Today, the FDIC announced that Colony Capital Acquisitions, LLC paid a total of approximately $90.5 million (net of working capital) in cash for a 40% equity stake in a limited liability company (LLC) created by the FDIC to hold a portfolio of approximately 1,200 distressed commercial real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $1.02 billion arising out of 22 failed bank receiverships.
Yesterday, Senate Republicans circulated a brief summary of the Financial Regulatory Improvement and Taxpayer Protection Act, a Republican substitute to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S.3217) previously
Yesterday, the U.K. government published a report entitled "Developing effective resolution arrangements for investment banks" which sets forth, primarily in response to the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. (in particular its U.K. arm, Lehman Brothers International (Europe)), the U.K.
Today, the FDIC announced the next steps in further developing the government's Legacy Loan Program (LLP), by testing the LLP program's funding mechanism through the sale of a portfolio of residential mortgage loan receivership assets to a limited liability company (LLC) in exchange for an ownership interest in the LLC.
Earlier today, DSB Bank N.V. (DSB) was declared bankrupt and ordered to liquidate, ending hopes the regional lender, which last week suffered a run on deposits and was subsequently put into receivership, might be sold or bailed out.
Today, HM Treasury announced the conclusion of discussions with Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds) and Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (RBS), regarding their participation in the U.K.
Yesterday, the bankrupt estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (Lehman) sued Barclays Capital, Inc.
Today, the U.K. Treasury and Northern Rock plc separatelyannounced that the restructuring of Northern Rock will take place on January 1, 2010 (Transfer Date).
This past Monday, in the wake of last month's termination of TCW Group, Inc.