Career moves

Why it will be hard to find new CEOs for Fannie and Freddie

09/24/18

The CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are stepping down because the job they were hired to do — return the GSEs to profitability — is done. But attracting top-flight candidates to lead the mortgage giants into a new phase may not be easy.

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Tough times for Wells' Sloan; Mega mortgages to the stars

09/21/18

Wells Fargo CEO tackles cost-cutting, job cuts and rumors he’ll be replaced; banks put up millions to keep uber-rich as depositors.

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In deregulatory era, Trump picks a throwback for Fed board

09/20/18

Whereas most regulators appointed in the Trump administration are focused on rolling back the post-crisis framework, Nellie Liang helped create it.

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Fannie executive departs to join digital currency exchange

09/19/18

Brian Brooks, the mortgage giant's general counsel, is leaving this week to head the legal team at Coinbase.

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More changes at Goldman; SunTrust outage continues

09/18/18

Goldman's lending and deposit-taking division gets a new chief, while its EMEA head take's responsibility for Goldman's business outside North America; SunTrust's website and mobile app down for second day.

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John Kanas to retire from banking — again

09/12/18

Kanas, who returned to the banking industry as part of the recapitalization of the failed BankUnited, will relinquish the company's chairmanship at the end of this year.

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Texas bank commissioner appointed to nonvoting FSOC seat

09/07/18

The Dodd-Frank Act requires that one of the five nonvoting members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council be a state banking supervisor.

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Freddie Mac names Brickman president as Layton plans departure

09/05/18

Freddie Mac is promoting Executive Vice President David Brickman to president and will consider him among possible candidates to be the agency's next CEO after Don Layton retires next year.

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Treasury, FHFA chiefs are preparing for Freddie CEO's exit

09/05/18

The Treasury Department and a key housing regulator are preparing to fill a second possible vacancy atop a U.S.-controlled mortgage giant, a move that could strengthen the Trump administration's hand in addressing unfinished business from the 2008 credit crisis.

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U.S. Bank, Wells, Citi and Great Western: Bankers on the move

09/05/18

Just before the end of summer, several major banks have put new faces in key executive positions.

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