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Registered Rep. September 15, 2008 |
AIG Stays Afloat -- For Now The firm has been allowed to lend itself $20 billion for daily operations by borrowing against its own assets. In the meantime, the Fed has hired Morgan Stanley to help it assess its options for keeping AIG afloat. |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 |
AIG Saved; Biz As Usual For Its B/Ds The government bailed out AIG from near failure with a two-year loan of $85 million in exchange for a nearly 80-percent stake in the company. |
Registered Rep. October 28, 2008 Halah Touryalai |
AIG B/Ds Looking for a New Home. Any Takers? Now that its parent has announced plans to sell off portions of itself, the AIG Advisor Group is looking for a new home. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
No Buyers--Still--For AIG-owned B/Ds AIG announced its plan to sell its independent broker/dealers back around October 2008. Six months later, nothing has changed except that reps we spoke to are even more frustrated. Some say they are ready to bolt. |
Registered Rep. August 23, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
AIG Advisor Group NOT For Sale, New CEO Says After almost a year of looking for the right buyer, AIG's broker/dealer reps were told that they would not be sold. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Financial Meltdown: Day 2 Investors' worst fears came true, as insurance giant AIG had its debt downgraded, sending it frighteningly closer to the brink of bankruptcy. |
Registered Rep. February 24, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
News Roundup: Obama Spends to Save, Bernanke States the Obvious and AIG says, "Help," Again. Someone should let the stock market in on the secret to economic recovery; investors clearly haven't been too psyched about Treasury's plan. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Rich Smith |
Quick! Everybody Out of the Pool! AIG is going public, and its stock is going down. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
This Was Once America's Most Hated Company But AIG may turn out to be quite a bargain. |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Morgan Housel |
AIG's Second Bailout $85 billion here, $37.8 billion there ... but who's counting? |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
1 Year Later: Is AIG a Buy? The real opportunity behind AIG. (Hint: it's all about the business.) |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Morgan Housel |
You Lie, Goldman Sachs Taxpayers' bailout of AIG may have saved Goldman's life. |
Registered Rep. July 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
AIG Advisor Group Sale Is Close The AIG Advisor Group may finally have found a buyer after nine months of operating in limbo. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 |
By the Numbers Top 10 Broker/Dealers, by Advisor Headcount: Merrill Lynch... Wachovia... Smith Barney... Morgan Stanley... etc. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2007 Erik Kolb |
Recruits In The Driver's Seat Recruiting in the independent broker/dealer business has reached a fever pitch. Firms have responded with recruiting incentives such as deferred compensation, transition financing, practice-management help, and sign-on bonuses. |
Registered Rep. November 3, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
ING Broker-Dealers Sold to Private Equity Firm The anticipated sale of the ING broker/dealer network is official -- the struggling Dutch parent company shed the three independent firms to a private equity firm for an undisclosed amount. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo |
Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Rich Smith |
AIG Offers IOU to USA That's $132 billion? No problem. We're good for it! |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 |
Prelude to a Panic September 2008 will live in infamy as the month when the U.S. financial system ground to a halt. But for Goldman Sachs and other institutions, the real panic took place throughout 2007. Here is what happened behind the scenes at Goldman. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2011 Adam J. Crawford |
I'm Downgrading Moody's Based on a poor ratings history. |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Down, Down, Down Numerous insurance companies are seeing their ratings fall at the hands of Fitch, A.M. Best, Moody's, and S&P. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca |
AIG Advisor Group: They're Back Larry Roth maintains that a large, diversified insurance-based financial services company remains a great environment in which to grow a broker-dealer. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
The Winner's Curse Many advisors independent b/ds recruit have now unrealistic expectations: They want full technical and marketing support, as well as help understanding products and asset managers. |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
The Blame Game: Goldman vs. AIG Who was really at fault? |
Insurance & Technology April 3, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
AIG Closes Two Asset Sales Sales of AIG Life of Canada and Hartford Steam Boiler total approximately $1 billion. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2010 Palash R. Ghosh |
Fairholme Scores Big on AIG Stake Bruce Berkowitz must be one happy man. |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for AIG While it may be hard to believe, more top-performing CAPS members are turning bullish on American International Group these days, exhibiting optimism for the future. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2009 Morgan Housel |
AIG: As Speculative as It Gets AIG is now the market's golden child, up several hundred percent for no apparent reason. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
Banking's Future Woes Massive writedowns aren't the only thing banks need to look out for. The margins that they collect on the cash they lend to consumers is rapidly falling. |
Registered Rep. February 25, 2009 Christina Mucciolo |
News Roundup: AIG Is Keeping It(Self) Together, Merrill Made Another Gaffe, Bernanke Says No To Nationalization, Banks Get Physicals AIG is no longer planning to sell businesses to pay back the government's loan... Merrill Lynch says it seriously underestimated 2008 losses... Speculation about the nationalization of banks... Obama's speech offers few specifics... |
Financial Advisor January 2011 Bruce W. Fraser |
Crafting A Comeback With new leadership at its parent AIG, Advisor Group's trio of broker-dealers venture forth on the road to recovery. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Marion Asnes |
AIG Speaks Out An exclusive interview with the team at the top of AIG Advisor Group. |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Is There Any Value in AIG Shares? One exceptional investor thinks so. |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Is There Value Hiding in AIG? AIG has been an utter mess, but there could still be some valuable assets hidden in the wreckage. |
Registered Rep. November 30, 2005 Halah Touryalai |
LPL Deal Signals Seller's Market for B/Ds Mergers and acquisitions experts say the Linsco/Private Ledger sale to two private equity firms offers proof that it's a seller's market for independent broker/dealers. Moreover, many more b/d deals are on the way, they say. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2011 Shubh Datta |
AIG and Losses Go Hand in Hand AIG posts biggest quarterly loss since 2009. |
Registered Rep. April 29, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Wirehouse Advisors Switch Firms in March The number of reps switching broker/dealers during the month was up 34 percent versus the number who switched in February. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
AIG's Obstacles to Growth Is AIG too big to continue growth? |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Clock's Ticking for AIG, WaMu Without any firm news coming out of these two companies, investors are bound to assume nothing but the worst. |
BusinessWeek November 5, 2009 Maria Bartiromo |
The Enduring Anger of Hank Greenberg A conversation with former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg. |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Bill Mann |
AIG on Their Faces Insurer AIG admits to having bent the rules. The interesting question here is whether the company's tactics and malfeasance helped keep its AAA rating for far longer than it otherwise would have. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Asinine Audacity at AIG Pity those poor execs, and the cruel salary cuts they must endure. |
Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2007 Cory Levine |
Moody's Hires Rotella as CIO The New York-based parent company of the credit rating, research and analysis firm Moody's Investors Service hired Perry Rotella as SVP and CIO. |
Insurance & Technology August 4, 2009 Nathan Conz |
Paula Rosput Reynolds Leaves AIG Paula Rosput Reynolds, AIG's chief restructuring officer, is set to leave the company in Q3 2009. |
Registered Rep. January 6, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
Wirehouse FAs Switching B/Ds Slows The number of wirehouse advisors switching broker/dealers has been in steep decline since June. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton |
Breaking Out: A New Era in Insurance Insurance firms constantly go through cycles of acquisition and sale when it comes to their broker/dealer subsidiaries. But the current sell cycle is different, and it may shake up how the business works. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Fall of AIG Why did the Fed ultimately decide to bail out AIG? |
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Gene G. Marcial |
Is AIG Turning A Corner? It is increasingly likely that AIG will recapture business momentum, driving stock prices up. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Roben Farzad |
Goldman Sachs: Don't Blame Us When it comes to its role in the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs has a message for the world: Not guilty. Not one bit. |
Registered Rep. June 9, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Fewer Advisors Switch B/Ds in May The number of advisors switching firms dropped 23 percent in May versus April, according to Discovery Database. |