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Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC

Bill Bradway

Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC

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Bill Bradway is the Founder and Managing Director of Bradway Research. Previously, Mr. Bradway lead the Banking Practice at Financial Insights, a strategic advisory firm to banks, insurance companies, asset management firms, securities brokerages, and diversified financial institutions globally. The Banking Practice covers all corporate- and consumer-oriented financial products and their underlying technology solutions, specializing in core bank processing applications, data warehouse and decision support solutions, and customer relationship management solutions. With over 30 years experience in the financial services industry, Mr. Bradway served as Executive Vice President of Coast Federal Bank, reporting to the President and CEO, where he was responsible for Mortgage Loan Servicing, Information Technology, Marketing, and Legal divisions at the bank as well as the operations of two wholly owned subsidiaries: Asset Based Lending and Insurance. In addition to these operating units, he was also the senior executive responsible for mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bradway has also served in senior executive roles in consulting and research. He pioneered industry-specific research on retail banking applications and the use of databases and other technology tools for relationship management. Prior to Financial Insights, Mr. Bradway was president and co-founder of Meridien Research before its merger with IDC. Previously he was a founding member of TowerGroup. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2006 - present
Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC
2002 - 2006
Group Vice President, Financial Insights, an IDC Company
1997 - 2002
President, Meridien Research

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Citigroup: Will Breaking Up Be Hard to Do (Well)?

January 15, 2009

Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC

Citigroup Plans to Split Itself Up, Taking Apart the Financial Supermarket | www.nytimes.com

Citigroup, still suffering from credit related losses, is now planning to spin its Smith Barney unit into a joint venture with Morgan Stanley. Other Citigroup business units are rumored to be on the block for divestiture. Government regulators appear to be forcing this action to happen sooner rather...

Time to Say Goodbye to the Old American Mortgage Pie?

July 14, 2008

Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC

U.S. Weighs Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants | www.nytimes.com

The news that Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke are trying to reassure the broader markets that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will not be allowed to fail has not produced the expected calming effect on the markets. Shares of both firms have plunged into single digits. Who...

Delinquencies Sprout Like Weeds: Time For a Pain Check

June 6, 2008

Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC

Delinquencies and Foreclosures Increase in Latest Mortgage Bankers Survey | www.mortgagebankers.org

Adverse news continues to sprout headlines describing the expansion of delinquencies into new corners of the US bank and thrift loan portfolios. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that 1Q2008 mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates continued to expand abovemuch 4Q2007 levels and are now much...

First Boom, Now Bust Burns An Aggressive Banker

May 19, 2008

Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC

A Gamble That Went Bust | online.wsj.com

The housing bust has already made headlines from the subprime fallout, claiming dozens of mortgage banks, producing asset write offs approaching $300 billion on a global basis, and forcing many of the largest financial institutions to raise billions in new capital. Now smaller banks are going overthe...

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