Bio for William Cohan
Swaps Vote Is Another Big Win for the Big Banks
Click on the section of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission website about the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-reform law and the first thing that jumps out is a quotation, in bold, from CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler about how Dodd-Frank would transform the derivatives market -- for the better.
Click on the section of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission website about the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-reform law and the first thing that jumps out is a quotation, in bold, from CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler about how Dodd-Frank would transform the derivatives market -- for the better.
How Bad Can It Be for SEC Whistle-Blowers?
George Canellos, 48, has one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top jobs. The SEC’s new chairman, Mary Jo White, appointed him as co-director of the enforcement division, along with Andrew Ceresney, a former partner of White’s at Debevoise & Plimpton. Their job is to oversee 1,200 investigators, accountants and lawyers who try to root out corruption on Wall Street. Canellos should be above reproach.
George Canellos, 48, has one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top jobs. The SEC’s new chairman, Mary Jo White, appointed him as co-director of the enforcement division, along with Andrew Ceresney, a former partner of White’s at Debevoise & Plimpton. Their job is to oversee 1,200 investigators, accountants and lawyers who try to root out corruption on Wall Street. Canellos should be above reproach.
In Defense of M&A Leaks
May 06, 2013
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Normally, an academic study as inane
as “M&A Confidential: What Happens When Deals Leak” would be
dismissed for what it is: a blatant, lame attempt to gin up some
public attention for its sponsors.
Will Mary Jo White’s SEC Hang Whistle-Blowers Out to Dry?
April 29, 2013
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The Securities and Exchange
Commission is certainly looking all spiffy and new these days.
Gunmaker Sale Needs a Background Check
April 21, 2013
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What with the terrorist attack in
Boston, the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas and
the inane vote against gun control in the U.S. Senate, you may
have missed the news late last week about Stephen Feinberg. The
reclusive co-founder of the buyout firm Cerberus Capital
Management LP is attempting one of his most daring and ill-
conceived deals of all time: trying to buy Freedom Group Inc.,
one of the world’s largest gun manufacturers, from his own
company.
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