R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes challenges the government’s claim that it purchased “investment grade” assets in its 2008 rescue of Bear Stearns. Read the full story by Caroline Salas, Craig Torres and Shannon D. Harrington, “Fed Made Taxpayers Unwitting Junk-Bond Buyers,” Bloomberg, July 1, 2010.
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes expresses skepticism toward Goldman Sach’s claims that it did not have full access to information on AIG’s finances in its proprietary trades with the troubled insurer in 2005 and 2006. Read the full story by Greg Gordon, “Goldman admits it had bigger role in AIG deals,” McClatchy News, June 29, 2010.
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes expresses skepticism over the effectiveness of a Senate proposal to establish a clearinghouse for rating complex securities.
Read the full article by Karen Brettell, “Franken bill unlikely to make ratings more reliable,” Reuters, May 14, 2010.
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Rating Agencies have borne much of the blame for the credit crisis, but now they’re fighting back with accusations that they were misled by the banks whose securities they rated. R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes provides his insights on the controversy on Business News Network’s Squeezeplay.
A controversial recent encounter with Jim Cramer on CNBC has had many people asking, “Who is Sylvain Raynes?” Quantnetwork gets to the heart of the matter in an amusing in-depth interview with R&R Consulting’s co-founder.
Read the full article on Quantnetwork.
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes is among the experts interviewed by CNN’s Alan Chernoff for a feature on the role of rating agencies in the credit crisis.
Watch “The other economic culprit,” on CNN, April 30, 2010.
MarketWatch interviews R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes on the importance of informed analysis in marketing CDOs.
Read the full article by Alistair Barr: “Out of Thin Air: Synthetic CDOs, at the center of Goldman suit, inflated the credit bubble,” MarketWatch, April 26, 2010.
As hearings on Capitol Hill explore the role rating agencies played in the financial crisis, Business News Network interviews R&R Consulting Principal Sylvain Raynes for his insights.
Watch the full interview on Squeezeplay.
Stock-picker Don Harrold interviews R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes about his recent controversial encounter with Jim Cramer on CNBC. Watch the full interview on YouTube.
Raynes Comments on Goldman in Les Echos
R&R Consulting principal Sylvain Raynes comments on the Goldman Sachs controversy in the French weekly Les Echos.
Read the full article, “« Le grand déballage ne fait que commencer »,” Les Echos, April 20, 2010.
For an earlier article by Pierre De Gasquet, read “Comment la « machine à bulles » est entrée dans la tourmente,” Les Echos, April […]