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Urban Partnership Bank names board

Urban Partnership Bank, the newly formed group that last week bought failed Chicago-based ShoreBank, has named five-people to its board of directors.

It includes three former First Chicago executives who had joined ShoreBank in recent months during its last-ditch and ultimately unsuccessful effort to raise capital so state and federal regulators wouldn’t seize it.

Those are David Vitale, who, as previously reported, will serve as chairman; William Farrow, who, as reported, will be president and chief executive officer; and Eileen Kennedy, another former First Chicago executive who had joined ShoreBank in recent months. Get the full story »

GM IPO to have 4 lead underwriters

General Motors Co. will have four lead underwriters on its IPO, according to a source familiar with the situation.

They will be Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley, the source said. JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley helped the automaker prepare the paperwork for the IPO. Get the full story »

CFTC approves CME’s Green Exchange

CME Group Inc.’s Green Exchange LLC won regulatory approval as a designated contract market on Friday, adding a fourth regulated exchange to CME’s stable. Get the full story »

Even with new rules, life goes on for Wall Street

Despite historic changes to the rules on Wall Street from financial reform, banks like Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley won concessions that watered down the proposals that could have been most damaging to their profits, staving off a watershed overhaul like the one that took place after the Great Depression. Get the full story »

Hospital operator sues Morgan Stanley

From Crain’s Chicago Business | Northwest Community Healthcare has sued Morgan Stanley, charging that the adviser cost it $7 million by investing in subprime mortgages.