LTCB purchaser

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 24 06:36:57 PDT 1999


Stephanie Strom reports in today's New York Times on the composition of the group that's buying Long Term Credit Bank from the Japanese government (which had nationalized it because of its insolvency):

"The Ripplewood consortium is a collection of influential names. It includes former Rep. Tony Coelho, the director of Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign, and Chris Flowers, a prominent former Goldman, Sachs investment banker. Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, is an adviser, and financial institutions backing the bid include Citigroup, the GE Capital unit of the General Electric Co. and ABN Amro of the Netherlands."

Coincidentally, Goldman Sachs was the advisor to the Japanese government.

Doug



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