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Vipal Monga on the financing crisis

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:27:00 GMT

The Deal's Vipal Monga on the financing crisis.

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Deal Economy 2010: The Middle Market and LBO debt

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:14:01 GMT

Steve Deedy managing director of AlixPartners, James Epstein partner at Pepper Hamilton LP, Ken Hanau, a managing partner at 3i US, and Randy Schwimmer, senior managing director and head of capital markets of Churchill Financial spoke at The Deal Economy 2010 conference. In this video they speak about the wall of leveraged buyout debt from deals in 2006 and 2007 that is due in two years.

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Tags : 3i, AlixPartners, Churchill, Deedy, Epstein, Financial, Hamilton, Hanau, James, Ken, LBO, LP, Market, Middle, Pepper, Randy, Schwimmer, Steve, debt, refinancing

Bove predicts 200-300 more bank failures

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:09:00 GMT

Richard Bove of Rochdale Securities, who spoke at The Deal Economy 2010 Conference says that 200-300 more banks will fail in a year or a year and a half due to commercial and residential real estate loans. In this video Bove also adds that financial reform is headed in the wrong direction. See the video below or download it at iTunes. - Maria Woehr

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Tags : Bove, Richard, Rochdale, Securities, Street, Wall, bank, banks, economy, failures, financial, reform

Weil's Miller on Resolution Authority

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:07:02 GMT

Harvey Miller of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP spoke to The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn at The Deal Economy 2010 Conference about the use of Resolution Authority. Resolution Authority is the proposal that would allow the government the power to unwind systemically important financial institutions, and give them a framework for doing so. He says that even if the government had used Resolution Authority in the case of Lehman Brothers Inc.it would not have made a difference. See the video below or download it at iTunes. - Maria Woehr

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Tags : Authority, Brothers, Gotschal, Harvey, Lehman, Miller, Resolution, Weil, bankruptcy, banks, financial, institution, investment

Weil's Miller on unwinding Lehman Brothers

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:29:03 GMT

Harvey Miller of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP told The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn at The Deal Economy 2010 Conference that if the government had made an arrangement for an orderly unwinding of Lehman Brothers Inc. the results would have been different. - Maria Woehr

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Tags : Brothers, Gotschal, Harvey, Lehman, Miller, Weil, derivatives, financial, markets, regulation

Sullivan & Cromwell's Cohen on Glass-Steagall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:46:00 GMT

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP managing partner Rodgin Cohen says that one of the great myths of The Great Recession is that the abolition of Glass-Steagall was responsible for the financial crisis. Cohen says the origin of the financial crisis was actually unregulated mortgage bankers and brokers. See the video below or download it at iTunes

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KPG Ventures' Dave Hills on new fund

Fri, 01 May 2009 20:02:01 GMT

Dave Hills, general partner of KPG Ventures, talks about the fund raising climate for venture capital firms and startups in this episode of The Deal's Behind the Money video show. The San Francisco VC firm, which backs seed-stage consumer Internet companies, closed its second fund in November. In March, KPG announced it had invested $6 million in four companies. New to KPG's portfolio are Lexy, Wowd and National Payment Card Association. The firm also invested in a new round of funding for Cake Financial, already in its portfolio. Hills joined KPG in October. Previously, he was CEO of LookSmart, Ltd. (NASDAQ:LOOK). Past positions include president of Media Solutions for 24/7 Real Media and CEO About, Inc., which owned About.com and the pay-per-click service, Sprinks. Hills lived in New York City for many years but now lives in the San Francisco, where KPG is based. We asked him to compare and contrast the tech startup cultures in the two towns

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Tags : association, cake, card, dave, financial, hills, kpg, lexy, national, payment, ventures, wowd

G20 Summit: Bacchus on financial coordination

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:10:01 GMT

Former Democratic Congressman James Bacchus discuss what aspects of finance can realistically be coordinated.

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Tags : bacchus, coordination, crisis, doha, financial, g20, jim, protests, summit, talks, trade

RateFinancial's Germack on the accounting practices of Circuit City and Citigroup

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:02:00 GMT

What do Calpine Corp., Circuit City Inc. and Citigroup Inc. have in common? Aggressive accounting and lax recording rules. Despite reforms implemented post-Enron, America's complex accounting rules can easily be gamed to deceive investors about the true conditions of public companies, according to Victor Germack president of RateFinancials Inc. In this episode of Inside The Deal, Germack speaks with Suzanne Stevens about why accounting rules need to be overhauled in order to fix the financial markets.

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Tags : accounting, bankruptcy, calpine, circuit, citigroup, city, crisis., financial, germack, investors, ratefinancials, rules, stocks, victor

M&A Outlook 2009: Blue Wolf's Blumenthal on regulation

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:41:00 GMT

At The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference Adam Blumenthal, a portfolio manager at Blue Wolf Capital Management said he believes that the government has to question everything as it alters the regulatory structure of financial institutions because it is reacting to the economic crisis. "We can expect a level of volatility of government reactions that mirrors the volatility in the financial markets," he said.

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Tags : adam, banks, blue, blumenthal, business, capital, economy, financial, government, institutions, management, wolf

M&A Outlook 2009: Fox's Brian Sullivan on the dealmaking in the economic shakeout

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:00 GMT

At The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 Fox Business's Anchor Brian Sullivan spoke about the changing landscape of the credit environment, regulatory structure and M&A market.

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Tags : acquisitions, brian, business, financial, fox, mergers, regulatory, sullivan

Inside The Deal: Lazard's Gary Parr on banks and regulation

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:18:02 GMT

Gary Parr,deputy chairman of investment bank Lazard Ltd spoke as a guest panalist about the Crisis on Wall Street at The Deal's 2009 M&A Outlook conference. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Parr speaks with The Deal's Suzanne Stevens about the future landscape of the financial services industry and how regulation will change under Barack Obama's administration.

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Tags : business, equity, financial, gary, institutions, m&a, obama, parr, private, tarp

Inside The Deal: Paul, Hastings' Vince Pisano on accounting standards

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:51:09 GMT

The International Accounting Industry is re-examining its principals in order to make financial statements more useful to investors and to improve disclosure. The SEC is trying to strike a deal with the US GAAP to adopt international standards in an effort to create clarity in accounting . In this edition of Inside The Deal, Vince Pisano, partner at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP speaks with The Deal's Ken Klee discusses why convergence of accounting rules only emphasizes the need for the use of "plain English" within financial statements. Watch the video after the break. - Maria Woehr

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Tags : accounting, financial, gaap, hastings, paul, pisano, statements, vince

The Deal Calendar: June 30-July 4, 2008

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:49:01 GMT

The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn and Suzanne Stevens discuss the latest dealmaking events for the week of June 30, 2008. Here is a summary of the dealmaking events this week: * Countrywide Financial Corp. shareholders approved its sale to Bank of America Corp., but not before California and Illinois filed lawsuits against the largest U.S. mortgage lender. Bank of America is expected to close on the sale on July 1. * On Monday June 30, TriZetto Group Inc. shareholders vote on a $1.4 billion take-private deal from Apax Partners. * CEO Tilman J. Fertitta will buy the remaining 61% of Landry's Restaurants Inc. for about $1.3 billion. * Orchard Enterprises NY Inc. has won the music-related assets of bankrupt independent music label TVT Records for more than $5 million. * Music Nation is holding a contest, and the winner gets Original Signal/Epic Records contract and Gibson guitars. Give us feedback at reporters@thedeal.com.

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Tags : america, apax, bank, bankruptcy, corp, countrywide, financial, group, inc., landry's, m&a, partners, restaurants, trizetto