Council Members in this Study Group: 364
This study group may include experts knowledgeable on commercial banking, retail banking, asset management, mortgages, consumer finance, exchanges, capital markets, transaction processing, credit cards, insurance, and business services.
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Paul EqualePresident
EQUALE AND ASSOCIATES ![]()
Paul Equale is the President of Equale & Associates, where he consults on financial services issues, including credit cards, subprime mortgages, GSEs Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, online gaming, state, federal legislative and regulatory insurance issues, as well as domestic and international political and...
Amanda AtkinsChief 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, a consulting firm which provides financial,strategic...
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...
FormerChief Risk & Credit Officer
Popular Financial Holdings, Inc ![]()
Robert Mochwart is a dynamic and strategy-minded leader. Until March 2008, he was the Chief Risk and Credit Officer for Popular Financial Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of the $44 billion financial holding company Popular, Inc. Popular is a diversified financial services provider with operations...
Consultant
Justin Hupet ![]()
Justin Hupet is a Canada based independent Consultant specializing in capital markets, investment, and financial and business services consultancy to institutional asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, and broker/dealers; as well as financial intermediation, divestitures, and corporate...
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 following lenders: US Bank, Kentucky Housing,...
James McMahonPresident
JM Bear Advisors ![]()
Jim McMahon, President of JM Bear Advisors offers 30+ years of senior management expertise in Consumer, Business, Commercial C&I, CRE/DRE & Retail Real Estate lending within the banking, thrift, credit union & consumer finance industry. Expertise in all direct & indirect loan underwriting, credit policy,...
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Rate of UK job cuts in financial services forecast to decline in Q3
July 1, 2009
U.K. Financial Firms Plan 13,000 Job Cuts Even as Optimism Grows, CBI Says | www.bloomberg.com
The Confederation of British Industry talks about further job cuts in financial services in the next quarter but should this be surprising? The forecast represents a fall in the rate of compared with Q1 and Q2 2009 and this at a time when a major banking merger in the UK is in progress.
MTM- Does Not Represent True & Fair Value
June 19, 2009
SEC won't suspend mark to market - source | money.cnn.com
Mark To Market(MTM) basis for valuation of INVESTMENTS made by BANKS shall distort Balance Sheets and published accounts of the Banks, and may Strangulate Economic Growth, particularly in periods when GOWTH is needed. Financial Institutions\Investment Banks\Pension Funds and BANKS make longterm investments...
June 19, 2009
Harnath Sithamraju, Consultant, Harnath Sithamraju
Looking to Buy Gold? Grab a Sack of Quarters First | www.nytimes.com
When all else fails buy gold.Making gold into a glittering alternative investment. But gold or any precious metal is no substitute to cash.
A Christ Veto Likely a Body Blow to Floridians
June 16, 2009
We don't win in State Farm vs. Charlie Crist | www.orlandosentinel.com
Put all your eggs in one basket? That's what a veto by Governor Christ would do to Florida's hurricane insurance market. His veto would serve to concentrate risk, putting the liability into fewer hands. These "hands" are the now fewer remaining private insurance firms and the citizens of Florida. Level...
Left alone by government, markets will always find the way to profitability.
June 16, 2009
John David Coffey, President, David Coffey Agency, Inc.
We don't win in State Farm vs. Charlie Crist | www.orlandosentinel.com
Too much government interference and dictation has put a massive, Florida employing company in such a frame of mind that it will probably leave Florida even if Tallahassee changes it's tenor.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Asset Backed Securities Experts | 158 |
| Sub-Prime Lending Experts | 574 |
| Subprime Mortgage Experts (US) | 528 |
| LBO and M&A Accounting & Tax Consultants | 352 |
| Mortgage Servicing Experts | 213 |
| Rating Agency Experts | 135 |
| Credit Default Swap Experts | 111 |
July 28, 2009 | New York
GLG Seminar: (NYC) Cash Flow Manipulation