All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Investment Banking & Commercial Finance

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

Recent scam in IPOs and certain irregualrites observed by RBI in functioning of NBFCs resulted in RBI expressing concern in stipulating certain norms.

 This article shows the Harsh realities involved in the Mergers & Acquisitions playground, with Asia having some of the fastest growing economies in the world,global multinationals are on the hunt for strategic acquisitions and taking advantage of all the anomalies taking place around Asia.This...

Mr. Jubak's article is definitely worth reading, if only to hear his explanation of the current risks being taking by bond investors: insurance.  In his explanation, Mr. Jubak does a terrific job of dissecting credit default swaps and proceeds to inform us that the increase in their availability...

History anchors a defined pattern of Russian investment, on Russian terms. Today, Russian investments are transitionally strong and robust with well-defined warnings for those investing in Russian business.Investment in Russia is on Russian and not (fully) Westerns terms.Russia looks...