Article: United States: California Announces Settlement with Brokerages to Recover Billions for Investors in Auction Rate Securities.

Article: First Trust Advisors L.P. Provides Information Relating to ...
Business Wire;  February 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and auction rate notes ("auction rate securities") with respect to the ... media, the markets for auction rate securities have experienced a significant ... failed auctions for numerous auction rate securities of closed-end funds and ...

Article: SIFMA Testifies on Auction Rate Securities ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Committee hearing on the auction rate securities market, Leslie Norwood ... issuers and investors in auction rate securities. Ms. Norwood also highlighted ... promote transparency in the auction rate securities market. Noting that the ...

Article: Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Class Action against Oppenheimer ...
Business Wire;  April 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... purchased and/or acquired auction rate securities from Oppenheimer Holdings ... and continued to hold such auction rate securities through February 13, 2008 ... connection with the sale of auction rate securities, auction rate preferred ...

Article: Auction rate securities: a primer for ...
Government Finance Review;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The auction rate securities market has expanded significantly ... 2001. Nationwide, issuance of auction rate securities, including the public finance ... issuers sold $42.8 billion of auction rate securities in 2004 compared with $41 ...

Article: One Year After the Big Freeze, Options Exist for More than $130 ...
Business Wire;  February 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... markets - with an expanded emphasis on auction rate securities. Auction rate securities are long-term bonds or preferred stock ... first advised clients on problems with auction rate securities more than 20 years ago. He was also recognized ...

Article: United States: Wachovia to buy back auction-rate ...
TendersInfo;  August 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... agreed on Friday to buy back auction-rate securities from customers after the ... settlement over its marketing of auction-rate securities, agreeing to buy back ... repurchase $545 million in auction-rate securities from as many as 140 customers ...

Article: Auction-Rate Securities: Bidder's Remorse? ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  May 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... following link to view "Auction-Rate Securities: Bidder's Remorse ... and glossary of terms. Auction-rate securities (ARS) are long-term ... characteristics. This paper explores auction-rate securities in depth. First, we describe ...