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How will Lehman raise capital?
KBW analysts, after meeting with the Lehman Brothers COO, are telling clients that Lehman is not likely to sell its Neuberger Berman asset management unit. The unit is Read more...
Capital raising to get harder for commercial banks
We all get the sense that banks are due for some more capital raising. But it comes down, in large part, to upcoming writedowns. If they are much worse than expected, banks will have to hit the Read more...
Banks binge on preferred shares
Financial services firms have raised $54.7 billion this year, compared with $25.3 billion at the comparable point last year (Dealogic). Bank Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: RBS CEO
Fortune notes that Fred Goodwin, CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, is known as Fred the Shred because of his penchant for keeping costs low. Shareholders have other epithets after the bank was forced Read more...
How low can Citigroup's dividend go?
Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney is making a career in some ways off of Citigroup. She was among the first and the boldest to predict Read more...