In case you didn’t see today’s article from Bloomberg News about our Wellington Financial Fund III portfolio co. Real Matters, I thought I’d take the liberty of posting it here. Our firm had the...
I’m sorry about the lack of blogging of late. Lots of excuses, have I. Lead up to March Break. Recovery from the aforementioned March Break. And then some good deals along with some other...
The opposition is fierce, I read, and by last evening there were thousands of pages of letters filed with the various arms of the U.S. government. The goal of the “Volker Rule” is to...
News item: G20 commits “to take all necessary actions to preserve the stability of banking systems and financial markets as required.” At the time, it seemed “stupid”, as Kim Parlee and I discussed on...
The market can be fickle. You’ve got to commiserate with Bank of Montreal (BMO:TSX) CEO Bill Downe. After years, maybe decades, of waiting to buy the right banking business in the Midwest, his bank...
I know we had a rogue blog yesterday (see prior post “Some lines for the White House this am” June 23-10). Just thought that I’d give ya a taste of the good ole days....
As nervous as I was on Friday morning about the ability of global banks to duck the impact on a payment standstill at Dubai World (see prior post “Eid’s pause won’t help Western Banks...
Bank analyst Meredith Whitney made headlines yesterday when she downgraded Goldman Sachs (GS:NYSE) to a “neutral” from a “buy”. With Goldman up over $130 from its US$40s low of earlier this year, Ms. Whitney...
While we all were hiding under our desks, something was going on at Canada’s largest chartered banks. They were deftly swinging into preservation mode. Think about the brutality of the past twelve months for...
This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.: CIBC has announced the following additions to the Global Derivatives and Strategic Risk Group: Christopher Dunning has joined as Managing Director and Global Head...
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