Council Members in this Study Group: 364
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Patrick YoungFounder and Chairman
Derivatives Vision ![]()
Patrick Young is the Founder and Chairman of Derivatives Vision, a securities exchange advisory and media company. Mr. Young has over 22 years experience in securities exchanges focused on ETFs, hedge funds, single stock futures, stock exchange structures, and market structures. His background is in...
Scott CarnahanGeneral Partner
Carnahan Black Pearl LP ![]()
Scott Carnahan is Principal at Carnahan Black Pearl, an accounting consulting firm, and was previously a Partner in the Structured Finance Group and a National Director of Advisory Services with KPMG. Scott has more than 24 years of experience serving the financial services industry. He has advised...
Managing Director
Structured Finance International, LLC ![]()
John Salomone is the Founder and Managing Director of Structured Finance International, Florida based boutique investment and merchant bank, specializing in all forms of asset and corporate finance, including equipment finance, trade and receivable finance, project finance, vendor finance and realestate...
Managing Partner and Principal
Finkin Capital Advisors ![]()
Nathaniel Finkin is the Managing Partner and a Principal of Finkin Capital Advisors, a firm started in 2008 that provides consulting and advisory services in the areas of debt and equity arrangements, capital structure, cash flow management, efficiency, human resources, marketing, and business development....
Aron MiodownikPresident
Cambrian Associates ![]()
Aron Miodownik is the Founder of Cambrian Associates, a New York-based advisory firm focusing on the intersection of the technology and financial markets. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry specializing in sales, research, equities, operations, technology and risk....
President
Realty Capital International LLC ![]()
Richard Jennings is the President of Realty Capital International LLC. He is Lead Director of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc and a Director of National Retail Properties, Inc. and a Director of Cogdell Spencer, Inc. Mr. Jennings has raised over $8 billion of equity and debt for REITs, real estate...
Principal
Heritage Capital Group, Inc. ![]()
Asok Chaudhuri, PhD, is a Principal at Heritage Capital Group, a financial services firm offering investment banking & strategy consulting on a global basis. Prior, he worked for 26 years at CSX (largest railroad in Eastern US): parent, rail, intermodal, shipping, global ports, barge, trucking, and...
Principal
Abbott Consulting ![]()
Susan Abbott is an independent consultant based in Connecticut offering expert analysis and testimony for regulated electric, gas and water companies, rating agency advisory services generally, and independent research on credit and debt market issues. In addition, she also chairs and moderates various...
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UK banking landscape presents potential for new competitors
September 21, 2009
Nathaniel Finkin, Managing Partner and Principal, Finkin Capital Advisors
State Bank of India open to acquisitions in UK | www.reuters.com
The large scale nationalization of the UK banking system leaves open the possibility for new players to enter the marketplace and compete. While American banks are still struggling en masse with capital issues, many foreign banks are not facing those same issues, and are likely to consider the UKfor...
Higher defaults in a CRE book don't necessarily translate to more losses
September 16, 2009
Nathaniel Finkin, Managing Partner and Principal, Finkin Capital Advisors
Wells Fargo, Fifth Third Add to Predictions of Higher Defaults | www.bloomberg.com
One of the most compelling contrasts between the 2007-08 (and still ongoing) meltdown in the residential housing market, vs. the forecast bubble-burst in commercial real estate for 2009-10, is the methodology banks and lenders use to forecast losses. This contrast will definitely lend itself to more...
Securitization: Back to its Roots
July 14, 2009
Securitisation reinvented to cut costs | www.ft.com
Securitization started off as a technique that was used to help clients achieve their corporate finance objectives. We are now seeing a return to that approach. It is refreshing, long overdue, and will be rewarding for the industry.
Repaying debt - a sing of strength, or a sign of weakness?
June 15, 2009
UBS Said to Be in Talks About Repaying Swiss State Investment | www.bloomberg.com
1. UBS' stock price has declined significantly in the past two years - a further sale of yet more stock will put additional pressure on share prices. 2. With core capital at approximately 10% (4% lower than it's comparable peer - Credit Suisse), UBS might be hoping that a market rally will buoy the...
Capital One will be pressured along several fronts in 2009
June 11, 2009
Nathaniel Finkin, Managing Partner and Principal, Finkin Capital Advisors
Capital One Looks to Adapt to Credit Card Laws | www.washingtonpost.com
1) The CARD act of 2009 will impair fee collection, and absent a new drive to assess annual fees to their better clients it will be challenging if not impossible to recoup those fees. 2) Capital One will be dealing with rising unemployment, which has and will continue to correlate directly to higher...
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