room and made it to the firm's storied trading floor, where he helped pioneer the mortgage-backed securities market. He was quite a personality and still a bit of a legend among the old-ti
Cantor Fitzgerald mulls death benefits exchange
Cantor Fitzgerald is considering launching an automated exchange for trading death benefits in life insurance policies. If such an exchange is ever created, it might bring much-needed liquidity to a burgeoning market that some believe could shake the foundations of the life insurance industry in m
