2008 Crisis
Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman Gotham Pershing Square Herbalife 2015-? – Bill Ackman – [Herbalife] – Who Wants to be a Millionaire – 334p 2016 – VIDEO – Betting on Zero – [Herbalife] — [BonkNote] — [VIDEO-YouTube-01:44:16] Carl Icahn 2013 – CNBC – Billionaire Brawl: Icahn vs. Ackman – [link-YouTube] Clash Of Titans: Carl Icahn Vs. Bill Ackman Five Years After Epic…
Read More2010 0701 – FCIC – 2008 Financial Crisis and Derivatives, Day 2, Regulators Panel
2010 0701 – FCIC – 2008 Financial Crisis and Derivatives – Day 2 – Regulators Panel fcic.law.stanford.edu/hearings/testimony/the-role-of-derivatives-in-the-financial-crisis#documents fcic.law.stanford.edu/videos/view/39 2010 0701 – FCIC – Hearing – 2008 Financial Crisis and Derivatives, Day 2, Regulators Panel – [PDF-313p, VIDEO-CSPAN] Eric Dinallo (NY Insurance Regulator), Gary Gensler (CFTC), Clarence Lee (OTS) 21:00 – How come we didn’t see…
Read MoreQ: Why was AIG Bailed Out?
Q: Why was AIG Bailed Out? “One of the reasons we had to rescue AIG was the fact that it was going to bring down Europe,” Pennsylvania Rep. Paul Kanjorski told reporters after his subcommittee held a hearing on systemic risk. Later, in an interview with Reuters, Kanjorski said he was told that a large…
Read MoreOrderly Liquidation Authority
OLA – Orderly Liquidation Authority 2017 0417- Financial Choice Act – 2017 – A Republican Proposal to Reform the Financial Regulatory System – 147p 2018 0221 – DOTT – Report to The President of the United States – Orderly Liquidation Authority and Bankruptcy, Department of the Treasury – 57p Dodd-Frank Title II Dodd-Frank is thus a…
Read MoreQ: What May Have Happened if AIG had Gone Bankrupt?
Q: What May Have Happened if AIG had Gone Bankrupt? Davis Polk’s lawyer, Mr. Huebner, testified that it would have been a “very hard landing” for AIG, like cascading champagne glasses where secured creditors are at the top with their glasses filled first, then spilling over to the glasses of other creditors, and finally to…
Read MoreFinancial Guarantee Insurance
Financial Guarantee Insurance Monolines Bond Insurers FRB – Federal Reserve Board NAIC – Financial Guarantee Study Group Model Financial Guarantee Insurance Act SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission The financial meltdown that began in 2007 revealed problems with financial guarantee insurers and regulation of these insurers. 2011 – JIR / NAIC – Financial Guarantee Insurance…
Read MoreChris Dodd
Chris Dodd 1975-1981 – US House (D-CT) 1981-2011 – US Senator (D-CT) Dodd-Frank Act 2009 0305 – GOV (Senate) – American International Group: Examining What Went Wrong, Government Intervention, And Implications for Future Regulation, (CSPAN) Government Intervention and Regulation of AIG, Chris Dodd (D-CT) — [BonkNote] (p33) – Chairman DODD. And again, looking at the…
Read MoreSenate – Banking Committee – Turmoil in US Credit Markets
Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets – Senate – Banking Committee govinfo.org – [link] cspan Senate – Banking Committee
Read MoreBBB to AAA
Turning BBB into AAA 2Q – AIG – Earnings Conference Call – Joseph Cassano 2010 04 – GOV – WALL STREET AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT BANKS – Levin govinfo – Volume 4 OF 5 – [pdf-1136p CSPAN – Investment Banks and the Financial Crisis, Directors- R – [link] Fabrice Tourre, Dan…
Read More2008 Financial Crisis – Senate – PSI – Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations – Levin – Coburn
PSI – Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations – 2008 Financial Crisis – Levin – Coburn – Senate Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) PSI – Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations – Financial Crisis Report – Senate R-2011 0423 – Carl Levin (D-MI) / Tom Coburn (R-OK) – CSPAN – [CSPAN-link] 2011 0413 – Wall Street…
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