Study Group: Student Loan Consolidation Experts
Council Members in this Study Group: 21
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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Leading Experts in this Study Group
- Harrison Wadsworth
Principal
WASHINGTON PARTNERS, LLC
Harrison Wadsworth is Principal at Washington Partners, a government and public relations firm in Washington, DC. Mr. Wadsworth has expertise in a variety of areas, including media relations, the legislative and political process, higher education, finance,...
- Catriona Macdonald
President
LINCHPIN STRATEGIES, LLCCatriona Macdonald is the President of Linchpin Strategies in Washington, DC, which specializes in helping private businesses and grassroots organizations develop and present federal policy and legislative agendas. Ms. Macdonald has over ten years of...
James GathardPrincipal
National Consulting Services, LLCJames Gathard is the Owner of National Consulting Services, a New York based consulting firm providing advisory in financial services, strategic planning, legislative/government relations and postsecondary education, with which he is associated since...
- Sue Roberts
Independent Consultant
Sue RobertsSue Roberts is currently an independent consultant focusing on the student lending industry. She has over 19 years of senior management experience in student lending, and until May, 2007, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Student Capital Corporation,...
- Kathy Cannon
Consultant
Kathleen CannonKathy Cannon is a California-based Independent Student Lending Consultant, currently working with financial institutions, for-profit schools and portfolio managers to develop competitive strategies to meet the rapidly changing student loan market. Previously,...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
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Low Loan Loss Reserves at Banks Could Cause Problems Ahead
September 20, 2007
Analysis by: Raj Mehra, President & Founder,E*Trade Hit By Mortgage Turmoil | online.wsj.com
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 mortgage lending business
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Countrywide Spells Out Its Strategy to Manage Credit Market Crisis
September 10, 2007
Analysis by: Raj Mehra, President & Founder,Countrywide Communicates Staff Reductions to Employees | online.wsj.com
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, the strategy, while undoubtedly aggressive, may not be enough.
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Writedowns of Retained Interests Could be Next Shoe to Drop for Subprime Lenders
September 5, 2007
Analysis by: Raj Mehra, President & Founder,NovaStar to Slash Lending and Cut Jobs | www.nytimes.com
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 writedown in its retained interests, which will reduce book value. Other lenders that have sizeable retained interest holdings include Countrywide Financial ('CFC') and Rescap Holdings (a subsidiary of GMAC).
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Thoughts on the impact on third quarter earnings from the crisis in subprime mortgages
August 27, 2007
Analysis by: Raj Mehra, President & Founder,Bank Profits May Well Suffer, but Credit Crisis Hardly Leaves Them Defenseless | www.nytimes.com
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 related to acquisitions of mortgage companies, and book charges to earnings. Market capitalization of typical subprime mortgage company is about a third of the book equity, so the impairment could be sizeable - The rating agency downgrades of residential and asset backed securities will cause some banks to write down the book value of their investment securities. For the banks that were also warehouse lenders for failed CDO deals, this charge could be significant
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Some of the Red Flags to look out for
August 20, 2007
Analysis by: Raj Mehra, President & Founder,How Missed Signs Contributed to a Mortgage Meltdown | www.nytimes.com
The debacle in subprime bonds was side stepped by some investors. They were able to spot warning signs while others ignored or missed them. A lot of this information was in plain sight. Others could have found the same red flags, if only they knew what to look for
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Consulting Firm
- Student Lending
- Independent Consulting Firm
- Lobbying Firm
- Law Firm (general practice/large)
- Strategic Management
- Payment Processing
- Consulting Firm (ei)
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Principal
- President
- Consultant
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Human Resources Director
- Partner
- Chief Technology Officer
- Owner
- Managing Director