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    Lee Vs Lehman Brothers

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    According to Jennings (2012) Mr. Lee’s was employed by Lehman Brother on May 18, 2008. The Chief Finical Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Lehman Brothers had employed Mr. Lee as an analyst since and he controlled global balance-sheet and legal-entity accounting (Jennings, 2012, p.289). According to Jennings (2012) Mr. Lee provided a brief synopsis on the alarms he has regarded Lehman Brothers. Mr. Lee describes that the Lehman Brothers had “tens of billions of dollars” on the organizations balance sheet that could not be corroborated (Jennings, 2012, p.289). The Lehman Brother hired Mr. Lee as an analyst in 1994 because he was capable of developing a rational business plan. At least this is what Mr. Lee assumed, but at some level the only…

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    Lehman Brothers Essay

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    Introduction The Lehman Brothers company had a long history of perseverance from the railroad bankruptcies of the 1800s, to the Great Depression of the 1930s, two world wars, and the Russian debt default in 1998 (Investopedia, 2015). Their century long history of endurance started to erode during the U.S. housing market collapse of 2008 with Lehman’s extensive investment in the subprime mortgage market. With $619 billion in debt and $639 billion in assets, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on…

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    One major issue to do with the banking system and deregulation of the financial regulators was Lehman Brothers’ misrepresentation of financial statements caused by the freedom in shadow banking system. The examiners of the Lehman Brother’s bankruptcy stated that the company had been engaged in “accounting gimmicks” at the end of the years, decorating financial statements to make it seem healthy and strong when in fact the company’s financial situation was unstable (Valukas, 2010). In 2007 when…

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    Lehman Brothers Case Study The failure of Lehman Brothers was the catalyst of what is now referred to as the Great Recession. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September of 2008 following the collapse of the housing market boom of the 1990s to mid-2000s. Lehman’s acquisition of subprime mortgage loans led to record profits during the housing bubble; however, these risky investments proved to be the major cause of their failure. (Investopedia, 2017) Subprime mortgage loans are described as…

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    There are lots of reports, attention, and even movies record this famous financial issue. In the movie “Margin Call”, John Tuld (very similar with Richard Fuld, who was the CEO of the Lehman Brother) said, the toxic aspect of its asset make it dangerous enough to death, and will be transferred easy relatively. 2000 is the 150 anniversary of Lehman Brother. The World Trade Center Office of Lehman Brother destroyed in 2001 “9.11”, and move to Manhattan 2002. During 2002, Lehman Brothers build it…

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    Bank failures and Mergers As they say, “The Bigger you are, the Harder you Fall” and you will damage your surroundings on the way down. Banks are getting bigger and bigger. With all the mergers and bank failures, the ones still standing is getting bigger and the competition is getting smaller. This is transforming into or already is a monopolistic competition. If one of them were to be a failure, it would create havoc in the economic system. This is exactly like what happen to the Lehman…

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    Martin Shkreli Case Study

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    For those who hear of Martin Shkreli and read his story, the first thing that comes to mind might be a man with ruthless ambition or maybe a young man trying to escalate the ladder of success. Despite his arrogance and self-fishness, Martin Shkreli comes from a humble background. Shkreli was born on April 1, 1983 and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of immigrant parents from Albania and Croatia. His family came to the U.S. in search for better opportunities. As they lived in New…

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    Tim Geithner's Legacy

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    Customarily, these types of bankruptcy settlement deals don’t result in a payment of 100 cents on the dollar. Instead, the recipient “takes a haircut” by accepting a very small settlement. For example, Eric Dinallo negotiated a similar settlement of credit default swaps when he was the Insurance Superintendent for the state of New York. At his behest, Merrill Lynch settled a case for only 13 cents on the dollar from a company “XL Guarantee.” Although, this time around, Merrill Lynch received…

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    Similar kinds of backdoor derivatives deals resulted in some U.S. cities and counties filing for bankruptcy as well. In 2011, Jefferson County, Alabama entered into the largest municipal bankruptcy at that time with $4 billion in debt. Remember the example with the treasurer of Orange County, CA who relied upon psychic advisors? In that instance, Merrill Lynch representatives roped him in with a derivatives contract. On the other hand, JPMorgan Chase took the ethical high road by refusing to…

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    From 2008 through 2012, 481 FDIC insured banks were either liquidated or merged with healthier institutions. Credit Unions saw 136 involuntary liquidations or assisted mergers at the hands of the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. In 2009, Credit Unions saw their delinquency for mortgage loans peak at 1.61 percent compared to 8.86 percent at the banks. Many of the largest corporate credit unions in the United States invested in troubled mortgage-backed securities which resulted in…

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