Regulators should stop bond insurer dividends: Ackman
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Bill Ackman, founder of hedge fund  group Pershing Square Capital Management, told regulators on  Wednesday the two biggest U.S. bond insurers face combined  losses of over $22 billion from from bonds they've insured, and  should be forced to stop paying dividends.
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MBIA Inc , the world's largest bond insurer, slashed its dividend 62 percent on Wednesday and said it would sell $1 billion of debt to preserve capital and the "triple-A" ratings it needs to operate normally in a mortgage market under siege.
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A day after coming under regulatory fire for taking incentive fees from insurers, the Marsh & McLennan Companies said that it would halt the practice.
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The Securities and Exchange  Commission may propose requiring credit rating agencies to  differentiate between corporate bonds and structured finance  products as well as make disclosures around past ratings, the  agency's chairman said on Friday.
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FGIC Corp, a bond insurer whose main unit has lost its top credit ratings from the three major agencies, has told New York regulators it wants to split into two companies.
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The bond firm plans to tackle riskier investments.
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Recent credit market turmoil has increased downside risks for the economy, but the U.S. Federal Reserve would refrain from taking action to bail out investors who made bad decisions, top policy-makers said on Thursday.
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The SEC accuses Conrad Black and David Radler of diverting money from Hollinger International Inc., the regulators said Monday. Black will be forced to put his stake in the company in a trust to keep him away from voting.
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Dow component AIG says SEC staff may recommend action against it related to past transactions. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Insurer American International Group Inc.
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The bond insurer, which took a $5.21 billion write-down, said it is reviewing ways to raise capital.
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The US Congress should stay out of the debate over expensing stock options and let the Financial Accounting Standards Board handle it, US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman William Donaldson said.
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Regulators said on Wednesday that Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  should be able to unwind the positions of its two troubled hedge funds without causing wider financial market distress.
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American International Group Inc., one of the world&#39;s largest insurance firms, said Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission may bring a civil action against
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Warren Buffett said on Tuesday he has made a pitch to the three largest bond insurers to reinsure $800 billion in municipal bonds, but had been rebuffed by one of the companies, while the other two have not yet responded.
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Pledging to crack down on &quot;back-room deals&quot; in the insurance industry, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi yesterday moved to block agents and brokers from steering clients to
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Commercial and investment banks could  see their credit ratings cut if the bond insurers which hedge  some of their assets were themselves downgraded, Standard &  Poor's said on Tuesday, as billionaire investor Wilbur Ross  mulled whether to invest $1 billion or more in the sector.
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WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Tuesday proposed a plan to strengthen governance at the nation&#39;s stock exchanges and move them toward separating their self-policing function from their business operations to ensure that they serve investors&#39; interest.