William D. is a Buzz Board insider

William D. Cohan, a former senior-level M&A banker on Wall Street, is the author of The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co, and his new best seller House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.

The Man Who Schooled Wall Street

The Man Who Schooled Wall Street

M&A legend Bruce Wasserstein, who died Wednesday at 61, showed Wall Street that business could be done profitably and...

Posted 11:47 PM | Oct 14, 2009
The Unnecessary Meltdown

The Unnecessary Meltdown

A year ago today, Wall Street imploded. But as William Cohan reports, a little-known meeting two years earlier starte...

Posted 8:21 AM | Sep 14, 2009
The Holes in Obamas Wall Street Plan

The Holes in Obama's Wall Street Plan

The president unveiled his plan to regulate the financial industry on Wednesday, a blueprint full of lots of a good ...

Posted 11:02 PM | Jun 16, 2009
Bear Stearns Trail of Lies

Bear Stearns' Trail of 'Lies'

An unearthed filing reveals the prosecutors' playbook against the two $1.5 billion hedge fund managers whose indictme...

Posted 5:51 AM | May 22, 2009