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Posted April 25, 2007
Royal threat looms over Dream Team
Analysis of: Barclays buys ABN for 46 billion pounds | uk.reuters.com
Author: Harnath Sithamraju, Consultant Harnath Sithamraju
  The mega-merger would spur consolidation of banking and financial industry across Europe and elsewhere. Big players forming into a cartel and nudging away smaller players would make small customers hostage to arrogant banking practices.
Bill Bradway Posted April 25, 2007
Does the Barclays - ABN Deal Structure Snooker Other Bidders?
Analysis of: Barclays buys ABN for 46 billion pounds | uk.reuters.com
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director Bradway Research, LLC
Barclays' (NYS:BCS) deal to buy ABN AMRO, conditioned on the sale of ABN's LaSalle Bank in the US, for 46 Billion Pounds (67 Billion Euros, $91 Billion) is on the table. The trio of Royal Bank of Scotland, Banco Santander and Fortis (TOR:FOR.TO) are circling ABN trying to figure out how to scotch this...
Posted April 25, 2007
Derivatives for Dummies
Analysis of: At the Risky End of Finance | www.economist.com
Author: Maureen Bolton, Principal Global Capital Access
This article, published last week's Economist, is the first article purporting to explain the global credit derivative market that I have read which isn't full of algebraic formulas.It is a cogent and clear primer on derivatives and would be helpful to investors, clients and portfolio managers who are...
Posted April 23, 2007
The Real Estate Bubble: My Analysis and Predictions Released in 2006
Analysis of: Subprime Loan Servicers Step Up Loss Mitigation Efforts to Avoid Foreclosures | www2.standardandpoors.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The Following is the conclusions page of a chapter I wrote on the real estate bubble as a part of my ground-breaking book, "America's Financial Apocalypse." I will be posting more portions of this chapter. If you are a financial institution and would like to receive the full chapter or a discounted...
Posted April 13, 2007
Loss mitigation versus Loan Origination
Analysis of: Subprime Loan Servicers Step Up Loss Mitigation Efforts to Avoid Foreclosures | www2.standardandpoors.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Can consumers afford the loans they have? And are they willing to work with their lender/servicer? Do servicers truly seek to preserve homeownership? Is there a concentrated loss mitigation effort on questionable loans?
Posted April 9, 2007
Private Equity Firms Are Feasting At the Buffet Table
Analysis of: The Buyout Binge: Private-equity firms are gobbling up everything in sight. How long can it last? | www.cfo.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager Bank of America Corporation
Key Implications:The private-equity sector includes venture capital funds, hedge funds and LBOs (Leveraged Buyouts) and LBOs have garnered the most attention recently and raised the most capital. Private-equity firms have been on a buying spree, looking at targets with low debt, an influx of cash and...
Posted April 2, 2007
Loss Mitigation Efforts are Key to Foreclosure "Soft Landing"
Analysis of: Subprime Loan Servicers Step Up Loss Mitigation Efforts to Avoid Foreclosures | www2.standardandpoors.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The Standard and Poors' article is the only article that I have seen that points out that there is, indeed, hope for the subprime forelosure world.Loss Mitigation is a process too few understand and that all involved with the mortgage world should be acquainted with.Loss Mitigation eforts...
Posted March 28, 2007
Foreclosure is Far From the Only Option
Analysis of: Subprime Loan Servicers Step Up Loss Mitigation Efforts to Avoid Foreclosures | www2.standardandpoors.com
Author: Maureen Bolton, Principal Global Capital Access
This Standard & Poor's report, released March 14, 2007 provides both crucial information and comfort to investors in subprime mbs or subprime mortgage originators.  In light of the recent media blitz about increased defaults in subprime mortgages, S&P contacted each major Servicer and "Special...
Posted March 23, 2007
Run For Cover
Analysis of: US Banks Move into Covered Bonds | www.efinancialnews.com
Author: Maureen Bolton, Principal Global Capital Access
This article is important because it announces the willingness of US mortgage lenders, most of which are banks, to supplement their typical funding mechanism (i.e. mbs) to covered bonds.  The article also provides a brief explanation of the covered bond structure and its authors indicate that several...
Posted March 19, 2007
RBI Concerned over NBFCs
Analysis of: RBI Concerned over NBFCs | timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Recent scam in IPOs and certain irregualrites observed by RBI in functioning of NBFCs resulted in RBI expressing concern in stipulating certain norms.
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