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Managing Director (CEO) of the two with leading the U.S. is Bank of America (BoA) and Citigroup are standing in front of the seat if the amount of USD 90 billion that the U.S. government has pumped into BoA and Citigroup not enough to up two of this bank.

Pressure for Kenneth Lewis, CEO of BoA, and Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup, are each at an increase after a Wall Street Journal on U.S. 28 / 4 two loan information bank may have to raise capital. The result is an unnamed source that, on receiving from the results of tests financial capacity 19 largest banks in the U.S.. According to initial plans, the results will be officially announced on 4 / 5 to, but now is back again slower than a few days.

Not long ago, the analysis and investors that some banks area is large-scale test will be capital growth. However, to this time has been that of the shortage of capital in U.S. banking sector is more serious than initially forecast.

The observations also show that for, evaluation of Lewis and Pandit capacity exceeding degradation of banks that leadership is wrong, cause prestige of their leaders is dropping and falling of the Board have reason to search people they replaced.

“I guess both people will have to go before summer this year,” Professor Charles Geisst finance under Manhattan’s comment. “They are so stuck. They just have to draw a beautiful picture for investors. But that world really need is the thắn comment directly about the status of BoA and Citigroup. Meanwhile, the two leaders again this does not make such comments, “the professor said this.

At the Citigroup has not made comments about the survey financial capacity to do the responsible conduct, but the statement still achieved a new step in improving business operations. Sources that a Wall Street Journal quoted, said that Citigroup might have to raise capital if the U.S. Government without adding capital to banks through the expansion plan the conversion of preference shares worth 52, 5 billion into common stock.

Similarly Citigroup, BoA also declined comment about the test of financial resources. On 29 / 4 this, BoA will hold annual meeting in Charlotte, California. At this meeting, the shareholders of the BoA will vote to decide CEO Lewis have to continue sitting in the Board of Directors, or at least leave the chairman position today.

Those who oppose the Lewis continued leadership BoA is to emphasize the problems that this bank incurred after the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. Today 28 / 4, a large pension fund in America, named California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), was up against Lewis continued to hold the chair of the Board of BoA.

Although the observation that, will not bank any of the 19 largest banks in the U.S. was “sliding” in tests of financial resources, investors may see the bank being the Government to to increase capital requirements within 6 months to as “sliding.” Currently, investors and analysts have different opinions when evaluating Pandit see Lewis and see who has taken the higher.

To Pandit at Citigroup on 12/2007 and “inherit” a series of problems at the corner thistly this bank. Meanwhile, Lewis is the “architect” of the most current BoA, and understand the CEO’s with this since 2001.

“Lewis having trouble larger Pandit, because he is responsible for too much for the current status of BoA, and the Pandit to the” investor Ralph Cole, a pouring capital to 2 billion USD company management Wellman Capital Management fund in Oregon state, comment.

My Government is determined that the force from the CEOs of the enterprises receive capital assistance from people’s tax money. Not long ago, CEO Rick Wagoner of General Motors car manufacturer (GM) have been forced to stop. Previously, CEO Robert Willumstad of AIG insurance also arrested from the seat only after 3 months of that.

Managers list Walter Todd investment company under the management of funds Greenwood Capital Associates in South Carolina state that the U.S. government has found that the attitude ready to make big changes at Citigroup. “The Vikram Pandit is the only force is larger. But certainly, the Government may also cause pressure to Ken Lewis, “he said.

From 10 last year to now, the U.S. government has pumped for BoA and Citigroup each bank 45 billion USD. The U.S. government also guaranteed 118 billion USD assets toxic for BoA and USD 301 billion bad asset for Citigroup. Plan to convert preference shares by the U.S. Government to hold common shares may increase the share of government banks in the U.S. on this level 36%.

In the annual meeting of Citigroup last week, CEO Pandit declared to shareholders that Citigroup will “pop up” and returned the money aid of the Government. Meanwhile, Lewis, the CEO statement, the bank he does not need half the amount of USD 20 billion that the U.S. government for pouring from last 1 month.

Both BoA and Citigroup can raise capital by selling assets. BoA is for sale banking department called First Republic Bank, while Citigroup break up selling parts of investment banks and brokers in Japan with more than 5.2 billion USD. However, the mobilization of capital today is a difficult task, particularly for those banks having problems. In this bank, the U.S. government can and who will form the more influence and dilute the rights of existing shareholders.

Many lawyers and investors believe that Lewis was wrong in the hearing before the state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo New York, the CEO was almost revealed that President Department Thirty (Fed) Ben Bernanke and former Minister of Finance Henry Paulson has convinced his merger Merrill Lynch to BoA and not publish the number loss in Merrill to protect financial system.

“BoA will have to push Lewis from chair of the Board, but this may he be as difficult in the CEO chair, because he still is considered his first jam in BoA báng bear”, he Michael Mullaney, a fund management company under Fiduciary Trust in Boston, to. (Reuters)