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Crisis exposing have vs. have not rift?

A New York Times column makes an interesting point about the on-going credit crunch: Main Street folks are continuing to struggle with little overt regulatory help, while the Wall Street folks are... Read more...

KKR Financial exits mortgage related business

The sad fate of the Carlyle Group's listed bond fund focused attention, fairly or not, on other funds listed by top private equity firms. KKR Financial seems to be moving aggressively to exit the... Read more...

Will directors pay for financial company sins?

Annual meeting season is upon us, and a big theme this year will be whether shareholders will vent any real anger at large bank directors. Shareholders have plenty to be mad about. So far,... Read more...

Private equity firms in marketing overdrive

How do you manage your way through a crisis? Get back to the basics of good old fashioned marketing. The Financial Times reports that top private equity firms are bent on differentiating themselves... Read more...

More problems for KKR Financial

The news continues to get worse for KKR Financial Holdings. It... Read more...

Equity as a cash bonus replacement rises

Question: when are stock grants a huge disappointment to the recipient? Answer: When it replaces a cash bonus. But Wall Street banks have had no choice in the current environment. Read more...

What to make of BATS?

There are so many players in the exchange game these days that it's hard to handicap the field. BATS has made a huge move as of late, and has become the third largest trading venue, behind the Read more...

Wall Street banks have their hand out

Top Wall Street banks are sensitive to being seen as beholden to foreign investors, notes the New York Times. So while the big money seems to be coming from abroad, we are starting to see some... Read more...

Do analysts' estimates mean anything any more?

It used to be that if companies' trounced expected earning, investors would cheer. That still holds true in some cases, but in the financial services industry, beating the estimates means less these... Read more...

Video: How Wall Street Execs spend their bonuses

Ever wonder what Wall Street execs do with all of their bonus money? Take a look at this video from last year to see how the big players on the Street spend their dough. ... Read more...

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