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Distressed Debt Investing Now a Favorite Move for Hedge Funds
Berlin :: NJ :: USA | 15 days ago
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The distressed debt that banks are leaving behind is getting bought up, in a big way, by credit hedge funds. Fully $108 billion worth of distressed debt investments is being picked up by these groups. Hedge funds are not as big as the large banks,
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KOTOK: A Major Transition Is Underway Regarding Bank Deposit Safety
Nicosia :: Cyprus | 1 month ago
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In the aftermath of the bungled Cyprus affair, we are now observing a major transition underway with regard to bank-deposit safety. In the Eurozone and in Europe generally, the sacredness of an insured deposit was bludgeoned by the finance ministers
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SALLIE KRAWCHECK: These Are The 'London Whale' Questions We Should Really Be Asking
Basel :: Switzerland | 2 months ago
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Last week's Senate hearing on JP Morgan $6 billion London Whale trading losses captured its fair share of media attention. But even with the compelling theater this provided, the hearing's most significant contribution may not be the particulars of
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Banking Stress Test Results Not What They Seem
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 months ago
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With some fanfare, the Federal Reserve's Stress Tests have been released as concerned to the nation's largest bank holding companies. For most part, the numbers are open for all to peruse, and the purpose of this article is to point out that things
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Low interest rates hit profit of big-5 banks
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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The big-5 banks, as a whole, managed to post a profit in the calendar year 2012 but money making may be difficult for bankers in the coming quarters due to shrinking margins. With eroding core business, big banks' earnings posted a nominal growth of
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Online Banks Buck Trend of Higher Fees in New MoneyRates.com Bank Fees Survey
Foster City :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Some bank fees rose in the second half of 2012, according to new research by MoneyRates.com. February 19, 2013 The average monthly maintenance fee and overdraft fee that banks charge consumers continued to increase in the second half of 2012,
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The IPO market is broken — here's how we fix it
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Mona DeFrawi This is a guest post by Mona DeFrawi The entrepreneurship industry is the economic growth engine of the U.S., and it has been blocked from realizing its potential due to the broken IPO markets. The economy stopped growing when good IPO
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In Search of Value: Funeral Homes & Mega Banks?
Bač :: Serbia | 6 months ago
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John is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinions of our bloggers and are not formally edited. Legendary mutual fund Guru Peter Lynch once said he loved "hated companies with ugly names in boring, out of
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Large lenders asked to handhold small banks
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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T he finance ministry has asked large public sector banks to hand-hold smaller counterparts to improve the latter's functioning. It has divided banks in seven pools and a large bank has been appointed as coordinator for each group, to improve
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DealBook: Despite Its Problems, Dodd-Frank Is Better Than the Alternatives
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
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But repealing the Dodd-Frank Act won't end too big to fail banks, and it may even make things worse. Mitt Romney raised the issue at the first presidential debate , contending that Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced because it designates a
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