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January 2, 2009
2008 will forever be the year that subprime mortgages and corporate scandals altered the face of Wall Street. With $800 billion in writedowns and losses the market found itself buried under the weight of the subprime crisis. Stock markets worldwide crashed by more than $30 trillion taking mega investment houses like Bear Stearns down with […]
December 29, 2008
Dec. 19, 2008 was when the settlement offer forcing UBS to repurchase auction-rate securities that it sold to investors prior to the collapse of the ARS market in February 2008 officially expired. For investors who did not participate in the repurchase program, there are still some options available, however. They can continue to hold the […]
November 4, 2008
Two Louisiana pension funds filed lawsuitas against Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase in the wake of the subprime fallout and 2008 credit crunch. The Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension and Relief Fund and the Louisiana Municipal Employees’ Retirement System allegesd that Citigroup and JPMorgan misled investors in more than $29 billion of Citigroup’s securities offerings dating back to […]
August 5, 2008
After a run of previous failures, the Citibank is now closing its $400 million Tribeca Convertible LP arbitrage fund. It is the final chapter in Citigroup’s plan to shut down its Tribeca Global Investments hedge fund. Investor redemptions are thought to be the reason behind the fund closing. According to an Aug. 4, 2008 article […]
July 24, 2008
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) will launch a two-year pilot program later this fall that will allow some investors making arbitration claims to choose a panel made up of three public arbitrators instead of two public arbitrators and one non-public arbitrator, as is currently the norm. Six firms – Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets, […]