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Subprime Mortgage Bonds Investment Losses
- How the Mortgage Bailout Strains Accounting
December 10, 2007, CFO.com
Efforts to contain damage from the subprime mortgage meltdown are stretching accounting safeguards put in place after Enron.
- Bear Hid Dire State of Funds, Say Investors
December 6, 2007, Investment News
Investors in The Bear Stearns Cos.' two collapsed hedge funds have filed arbitration claims against firm, according to Reuters.
- White House to Reveal Sub-prime Rescue for Homeowners
December 6, 2007, The Guardian
President Bush will wade into the sub-prime mortgage crisis with a rescue package freezing interest rates on certain high-risk home.
- Bear Stearns Faces New Round of Hedge Fund Claims
December 5, 2007, Reuters
The first of a new round of investor claims was filed for its role in managing two mortgage hedge funds that collapsed earlier this year.
- Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Losses Lead to Arbitration Claims
December 5, 2007, Prime Newswire
A team of four law firms, with nationally recognized securities law experience, has filed claims against subsidiaries of Bear Stearns.
- Bear Stearns Emails Suggest Managers Saw Liquidity Crisis on the Horizon
December 3, 2007, Investment Dealers Digest
In the latest development surrounding Bear Stearns' conduct relating to two collapsed hedge funds, the Massachusetts Securities Division accused the company of fraud.
The Regions Morgan Keegan Intermediate Bond Fund
- The Debt Crisis, Where It's Least Expected
December 30, 2007, The New York Times
Morgan Keegan, a Memphis brokerage firm, made an undisclosed payment to the IN Children's Wish Fund to settle an arbitration claim
- RMK Funds Have Legal Wheels Rolling
December 12, 2007, The Memphis Daily News
Calls are coming in from investors who have lost millions of dollars in the battered funds. Attorneys with the four-firm legal team such as Ryan Bakhtiari expect to file a flurry of lawsuits soon on behalf of investors.
- Lawsuits Imminent on Behalf of RMK Investors
December 12, 2007, The Memphis Daily News
Lawyers from four firms across the U.S. are working together to investigate the management and performance of several Regions Morgan Keegan mutual funds.
- First the Losses, Now Bond-Fund Lawsuits, Indiana Charity is the Latest to Seek Recourse
December 6, 2007, Wall Street Journal
The credit crunch hits some bond mutual-fund investors in unexpected ways, some are now taking legal action for their losses.
- Mortage-Investment Flap Singes Children's Wish Fund
November 12, 2007, Indianapolis Business Journal
The collapse in the value of subprime mortgage securities may look like a Wall Street problem.
- Wish Fund Seeks to Reclaim Lost Funds
November 7, 2007, Memphis Commercial Appeal
The wish fund filed an arbitration claim against Regions Morgan Keegan Intermediate Bond Fund and a Morgan Keegan broker in Indianapolis.