2008 financial crisis News
Revamp of Volcker Rule Eases Restriction on Banks Making Speculative Investments
Wall Street watchdogs rolled out a long-anticipated overhaul of the Volcker Rule that eases its controversial restriction on banks making speculative investments, wrapping up a top de-regulatory goal ...
At Long Last, AIG Achieves a General Insurance Unit Underwriting Profit
Insurer American International Group Inc reported first-quarter earnings that trounced Wall Street estimates on Monday, as its general insurance business posted its first underwriting profit since ...
Proposed U.S. Regulation Would Discourage Large Banks From Investing in Competitors’ Debt
U.S. bank regulators proposed a rule on Tuesday that would discourage large banks from heavily investing in debt issued by other large banks by requiring them to hold additional capital against such ...
AIG Returns to CLO Market for First Sale Since 2008 Financial Crisis
American International Group Inc. has returned to the red-hot collateralized loan obligation market as an asset manager with its first sale since the financial crisis. The $500 million transaction is ...
Nomura Will Pay $480M to Resolve Claims Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
Nomura Holdings Inc has agreed to pay $480 million to resolve civil claims by the U.S. government that it misled investors in marketing residential mortgage-backed securities, U.S. authorities said ...
Lehman Pursues $2B in Alleged ‘Phantom’ Citi Fees as Trial Starts
Almost a decade after the global financial crisis, the fate of another $2 billion from the wreckage of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is about to be determined. The failed New York investment bank is ...
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Sees Higher Purpose in Appeal of Federal Court Ruling
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg said that his partial victory in a lawsuit tied to American International Group Inc.'s bailout isn't enough, and that he's seeking financial damages to hold the government ...
Ex-Treasury Secretary Talked With China About 2008 Financial Bailout
Henry Paulson, the former treasury secretary, said he talked with China about helping bail out financial firms in 2008, in the first discussion of the rescue scheme in a court with two other plan ...