May 12, 2015
Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, said first-quarter profit from asset management slid on outflows from Pacific Investment Management Co. Operating profit at the business, which consists of Newport Beach, California-based Pimco and Allianz Global Investors, fell 14 percent to 555 …
September 29, 2014
One of the more unusual trials to come out of the 2008 financial crisis is set to begin on Monday, when a federal judge will consider whether the U.S. government’s rescue of American International Group Inc was, in fact, legal. …
July 29, 2013
A U.S. judge said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be required to testify in the lawsuit by the former chief of American International Group Inc., Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, against the United States over the insurer’s 2008 bailout. Judge Thomas …
July 10, 2013
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shouldn’t be compelled to testify in Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s lawsuit over the government’s bailout of American International Group Inc., the Justice Department said. Starr International Co., Greenberg’s closely held investment firm and an AIG …
April 16, 2012
Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the Federal Reserve was left with few good options when it stepped in to shore up the largest U.S. financial institutions during the 2008 crisis. Bernanke defended the central bank’s actions to support insurance …