GM IPO Bittersweet for Rattner
NEW YORK (
) --
General Motors
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initial public offering on Thursday should be a triumphant moment for former "car czar" Steven Rattner, though he may be a bit distracted with other matters at the moment.
Rattner, who left a job as a reporter for
The New York Times
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, to become a media industry dealmaker for
Morgan Stanley
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and
Lazard
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before starting a private equity firm called
Quadrangle Group
, was also hit with two lawsuits by New York State Attorney General and Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo on Thursday.
As if that weren't enough for one day, he has also settled a related case with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
, agreeing to pay $6.2 million and to agreeing to refrain from "associating with any investment adviser or broker-dealer for at least two years."
At issue in the Cuomo lawsuits and the SEC case are Rattner's alleged participation in a kickback scheme enabling Quadrangle to manage $150 million in New York State pension fund assets.
The allegations have been in the press since April, and Rattner, who had been picked by the Obama Administration in February as the government's point man in turning around GM and
Chrysler
, resigned from his post in July.
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Written by Dan Freed in New York
.
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