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Raj Mehra

Raj Mehra, President & Founder, Chelsea Advisory ServicesPresident & Founder
Chelsea Advisory Services
Member of the Financial Services Council

Raj Mehra is the President of Chelsea Advisory Services, a financial risk and forensic accounting advisory firm in Washington DC. He has over 21 years of experience in areas such as banking, subprime mortgages, credit card, auto and student lending. Mr. Mehra is an expert in securitization and structured financing vehicles including asset backed securities, CDO's, off-balance sheet conduits, asset-backed commercial paper and auction rate securities. He has spoken extensively on a wide variety of accounting issues in banking and finance. He was Chief Financial Officer of a bank and a student lender, and a Senior Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Mehra has held positions in trading at JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse. He has managed investments in complex mortgage-backed securities and derivatives. Mr. Mehra is a member of the American Banking Association, the Global Association of Risk Professionals, the American Securitization Forum, and the Mortgage Bankers Association. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
2005 - 2007 Chief Financial Officer
Urban Trust Bank and UTB Education Finance LLC
2004 - 2005 Director
Ernst & Young
2003 - 2004 Senior Business Manager
Fannie Mae
2002 - present President & Founder
Chelsea Advisory Services
2002 - 2002 Director
GHR Systems
1998 - 2001 Director - Financial Risk Management
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1996 - 1998 Vice President - Mortgage Backed Securities
Credit Suisse First Boston (Cayman) Limited
1993 - 1996 Vice President
Chase Securities
1991 - 1993 Vice President - Finance
Franklin Savings & Loan Co Inc
1987 - 1990 Senior Product Analyst - Investments
Bank of America (UK)

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Low Loan Loss Reserves at Banks Could Cause Problems Ahead | 09-20-2007
Analysis of: E*Trade Hit By Mortgage Turmoil | online.wsj.com
Author: Raj Mehra, President & Founder, Chelsea Advisory Services

Loan loss reserves at banks are at historic lows. At the same time, the credit cycle has turned viciously negative, particularly for mortgages. Banking regulators are likely to ratchet the pressure up on banks to raise their loss reserves. The most vulnerable are banks with outsized exposure to the...

Countrywide Spells Out Its Strategy to Manage Credit Market Crisis | 09-10-2007
Author: Raj Mehra, President & Founder, Chelsea Advisory Services

Countywide's announcement late last Friday and Angelo Mozilo's letter to employees provide a unique window into CFC's strategy for addressing the impact of the credit crisis on its business. The letter provides details on the steps that CFC is taking to shelter itself from the fallout. Unfortunately,...

Writedowns of Retained Interests Could be Next Shoe to Drop for Subprime Lenders | 09-05-2007
Analysis of: NovaStar to Slash Lending and Cut Jobs | www.nytimes.com
Author: Raj Mehra, President & Founder, Chelsea Advisory Services

Retained interests from securitizations made up more than 75% of the shareholder's equity at NFI. Also, the company has elected to finance these securities. Demand, never very strong to begin with, has deteriorated severely in the last month. The company could be forced to recognize a sizeable...

Thoughts on the impact on third quarter earnings from the crisis in subprime mortgages | 08-27-2007
Author: Raj Mehra, President & Founder, Chelsea Advisory Services

Several banks will be closing their third quarter soon. The credit crisis intensified in the third quarter - what impact should we expect to see from the bankruptcies, plummeting market values, the virtual demise of the collateralized debt obligations market etc. - Some banks will write down goodwill...

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