Oaktree Held Talks Last Year to Buy Parts of Colony Capital

Tom Barrack’s Colony Capital Inc., which in February said it would conduct a strategic review as it seeks to salvage its plummeting market value, held talks late last year to sell pieces of itself to Oaktree Capital Group LLC, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The discussions centered on Colony Credit Real Estate…

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People Really Didn’t Like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Can the government commit securities fraud?” is one question that is raised by Gretchen Morgenson’s column about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this weekend. Fannie and Freddie seem to be having a cultural moment, with their hedge fund defenders — Perry Capital, Pershing Square and, I guess, Fairholme — being joined by otherwise non-hedge-fundy types…

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