Tag Archives: chief-economist


”I would shut down the hedge fund industry”

July 23, 2009 : Permalink

Salon – John R. Talbott is a former investment banker with Goldman Sachs and the author of "The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street," "Contagion," "Obamanomics," and "The Coming Crash in the Housing Market." Simon Johnson, the former chief economist […]

Geithner Bad Bank Alternative May Rely on Loans to Hedge Funds

February 23, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s financial-rescue plan may be doomed if he doesn’t offer low-cost loans to hedge funds and other investors to help them buy toxic assets weighing down bank balance sheets. Creating a “bad bank” or “aggregator […]

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP Announce Legislation Task Force

September 25, 2008 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Bracewell & Giuliani LLP today announced that it has formed a multi-disciplinary Task Force to guide financial institutions, private investment funds, institutional investors and other market participants through the legislative, regulatory and enforcement challenges posed […]