Pin the Tail on Blankfein Is a Game Nobody Wins: David Reilly Goldman Sachs Group Inc., in the billiard room, with a rope and a blood-stained collateralized debt obligation. That seemed to be the answer the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was aiming for yesterday as it kicked off a giant game of “Clue” meant to solve the mystery of who killed the financial system.

Bonus Blood-Letting May Be Banks’ Better Option: David Reilly The U.K.’s banker-bonus tax might not look so bad after all. Especially now that the Obama administration seems intent on hitting banks with a yet-to-be- determined special fee.

Why Hedge Funds Skip Spreadsheets, Call K Street: David Reilly What will the government do? That was the big question for anyone valuing bank stocks early last year. It still is, even though the shares are on firmer footing.

Columnist Reilly Delves Into House Financial-Reform Bill: Video Bloomberg columnist David Reilly talks with Jon Erlichman about the “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,” the financial-reform legislation passed earlier this month by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate has yet to pass its own plan. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank: David Reilly To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done -- actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill.

Goldman’s Inner Conflicts Also Need Unraveling: David Reilly Let’s make banking boring again. That is the noble goal of those calling for a return to the days when the Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial and investment banking.

Bonus Bashers Shouldn’t Stop at Goldman Sachs: David Reilly Bonuses are in the firing line again, with the U.K., U.S., France and even Goldman Sachs Group Inc. looking to trim banker pay. While the debate over excessive compensation started on Wall Street, it shouldn’t end there.

Citigroup Repaying TARP Doesn’t Make Us Whole: David Reilly Talk of lower losses from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and even profits within some parts of it, are the kind of gains only Washington would crow about. No matter how the numbers turn out, the program is no victory for taxpayers.

Why Goldman Sachs Is JPMorgan’s Biggest Asset: David Reilly JPMorgan Chase & Co. lists lots of assets, ranging from loans to securities to cash, on its $2 trillion balance sheet. Not to be found is one that might be its most valuable -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

How Some Near-Death Banks End Up Looking Alive: David Reilly There are well-capitalized banks and there are problem banks. Some institutions are both.