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James Butler, C.F.A, Ph.D.

President
Rigley Financial Corporation
Member of the Financial Services Council

James Butler is the Managing Director of Rigley Financial, LLC, and the Senior Partner for Rigley Capital, LLC, an Illinois-based origination and consulting firm specializing in providing advisory services to Municipal, Governmental-Issues, Consumer, Energy, Commercial, and Mortgage industry-related companies. Clients include Merrill Lynch Capital, J.P. Morgan Chase, Charter One Bank, Soros Capital, Nicor Gas, Cheasapeake Energy, NiSource Energy, City of Chicago, State of Illinois, State of Indiana, Equity Office Trust, and The Brookings Institute. Prior work history includes management roles with Centier Bank and Midwest Equity, where his duties consisted of management of the CMBS, MBS, and ABS portfolios aggregating to just over US $8 Billion in outstanding, along with their respective underwriting, as well as management of a $8.3billion securities portfolio. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2005 - 2005 Vice President, Commercial Banking
AMCORE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2005 - present President
Rigley Financial Corporation
2002 - 2004 Vice President, Credit Risk Manager
CENTIER BANK
2000 - 2003 None
None
1994 - 2002 Vice President
Midwest Equity, LLC.

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Prometheus, please bring the credit unions fire! | 03-07-2008
Author: James Butler, C.F.A, Ph.D., President, Rigley Financial Corporation

Considering the current fall-out in Commercial Lending with the big banks (most of which were deservingly so), such as Wachovia, Chase, and Bank of America, the Credit Union field has such great opportunities to grow their market-share if they just decided to move into the 19th Century, instead of living...

Driving with the rear-view mirror - Recession Fears Realized | 03-03-2008
Analysis of: Analysts give CIOs advice on weathering recession | www.infoworldmagazine.com
Author: James Butler, C.F.A, Ph.D., President, Rigley Financial Corporation

The Economist recently described specific events that would lead one to believe that the U.S. Economy is already in the throws of a recession, yet the nay-sayers (including our illustrious President) state that there is still some signs of life negating this apparent event. I feel that like the 90's,...

Not Enough....Not Even Close | 12-10-2007
Analysis of: Llenders Agree to Freeze Rates on Some Loans | www.nytimes.com
Author: James Butler, C.F.A, Ph.D., President, Rigley Financial Corporation

The rate-freeze approved and being implemented by the government is not nearly the answer to the problems facing the Mortgage Industry, or the Financial District as a whole. The problem is systemic, and the solution is only one of a bitter pill to swallow.

The Greater Fool Theory? | 10-16-2007
Author: James Butler, C.F.A, Ph.D., President, Rigley Financial Corporation

Mr. Ross' acquisition of American Home Mortgage's servicing unit is a bold attempt to continue his legacy of "turnarounds" in the business arena. Like Merrill Lynch's purchase of First Franklin, Ross' move may disprove the adage "when there's blood in the streets, buy real estate", and prove the "Greater...

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