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Articles by Greg MacSweeney posted in October 2009
10/30/2009
The Federal Reserve should lose its authority to bail out big, failing financial firms like AIG and Bear Stearns under proposed reforms aimed at limiting the collateral damage from such failures, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said. Geithner added in this video from the Wall Street Journal that the bankruptcy code should be the primary tool for failing financial institutions, but there might be some cases where a bail out would be necessary.
10/23/2009
It's been a little over a year since the markets and economy imploded, resulting in massive layoffs in financial services. So what have some former financial workers been doing with their time?
10/21/2009
Thousands of investors hit with losses last year are filing arbitration claims against their financial advisors -- and their odds of winning look to be rising.
10/19/2009
Here is a video featuring Donald Monks, Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon, that focuses on the complexities - and costs - of mergers in financial services.
10/16/2009
While many financial firms have been forced to budget and manage on a quarter-to-quarter basis during the financial crisis, successful information technology managers have been able to plan and manage with view to long term objectives.
10/12/2009
Are Life Settlement Securities the next toxic asset? Less than one year after the credit crisis, firms such as Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan are creating life settlement securities which are made by repackaging thousands of life insurance policies into tradable securities.
10/12/2009
Taxing Wall Street's financial transactions is back on the table. The Wall Street Journal's John McKinnon says the populist notion is gaining support on Capitol Hill and with the IMF.
10/8/2009
Allianz Global Investors' three investment management companies will soon run on a single platform maintained by a tiny 33-person IT team that is managed by Steve Rapp, managing director and CTO.
10/8/2009
The 401(k) is not working for millions of Americans. In fact, the 401(k) was originally created by Congress as a tax dodge for executives, not as the primary investment retirement vehicle for half of the country's workers.
10/7/2009
Chief Risk Officer Greg Curl and Head of Retail Operations Brian Moynihan are the two most likely internal candidates to replace Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis.
10/6/2009
NYSE Euronext and CIO Steve Rubinow are focused on doing things faster, including communication, development and, of course, competing in the low-latency trading arena.
10/6/2009
A watchdog report on TARP says top officials weren't leveling with the public about the health of big banks when they pitched their bailout plan last year.
10/2/2009
The Daily Show correspondent Samantha "Honey Money" Bee wants to tell her small investor friends about high-frequency trading before regulators outlaw it.
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