February 18, 2010
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction off warrants it took in four major banking companies as part of the industry bailout. They probably will not be the last warrants to go on the auc... more
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February 11, 2010
Would you buy a “XXX” security?
Those securities do exist, providing evidence of the perversion of finance during the credit boom that ended so abruptly in 2007 and 2008.
That perversion ... more
February 11, 2010
Form 10/12B must be filed whenever public companies register new stock as a result of a spinoff. Think of it as one-stop shopping for everything you need to know when companies part company. Academic ... more
February 07, 2010
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. warrants held by the U.S. bailout program may raise $253.3 million for taxpayers if the government auctions the securities, according to Pluris Valuation Advisors LLC... more
January 18, 2010
PIPE funds have been saddling issuers with millions of dollars in derivatives liabilities because of so-called "down round"provisions in structured deals, accountants say. The provisions require an is... more
January 12, 2010
Pluris Valuation Advisors President Espen Robak was quoted in an article in the January 13, 2010 issue of The Hedge Fund Law Report titled “How Can Hedge Fund Managers Maintain the Efficiency Ad... more
December 13, 2009
As holiday gift lists are being drawn up, the remaining 16 days of 2009 offer hedge fund investors and managers opportunities to transfer hedge fund shares to family members for what can be substantia... more
December 13, 2009
A striking holiday bargain emerged last week: government warrants in bailed-out banks.The Treasury Department received a relatively paltry $936 million in an auction for warrants in JPMorgan Chase &am... more
December 10, 2009
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. warrants held by the U.S. Treasury Department sold for $936.1 million, less than some traders predicted, closing out the federal bailout program&r... more
December 10, 2009
WASHINGTON ( Dow Jones) - If last week's auction of Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) warrants is any sign, the U.S. likely won't earn as much as expected as it unloads assets acquired through its res... more
December 10, 2009
Last week’s first auction-style warrant sale was Capital One Financial (COF), which netted the Treasury (U.S. Taxpayers) $162.1 million, as a total of 12.7 million COF warrants were bought for $... more
December 08, 2009
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Treasury Department’s bailout program should delay tomorrow’s auction of JPMorgan Chase & Co. warrants because prices at a sale last week were too low, a... more
December 07, 2009
FASB Chairman Robert Herz and AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee Chairman Jay Hanson separately acknowledged that many assets and financial instruments do not need to be measured at fair v... more
November 30, 2009
Capital One’s warrants sold at a surprisingly low price last week as the market awaits Treasury Department sales of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and TCF Financial Corp. warrants.If those auctions fe... more
November 25, 2009
Maybe the Securities and Exchange Commission couldn’t catch Bernard L. Madoff. Maybe there was nothing that can be done when housing prices crater and securities backed by mortgages hit the dump... more
October 26, 2009
Hedge Fund DiscountsQuick, think about using deflated interests in hedge funds for tax-efficient transfers of wealth to heirsTreasury Secretary Tim Geithner told Congress and the nation on Sept. 10, 2... more
October 26, 2009
With losses mounting at many companies and forecasts offering scant hope for recovery, auditors are starting to ask hard questions about the deferred tax assets companies are reporting.“This is ... more
October 20, 2009
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy would get a $63.5 billion boost if businesses were able to free up their funds trapped in the auction-rate debt market based on student loans, a study pre... more
September 30, 2009
The fair value guidance in FAS 157 does not represent, as many perceive, a radical departure from previous accounting rules. FAS 157 is the result of a natural evolution that has been taking pla... more
September 22, 2009
Half a year into an unprecedented emergency effort to save the credit markets, would we do it all over again? Markets Media talks to key decision makers and financial historians to see just how effect... more
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