... on the subprime crisis, the resultant capital depletion originating from some of the most significant write-downs in banking history, and the subsequent entrance of SWFs onto the scene. Case Figure 1 shows recent investments in financial services firms by SWFs which catapulted them into the limelight. Many SWFs...

... management subprime crisis banking sovereign funds Banking/Finance/Insurance In January 2008, Citi and Merrill Lynch, two legendary Wall Street firms, are trying to steer their ships back to calm waters. Their new CEOs, Vikram Pandit (Citi) and John Thain (Merrill), have been at the helm...

...George (Yiorgos) Allayannis; Baijnath Ramraika In early September 2008, in the midst of the subprime crisis, a manager with the student-run Darden Capital Management fund, wants to evaluate whether Comerica Incorporated, a regional bank based in Dallas, Texas, is a good candidate for inclusion...

...-insurance business, BHAC) and the timing of those decisions in the midst of the subprime crisis and in an environment of increasing energy demand; (5) to discuss his decision not to invest in banks in the current environment as well as his largest investment, the philanthropic Gates Foundation; and (6...