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Smaller Banks Could Need More TARP Money
Troubled assets are still plaguing the U.S. financial system, and a recent report from the Congressional Oversight Panel concluded some smaller banks may need additional $12 billion to $14 billion in funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and may need a stress test of their own.
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Smaller Banks Could Need More TARP Money
By Bob Blandeburgo Associate Editor Money Morning Troubled assets are still plaguing the U.S. financial system, and a recent report from the Congressional Oversight Panel concluded some... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. <a [More...] |
| Wed, Jun 10, 2009 |
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By “Shopping” For Regulators, Private Equity Firms Have Discovered How To Buy Banks – Leaving Taxpayers With All The Risk
The financial Barbarians are at the gates of the U.S. banking sector.
“Regulatory arbitrage” - sometimes called “regulatory shopping” - has emerged as the favorite strategy for these Barbarians, otherwise known as private equity firms, to get around the federal rules that kept them from owning banks.
Why the sudden interest in banks? Like legendary ...
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By 'Shopping' For Regulators, Private Equity Firms Have Discovered How To Buy Banks – Leaving Taxpayers With All The Risk
“Regulatory arbitrage” – sometimes called “regulatory shopping” – has emerged as the favorite strategy for these Barbarians, otherwise known as private equity firms, to get around the federal rules that kept them from owning banks. [More...] |
| Fri, May 15, 2009 |
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Mark Patterson: 'It's A Sham. The Banks Are Insolvent'
The chairman of $7 billion distressed Private Equity firm MatlinPatterson calls a spade a spade and in the process exposes the entire Geithner plan for the complete sham that it is. His comments before the Qatar Global Investment Forum were captured by the Daily Telegraph's Evans-Pritchard earlier, and Zero Hedge republishes the piece in its entirety as it presents every nuance of our predicament with masterful simplicity. *** US 'sham' bank bail-outs enrich speculators, says buy-out chief Mark Patterson The US Treasury’s effort to stabilise the banking system through the TARP programme is a hopelessly ill-conceived policy that enriches [More...] |
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