By Saijel Kishan and Pierre Paulden May 5 (Bloomberg) — Ken Griffin vowed to press ahead with his plan to graft an investment bank onto his $12 billion hedge- fund firm even though he hasn’t been able to find the right executive to run the business. “We did not embark on this initiative to be a middle-tier player,” Griffin, founder of Chicago-based Citadel Investment Group LLC, said in an internal memorandum obtained yesterday by Bloomberg News

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Citadel’s Griffin Pledges to Pursue Investment Bank After CEO Departures

By Kristen Haunss April 19 (Bloomberg) — Carlyle Group’s Steve Sterling , who headed research for the U.S. leveraged finance group, is joining BlackRock Inc. in global capital markets, according to three people familiar with the move

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Carlyle Group Debt Specialist Steve Sterling Said to Be Hired by BlackRock

By Emre Peker April 16 (Bloomberg) — Cerberus Capital Management LP and Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. led companies this week tapping banks to finance acquisitions as high-yield, high-risk loans extend a record rally that is spurring mergers and buyouts.

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Cerberus Goes to Banks for DynCorp LBO as Leveraged Loan Rally Spurs M&As

By Dawn Kopecki April 14 (Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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By Dawn Kopecki April 14 (Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. , the second- biggest U.S. bank by assets, beat analysts’ estimates as first- quarter earnings rose 55 percent on record fixed-income trading revenue and a reduction in provisions for credit losses

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JPMorgan Net Rises 55% on Fixed Income, Provision Cut

By Dawn Kopecki April 14 (Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. , the second- biggest U.S. bank by assets, beat analysts’ estimates as first- quarter earnings rose 55 percent on record fixed-income trading revenue and a reduction in provisions for credit losses.

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JPMorgan Profit Rises 55% on Trading Revenue, Beating Analysts’ Estimates

By Jonathan Keehner and Phil Mattingly April 14 (Bloomberg) — Starwood Capital Group LLC, Colony Capital LLC and TPG, whose leaders profited from the 1990s savings and loan crisis, are among firms buying assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for as little as 22 cents cash on the dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

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FDIC Selling Busted Bank Loans on Terms That Make It `Hard to Lose Money’

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Bloomberg : By Pierre Paulden and Richard Bravo Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) — Citadel Securities is arranging its first loan for a corporate borrower as the investment banking division of Citadel Investment Group LLC builds a credit business, according to people familiar with the situation. Targa Resources Inc., a Houston-based gas-pipeline company, selected Citadel, alongside Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG, to arrange credit facilities of as much as $700 million, according to the people, who declined to be identified as the loan hasn’t closed

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