John Goff

John was Online Editor at InvestmentNews from 2009 to 2014. You can see his LinkedIn here.

John Goff
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Pimco looking to cash in on banks' fire sale: Sources
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 17, 2010
Pimco looking to cash in on banks' fire sale: Sources

Pacific Investment Management Co., manager of the world's largest mutual fund, is raising at least $1 billion for a private fund to buy troubled loans from banks divesting assets to meet new rules, said two people briefed on the plans.

NEWS RIAS NOV 17, 2010
The 5 fund firms with the most outflows this year

Things getting ugly between Buffett and the man who would be Buffett
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 16, 2010
Things getting ugly between Buffett and the man who would be Buffett

The war of words between Berkshire Hathaway and David Sokol is hotting up. This week, Berkshire Hathaway's audit committee said the company should consider suing Sokol -- once considered the likely successor to Warren Buffett -- for purportedly violating Berkshire's insider trading policy. Sokol's lawyer doesn't see it that way.

SEC: Lawyer who got Madoff bucks didn't recuse himself in probe
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 15, 2010
SEC: Lawyer who got Madoff bucks didn't recuse himself in probe

House committee seeking more info about Becker's role in investigation of Ponzi king

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 10, 2010
Fed prez on big banks: Break 'em up — and soon

Hoenig says Dodd-Frank doesn't prevent excessive risk-taking; 'greatest risk to the U.S. economy'

LPL poised to go public, sets IPO pricing
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 09, 2010
LPL poised to go public, sets IPO pricing

On Wednesday, the independent broker-dealer announced the pricing for its long-awaited IPO. At $30 a share, CEO Mark Casady stands to make a bundle from the sale.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 08, 2010
Did mutual fund firm in Kansas trigger flash crash on Wall Street?

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., the mutual-fund manager based in the heart of Kansas that caters to mom and pop investors, is an unlikely company to be blamed for sending Wall Street into a tailspin on May 6.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 02, 2010
SEC probing whether 49er legends pulled a bumerooski on investors: Sources

Commission said to be examing whether HRJ investment firm shifted debt obligations to limited partners

Ex-NBA, UConn star palmed clients' money: DOJ
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 02, 2010
Ex-NBA, UConn star palmed clients' money: DOJ

Tate George charged with running $2M Ponzi scheme; made memorable jumper for Huskies in NCAA tournament

SEC says suicide broker bilked big-time college coaches
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 02, 2010
SEC says suicide broker bilked big-time college coaches

Claims Salinas defrauded Lute Olsen, others out of $50M; killed self in July