Bankruptcy Blogs

Receiving Wide Coverage ... AIG's Restructuring Examined: American Insurance Group released its plans Tuesday for a corporate restructuring aimed at appeasing restless investors, but already critics have begun to poke holes in the plan. The insurer plans to separate its company into nine units that can be spun off at any time. It plans an initial public offering for its mortgage insurance unit and decided to create a legacy portfolio for non-strategic assets in a mannerÂ...

In the absence of congressional action on housing finance reform, here is what the Federal Housing Finance Agency should do sooner rather than later.

Too many institutions focus on time-wasting tasks that divert their attention from how to stay relevant in a rapidly changing banking environment.

Paper maker Verso Corp. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after skipping debt payments, battered by weakening demand. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Did the Fed Mess Up?: To put it mildly, it's been a rough few weeks for equity markets and the global economy. Slides in corporate profits, stocks, commodities and even industrial production have left some invoking the "R" word: recession. Others are kinder – merely arguing we're entering a bear market after a very extended bull run. But, as discussions of what caused the market and economic downturns stir, one common cause...