Study Group: Mortgage Insurance Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 137

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Paul Equale

President
EQUALE AND ASSOCIATES

Paul Equale leads Equale & Associates, where he consults on legislative, regulatory and headline risk associated with business, legal and financial services issues in Washington DC. His specialty areas include financial services legislative and regulatory...

Amanda Atkins

Chief Executive Officer
Afinia Capital Group

Amanda Atkins is the CEO of Afinia Capital Group. Afinia is backed by Deutsche Bank, Eos and Atkins Capital and assists insurance companies release capital and streamline mature or discontinued liabilities. Concurrently, she is the CEO of Atkins Capital,...

Scott Carnahan

General 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...

Brian Hershkowitz

Chief Executive Officer
Maximum Value Group

Brian F. Hershkowitz is Chief Executive Officer of Maximum Value Group, a consulting firm focused on providing advice to private equity and other market participants in the area of banking and mortgages. Prior to starting his own practice in Dec 2006,...

Joseph Smith

President & CEO
Default Mitigation Management

Joseph Smith is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Default Mitigation Management (DMM), an industry leader in mortgage workouts. DMM works with both borrower and the lender to resolve defaulted loans. The firm has worked or is working with the...

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Financial Armageddon off the table; now what?

November 19, 2009

Analysis by:Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer,

Analysis of:Goldman Sachs launches $500M small-business venture | www.njbiz.com

Since we all seem to agree that financial Armageddon is off the table, and multiple iterations of TRILLIONS of dollars of current US taxpayer capital & debt has flooded the economy, we all seem to also agree the future impact of this indebtedness is unknown.We also seem to agree that US small business can take us forward and create more opportunity and jobs.

Capitalize Social Change

October 7, 2009

Analysis by:Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer,

Analysis of:Climate Change: How to Invest for the Possibility | seekingalpha.com

The social awareness of climate change presents an opportunity to capitalize on firms providing net benefits to the global carbon footprint.

Lower Rates, While Great, Do Little For Jumbo Lending

October 1, 2009

Analysis by:Joseph Chatham, President,

Analysis of:Real Estate Outlook: Mortgage Rate Dip Impacts Housing | realtytimes.com

The Realty Times article reflects the positive effects of lower interest rates on mortgage originations and home purchases, but fails to note the failure of said rates to transcend the conforming/conventional markets into the jumbo markets. The implications of this failure are that many homeowners in the higher cost states (CA, NY, MA, etc.) still cannot get competitive financing; thus, driving home prices down further.

It is all in the "W"

September 28, 2009

Analysis by:Joseph Chatham, President,

Analysis of:KB Home Loss Narrows on Fewer Write-Downs | online.wsj.com

KB, a lower cost builder, is benefitting from the perception that we have hit the bottom. We have not. Thus, the peak of the inside of the "W" is about to wane.

JPMorgan, the man who encouraged lending

September 26, 2009

Analysis by:Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer,

Analysis of:How to Stop a Credit Card Payment Increase | www.mainstreet.com

During the last major financial meltdown or depression, JPMorgan, the man who encouraged lending by laying down the gauntlet to his peers, single handedly stimulated the economy. He knew that the severe times dictated new and severe lending techniques. I believe there is going to be an even LARGER backlash to Chase and American Express and other credit card lending institutions, that continue in the business of credit card lending, and continue alienating the high FICO borrowers.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

Consulting Firm
Residential Mortgage Origination
Full Service Residential Mortgage
Insurance Company
Actuarial Consulting
Independent Consulting Firm

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

Principal
President
Chief Executive Officer
Director
Consultant
Sales

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