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Wall Street firms Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

largest Wall Street firms (1); Wall Street firms increasingly relying (2).

Sat 2010-07-24 16:03 EDT

Europe freezes out Goldman Sachs

European governments are turning their backs on Goldman Sachs, the all-conquering investment bank that has suffered a series of blows to its reputation, capped by the biggest ever fine imposed on a Wall Street firm. According to data from Dealogic, Greece, Spain, France and Italy have all denied the bank a lead role in their recent sovereign bond sales...

Europe Freezes; Goldman Sachs.

The IRA Analyst Thu 2009-07-30 00:00 EDT

The Institutional Risk Analyst: Kabuki on the Potomac: Reforming Credit Default Swaps and OTC Derivatives

-- he Masters of the Universe who run the largest Wall Street firms of have learned not a thing when it comes to credit default swaps ("CDS") and other types of high-risk financial engineering. Indeed, not only are the largest derivative dealers fighting efforts to reform the CDS and other derivative instruments that caused the AIG fiasco, but regulators like the Federal Reserve Board and US Treasury are working with the banks to ensure that a small group of dealers increase their monopoly over the business of over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives.''

Institutional Risk Analyst; IRA Analyst; Kabuki; OTC derivative; Potomac; Reforming Credit Default Swaps.

Tue 2007-11-13 00:00 EST

Wall Street firms increasingly relying on risky assets - Nov. 12, 2007

Wall Street firms increasingly relying on risky assets, by Peter Eavis, Fortune; Level 3 bank assets increase ominously - Nov. 12, 2007

12; 2007; Nov; risky assets; Wall Street firms increasingly relying.