If you are young, have just got on a new job and your income exceeds your basic expenses, you should start considering investment opportunities to save for the future. By starting early and making wise investment decisions, you will be able to grow your wealth and secure a safe financial future for yourself. [Read more…]
Lehman Brothers Investigation Causes a Stir
The report on an investigation into wrongdoing at Lehman Brothers before the company collapsed has caused quite a stir among regulators and the financial industry.
The comprehensive report, which was authored by Anton R. Valukas, an examiner appointed by court to investigate the company’s bankruptcy has blamed Lehman’s top management and auditor Ernst and Young of using accounting gimmicks to hide troubled assets. The most controversial was the use of an accounting trick known as Repo 105 that allowed the company to shift a massive $50 billion of toxic assets. [Read more…]
Report on Lehman Brothers Collapse Blames Executives
The report on the collapse of Lehman Brothers has come out and it has blamed the company’s executives, its auditors and its rivals of wrong doing. The 158 year old Wall Street bank went bankrupt in 2008, triggering a huge financial crisis.
Anton R. Valukas, who was appointed by the court as an examiner to understand what went wrong in the last few days of the company authored a 2,200 page report detailing his findings. He claims that the senior management of the company indulged in balance sheet manipulation to hide its insolvency. [Read more…]
