Assistance provided by the Dept. of the Treasury under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), and the Federal Reserve to Amer. International Group, Inc. (AIG) represented one of the federal government's largest investments in a private sector institution. AIG is a holding co. that engages in a broad range of insurance and insurance-related activities in the U.S. and abroad. This report updates a set of indicators last reported in Jan. 2011. Specifically, it discusses: (1) trends in the financial condition of AIG and its insurance companies; (2) the status of the government's exposure to AIG; and (3) trends in the unwinding of AIG Financial Products. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act directed the author to conduct a one-time audit of the emergency loan programs and other assistance authorized by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) during the recent financial crisis. This report examines the emergency actions taken by the FRB from Dec. 1, 2007, through July 21, 2010. For each of these actions, the objectives included a review of: (1) the basis and purpose for its authorizaiton, as well as accounting and financial reporting internal contrls; (2) the use, selection, and payment of vendors; (3) management of conflicts of interest; (4) policies in place to secure loan repayment; and (5) the treatment of program participants. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Adapted from a best-selling Canadian title, this text offers a somewhat unique approach to corporate finance, with a framework that highlights three distinct legs of finance: economics, accounting, and law.There is an emphasis on Ethics in Corporate Finance throughout which is very desirable, since AACSB requires ethics be taught in every finance course. Adapted from a Canadian best-selling title, This text offers a somewhat unique approach to corporate finance, with a framework that highlights three distinct legs of finance: economics, accounting, and law.
Assistance provided by the Dept. of the Treasury under TARP, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to Amer. International Group, Inc. (AIG) represents one of the federal government's largest investments in a private-sector institution since the financial crisis began in 2008. AIG is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, engaged in a broad range of insurance and insurance related activities in the U.S. and abroad. This report discusses: (1) trends in AIG's financial condition; (2) trends in the unwinding of AIG Financial Products and the financial condition of AIG's insurance companies; and (3) the status of the government's exposure to AIG. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.
