Andrew Sorkin: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem--and Themselves

Herlihy, Ed

Herzog, David

Hill, J. Tomilson

Hogan, John

House Financial Services Committee, on Fannie/Freddie

Housing crisis. See Subprime loans

Hoyt, Robert

Illiquid assets, valuation of

Immelt, Jeffrey

Insurance business, compared to investment bank

Interest rates

Bernanke Doctrine on

low, problems related to

unchanged (2007)

Investment banks

credit pool, creation of

failing, Nason’s solutions for

FDIC, lack of protection from

Fed encourages Lehman rescue

compared to insurance business

new capital, raising

See also specific institutions

Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference

Einhorn speech on Lehman

Isaacs, Jeremy

Jackson Hole conference

Japan

markets, decline of

See also Mitsubishi

J. Aron & Company

Jester, Dan

and AIG final capital search

Dimon briefing of

and Fannie/Freddie bailout

at Goldman Sachs

and Lehman capital search

TARP, alternative plan

JP Morgan

AIG, demands for disclosure from

as AIG capitalization adviser

and AIG final capital search

Bear Stearns purchase

BISTROs

chief executive officer (CEO). See Dimon, Jamie

co-CEO. See Black, Steve

federal assistance, request for

financial failures, exposure to

headquarters

Lehman, request for collateral from

Lehman account, freezing

as Lehman capitalization adviser

Morgan Stanley, credit line deal

Morgan Stanley deal, Paulson pressure for

as Paulson adviser

predatory actions accusation

strength of (2008)

Kaplan, Joel

Kashkari, Neel

Bank Recapitalization Plan of

financial career of

as Paulson deputy

and TARP

Kaufman, Henry

Kelleher, Colm

and bank holding company proposal

Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on

on Morgan withdrawals

on short-sellers

and Wachovia-Morgan deal

See also Morgan Stanley

Kelly, Ned

Kelly, Peter

and Lehman capital search

and Merrill capital search

O’Neal, questioning tactics of

Kernen, Joe

Kidder, C. Robert

Kim, Dow

Kindler, Rob

financial career of

Mitsubishi deal, closing

and Morgan Stanley-Wachovia talks

personality of

Kirk, Alex

Fortress leak about Lehman

Gregory’s attack on

Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on

Klein, Michael

Kohn, Donald

Komansky, David

Korea Development Bank, Lehman capitalization talks

Kovacevich, Richard

at nationalization meeting

and Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal

Kraus, Peter

financial career of

Goldman/Merrill capitalization talks

Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on

Morgan/Merrill capitalization talks

outreach to Goldman

Krugman, Paul

Kuroyanagi, Nobuo

Lacker, Jeff

Langone, Ken

LaSalle Bank

Lauer, Matt

Lawless, Christian

Lee, James B., Jr.

on AIG bailout

AIG final capital search

as dealmaker

Lee, Hyung

Lee, Ji-Yeun

Lee, Matthew

Lehman, Emanuel

Lehman, Henry

Lehman, Mayer

Lehman, Robert

Lehman Brothers

accounting discrepancies Einhorn exposes

accounting trick

AmEx purchase of

Bush family ties

capital, raising. See Lehman Brothers capitalization efforts

chief executive officer (CEO). See Fuld, Richard S. Jr.

chief financial officers (CFOs). See Callan, Erin; Lowitt, Ian

chief operating officers (COOs). See Gregory, Joseph; McDade, Bart

earnings report (March 2008)

employees, blackout notice to

failure, potential impact of

failure of. See Lehman Brothers bankruptcy

Fed/investment banks meeting about

Glucksman at

headquarters

hedge funds retreat from

Japan fraud case

JP Morgan seeks collateral from

Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on

leverage, extent of

media reports on collapse

and Neuberger Berman

and 9/11

Paulson doubts solvency

Paulson family ties

rating downgrade concerns

real estate holdings

risk, excessive

stock price decline

top personnel resignations

Lehman Brothers bankruptcy

board reaction to

broker-dealer sale to Barclays

broker-dealer survival

congressional hearing on

employee reaction to

Fed allowing, questions about

Fed rationale for

impact on hedge funds

largest in U.S. history

legal bills, payment issue

market reaction to

media, informing

Paulson directive

preparation for

trading session to unwind

Lehman Brothers capitalization efforts

bank holding company proposal

with Bank of America

Bank of America rejection

with Barclays Capital

Barclays Capital rejection

and Bernanke

Blue Writedowns

with Buffett (Warren)

Citigroup as adviser

Geithner efforts

with Goldman Sachs

“good bank” proposal

JP Morgan as adviser

with Korea Development Bank

leaks to media

liquidity issue and sale

with Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley rejection

Paulson efforts

sale, price conditions

SpinCo (good bank-bad bank strategy)

Wall Street CEOs funding proposal

Wall Street negative view of

Leverage

buyouts, and private-equity

dangers of

defined

standards, need for

Lewis, Ken

Bank of America/Lehman capitalization talks

Bank of America/Merrill capitalization talks

federal assistance, request from Paulson

Lehman capitalization rejected

at nationalization meeting

O’Neal pitch to

See also Bank of America

Lewkow, Victor I.

Liddy, Edward

as AIG CEO after bailout

financial career of

resignation of

Liesman, Steve “The Professor,”

Liquidity

necessity of

standards, need for

Lockhart, James B. III

London Clearing House

Long-Term Capital Management

bailout of

book about

Buffett’s rescue efforts

and Goldman Sachs

Lehman survival

Lowenstein, Roger

Lowitt, Ian

on JP Morgan collateral request

and SpinCo announcement

Ludwig, Eugene A.

Lynch, Gary

McCain, John

McCarthy, Sir Callum

Macchiaroli, Michael A.

McDade, Bart

authority over Fuld

and bankruptcy announcement

and Barclays rejection of Lehman

broker-dealer sale announcement

career at Lehman

Fuld suspicions about

“Gameplan, The,”

Goldman/Lehman capitalization talks

and Gregory resignation

Korea/Lehman capitalization talks

Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on

as Lehman’s president

Morgan/Lehman capitalization talks

rehires Kirk and Gelband

Repo 105 trick and

SpinCo announcement, plan for

McGarvey, Michael

McGee, Hugh “Skip”

broker-dealer sale announcement

on Gregory as threat to Lehman

and Korea/Lehman capitalization talks

role at Lehman

Mack, John

communication to employees

financial career of

Fuld pitches Lehman to

on future of Morgan

Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on

Morgan/Merrill capitalization talks

at nationalization meeting

as Paulson special adviser

relationship with Fuld

saving Morgan as goal

short-sellers, battle against

See also Morgan Stanley

Macomber, John D.

Main, Tim

Mark-to-market

and AIG

and valuation of illiquid assets