How New Rules on Exec Pay Impacts Big Business
President Barack Obama’s unveiled new rules on executive pay caps and expense disclosure. WSJ’s Jonathan Weisman speaks about...
How to Spend Part II of the TARP
We will be hearing from the new administration numerous plans as to how to spend the $350 billion TARP in the coming days. I have been...
Madoff 13,500 Client List
The following is the Madoff client list — released by the bankruptcy court — 160 pages, 13,500 clients. Madoff Client List...
Hedge Fund Stars (Parts 1 & 2)
Roundtable Discussion with Fabio Savoldelli of Optima Fund Management, Ken Windheim of Strategic Fixed Income, and Pierre Villeneuve of...
Volcker Chafes at Obama Panel Delay, Strains With Summers Rise
Great item in Bloomberg News this AM. Where have we heard of the coming Volcker-Summers showdown? Ah, it was in The Big Picture....
Ken Lewis Learns There’s a New Sheriff in Town
Fascinating front page WSJ article on the tactics used by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secy Hank Paulson to “persuade”...
SEC’s “Investigative Ineptitude”
Interview with Rep. Bradley Sherman (D) of California (In Focus) Bloomberg, February 04, 2009
How About a Leverage Cap in Lieu of a Pay Cap?
Good Evening: U.S. investors worked themselves up into a pretty hopeful mood this morning, but reality set in this afternoon and led to a...
Steve Pearlstein Goes Off On Everyone
The Washington Post’s Steve Pearlstein is an insightful writer. But sometimes a good venting is better than wisdom. Here Pearlstein...
Conference Questions
I’ve been attending, and presenting at many many conferences lately. I cannot help but notice how widely the quality of the...