Galvin wants data on subprime lenders
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Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday his staff has demanded documents from two Wall Street firms over their recommendations on subprime lenders such as New Century Financial Corp. of California, questioning whether analysts remained too positive on the faltering companies to prop up other financial relationships.
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U.S. regulators, led by the Securities  and Exchange Commission, are probing how financial firms priced  mortgage securities on their books and whether they should have  told investors earlier about the declining value of those  securities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Regulators investigating Fannie Mae's accounting practices have sent subpoenas to the No. 1 U.S. mortgage finance company in connection with the probe, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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The Securities and Exchange  Commission is investigating how banks, credit rating firms and  lenders valued and disclosed complex mortgage-backed securities  that ultimately led to the subprime crisis, a top agency  enforcer said on Saturday.
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With more than $1 trillion in subprime mortgages still outstanding, some fear the financial sector's troubles have only just begun
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The company will provide evidence that banks had information about the risks posed by subprime mortgages.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating matters related to Merrill Lynch & Co Inc's  subprime mortgage portfolio, the company said on Wednesday.
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New York prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks stemming from subprime loan-linked investments, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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The House Financial Services Committee will draft legislation requiring U.S. hedge funds to keep copies of trading data and will take a closer look at the role of credit rating agencies in the collapse of some funds linked to subprime mortgages, the panel chairman said on Wednesday.
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US financial regulators have requested information from Warren Buffett&#39;s Berkshire Hathaway group as part of a probe into certain insurance products.
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Charles E. Grassley has asked NASD, the largest securities industry regulator, to describe how it identifies and tracks possible insider trading among its members.
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A Web venture gives borrowers a way to compare what they will probably pay for a mortgage in commissions, points, interest rates and fees.
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The crisis in the U.S. subprime  mortgage market has heightened tension between mortgage lenders  and brokers who both hope to shape any laws aimed at stamping  out dangerous loans.
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Shares of subprime lender tumble after margin calls.
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Alan Greenspan, when chairman of the Federal Reserve, brushed off an idea to boost scrutiny of subprime mortgage lenders, a former Fed governor told the Wall Street Journal.
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Troubles in the subprime mortgage  sector could put Wall Street on edge this week just as  investors look for key economic data, including the Consumer  Price Index, to shore up the market's nascent recovery after  its recent plunge.
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New Century Financial Corp.  on Tuesday said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the subprime mortgage lender, which is under siege from creditors and has stopped making loans.