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Any list of people and institutions to blame for the financial crisis would include credit-rating agencies - the companies that assign letter grades to everything from General Electric's bonds to Malaysia's sovereign debt, indicating the chances that investors will lose money. The CEOs of the three largest agencies...
At the center of the conversation is how ratings agencies get paid. Since the 1970s, the largest ratings agencies have been paid by the companies that issue bonds or securities. This "issuer-pay" model has been roundly criticized for leading the agencies to cozy up to the firms creating financial...
The U.S. will, believe it or not, eventually get out of the current financial crisis. Then it will face an even bigger challenge: creating a real economy that will be as internationally competitive in the 21st century as it was in the 20th century. All of the recent bank bailouts...
The Administration wants to put longtime Merrill Lynch executive Herb Allison in charge of the $700 billion TARP program. Allison is currently the CEO of Fannie Mae (FNM), a job entrusted to him when the mortgage company was in deep trouble.
Goldman said that much of its increased trading was to execute client orders, and not trades the bank was making solely on its own. During a conference call with analysts and investors, Goldman CFO David Viniar said that most of Goldman's trading profits came from such liquid investments as...