Goldman Getting Ahead of Bad News?
Goldman Sachs’s disclosure pendulum appears to have now sharply swung in the other direction, Matthew Merrin of Thomson Reuters Westlaw Business Currents writes. In so doing, Goldman may be charting a...
View ArticleANALYSIS-Goldman silence on probe a model others will avoid?
By Matthew Goldstein and Steve Eder NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) – The decision of Goldman Sachs Group Inc not to tell shareholders that U.S. regulators might sue the bank over a subprime mortgage-linked...
View ArticleThe afternoon deal: Regulation overdrive
A joint Senate-House committee convenes to begin merging competing bills from each chamber into what will be the biggest overhaul of the financial rules since the 1930s.
View ArticleANALYSIS-Wall Street still in the hedge fund game
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Matthew Goldstein BOSTON/NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) – It appears Wall Street investment banks can stay in the highly-profitable hedge fund business after all. An overhaul of...
View ArticleANALYSIS-Goldman foe gets some revenge in reform bill
By Matthew Goldstein NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters) – One of the sleeper provisions in the 2,000-page financial regulatory reform bill may be one that is no more than six paragraphs long. The brief...
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ANALYSIS-New U.S. funds regulator at SEC must shed Goldman skin
By Ross Kerber and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON/WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) – For U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, the choice of a Goldman Sachs Group insider as her new top...
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SEC’s boardroom bombshell: directors can be costly
NEW YORK, March 4 (Westlaw Business) Being an insider with a fiduciary duty sure is risky, as heavyweight Rajat Gupta is now finding out amidst serious SEC charges. So is having board members, as...
View ArticlePrivate placements and conflicts of interest: do consenting adults need more...
By Helen Parry, Thomson Reuters Accelus regulatory intelligence expert. The views expressed are her own. LONDON, May 16 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - “The first private placement memorandum disclosed the...
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Gupta insider case puts focus on monitoring board members, financial-crisis...
By Julie DiMauro and Stuart Gittleman NEW YORK, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - The insider-trading conviction of Rajat Gupta, a former McKinsey group chairman and a-list board member, had federal...
View ArticleGoldman standards review reflects new compliance landscape
By Nick Paraskeva, for Compliance Complete NEW YORK, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - Goldman Sachs’ report on new business ethics and practices voiced lofty ambitions that are both frequently aired...
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