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...It brought a case in New York, which resulted in Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora agreeing to the seizure of $64,050,641 of French gold as a security for the Polish claim....
...The Pecora Investigation was set up by the US Senate in 1932 to investigate the causes of which event of three years previously? Which former Indian Prime minister was assassinated in 1991?...
...From the team behind the popular La Pecora Bianca restaurants, Lupetto is all about the grill; from a charred Caesar salad to wood-roasted oysters and seared vegetable sides, the restaurant radiates warmth...
...Meanwhile, US-based hedge fund Pecora Capital has raised $30m for a new Recovery Opportunity fund, to take advantage of short-term price falls in stocks and other assets. laurence.fletcher@ft.com...
...that is going to be more fertile for most active trading strategies, whereas for most of the past decade buying and holding the index was the best thing to do,” said Aaron Smith, founder of hedge fund Pecora...
...The vibrant tone livens up the bland decor of La Pecora Bianca, a modest Italian eatery in midtown Manhattan. “[Meghan] shows the cost of racism to Britain — and generally,” she continues....
...The book covers at some length the famous forensic US Senate committee investigation by Ferdinand Pecora into the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which revealed similar examples of sabotage and provided the basis...
...The owner, Giampiero Pecora, a sharp and wisecracking man in his thirties, tells us the specialities: I order a carpaccio of beef sausage while Tripodi goes for “cicci ricci” (pronounced “chichy richy”),...
...Mitchell was from a Boston suburb; Pecora was an Italian immigrant....
...Before we close this dark chapter of banking history, it is worth looking back at Ferdinand Pecora....
...Wall Street will probably end up bearing the brunt of the blame in any case, the FT says – and warns that if you were hoping for a modern version of the Pecora Commission’s comprehensive investigation of...
...The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was set up by the US Congress as a latter-day version of the Pecora commission that examined the causes of the Great Depression....
...But hopes for a definitive examination of the crisis, like the 1930s Pecora hearings into the Great Crash, were dashed when Republican commissioners refused to endorse the report and criticised the way the...
...Set up by Congress as a version of the widely praised Pecora commission, which in the 1930s studied the causes of the Great Depression, the FCIC has told the White House it wants to delay publication of...
...Of course, the Pecora commission did not run smoothly either. Until Ferdinand Pecora’s arrival – as its fourth chief counsel – it was seen as a flop....
...What few realised at the time is that FDR’s populist rhetoric set off a wave of anti-Wall Street sentiment that far outlasted Pecora....
...Headlined “Wealth on Trial”, the Time cover captured the instrumental role Pecora played in educating the US public....
...Pecora eventually ended in some new regulation including Glass-Steagall, the act which separated commercial and investment banking. Anyway, the absurdity is back....
...Ferdinand Pecora would have found the current battles between Wall Street and Washington familiar....
...The Pecora hearings of the 1930s went into history as a key step towards the largely successful US regulatory framework that followed the Great Crash....
...Related links: Britain’s Conservatives go for the Fitch vote - FT Alphaville Britain’s Labour party banks on, er, bank regulation – FT Alphaville Our Pecora moment – The Baseline Scenario The Red Flag (song...
...Bankers likened the potential effect to that of the 1932 Pecora Commission that led to the creation of the SEC....
...Ferdinand Pecora was a lead counsel for the hearing into banking failures in the Great Depression....
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