In one of the more cynical campaign promises I’ve seen in a while, the Obama Administration has apparently been running around to housing advocates telling them they will fire Ed DeMarco as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency… after the election. In 2010, Senate Republicans opposed Mr Obama’s choice to replace Mr DeMarco and [...]

I mentioned in passing yesterday this federal civil lawsuit against Wells Fargo for its conduct on some FHA loans. “Mentioned in passing” is all that the suit deserved, but I see that the PR shop at DoJ tried to turn this into a big deal, with the media playing along. So maybe I should put [...]

The US Attorney’s office in Manhattan has been on a tear recently over insider trading, arresting and convicting several high-profile investors and making the issue a hallmark of criminal justice around the financial industry. But Preet Bharara will be busy for the rest of his life if he thinks he can clean up the markets [...]

Rajat Gupta, the former head of the consulting firm McKinsey and a former member of Goldman Sachs, was convicted today on insider trading charges. This is the latest of several insider trading suits that the government, particularly US Attorney in the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, has focused on. While no executive has [...]