R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes challenges the government's claim that it purchased "investment grade" assets in its 2008 rescue of Bear Stearns. Read the full story by Caroline Salas, Craig Torres and Shannon D. Harrington, "Fed Made Taxpayers Unwitting Junk-Bond Buyers," Bloomberg, July 1, 2010....
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes expresses skepticism toward Goldman Sach's claims that it did not have full access to information on AIG's finances in its proprietary trades with the troubled insurer in 2005 and 2006. Read the full story by Greg Gordon, "Goldman admits it...
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes expresses skepticism over the effectiveness of a Senate proposal to establish a clearinghouse for rating complex securities. Read the full article by Karen Brettell, "Franken bill unlikely to make ratings more reliable," Reuters, May 14, 2010....
Rating Agencies have borne much of the blame for the credit crisis, but now they're fighting back with accusations that they were misled by the banks whose securities they rated. R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes provides his insights on the controversy on Business News Network's...
R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge is interviewed in an article on how to address the monopoly rating agencies currently enjoy, to the detriment of the debt market and the economy as a whole. Read the full article by Vanessa Drucker, "Second Rate," on the FundStrategy website....
A controversial recent encounter with Jim Cramer on CNBC has had many people asking, "Who is Sylvain Raynes?" Quantnetwork gets to the heart of the matter in an amusing in-depth interview with R&R Consulting's co-founder. Read the full article on Quantnetwork....
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is among the experts interviewed by CNN's Alan Chernoff for a feature on the role of rating agencies in the credit crisis. Watch "The other economic culprit," on CNN, April 30, 2010....
MarketWatch interviews R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes on the importance of informed analysis in marketing CDOs. Read the full article by Alistair Barr: "Out of Thin Air: Synthetic CDOs, at the center of Goldman suit, inflated the credit bubble," MarketWatch, April 26, 2010....
R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge is interviewed at length on the Daily Finance website about the need for drastic reforms to address shortcomings in the CDO market highlighted by the Goldman Sach Abacus case. Read the full interview by Peter Cohan, "Behind the $4 Trillion in...
As hearings on Capitol Hill explore the role rating agencies played in the financial crisis, Business News Network interviews R&R Consulting Principal Sylvain Raynes for his insights. Watch the full interview on Squeezeplay....