Last night, I was hosted by Andrew Chi Fai Chan, Director of the EMBA program at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and civic leader, at the downtown campus, where I had the privilege of speaking to a mix of current students and alumni about...
The New York Times and Huffington Post quote R&R Consulting principals Sylvain Raynes and Ann Rutledge on the report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released on January 27. Among the report's revelations is the finding that some $2.9 billion from the taxpayer rescue of...
The Wall Street Journal interviews R&R Consulting principal Ann Rutledge about how the Federal Reserve's bailout of troubled firms made use of an obscure investment vehicle that had been closed out of the commercial-paper market long before the program was launched. Read the full story...
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...
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...
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....
David Fiderer recently explored the deeper ramifications of the Goldman Sachs controversy in a hard-hitting essay on Huffington Post entitled John Paulson Defends His Toxic CDOs By Insulting Everyone's Intelligence." R&R Consulting's Ann Rutledge solicits his further thoughts on the subject. Ann Rutledge (AR): David, this...