VIKRAM PANDIT OF CITI MAN ON A TIGHTROPE

摘要

Two banks were conspicuously absent from the institutions being allowed to repay government bailout money on June 10-Bank of America and Citigroup. And it is no secret that those two banks' chief executives, Ken Lewis at Bof A and Vikram Pandit at Citi, continue to be under a federal microscope. In fact, news stories on June 5 suggested that Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chief Sheila Bair is pushing for a shakeup at Citi that would include Pandit's stepping aside. In talks with Pandit over the past couple of weeks, we discussed the pressure from Washington, repaying TARP money, and downsizing the behemoth Sandy Weill built.