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Exposure at Default:
Does Bank of America Have Any Alternatives for Countrywide?

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Chris Whalen
Institutional Risk Analytics (IRA)
September 22, 2010
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¹ø¿ªÀÎ ÇØ¼³: Chris Whalen, Meridith Whitney, Laurie Goodman À» Æ÷ÇÔÇÑ ¹Ì±¹ÀÇ ÃÖ°í ½ºÅ¸±Þ ÀºÇà/±ÝÀ¶/ÅëÈ­ Àü¹®°¡µéÀÌ ¹Ì±¹ ±ÝÀ¶°èÀÇ 2Â÷ Æø¶ôÀÇ °¡´É¼ºÀ» °æ°íÇϱ⠽ÃÀÛÇß´Ù. º£¾î½ºÅϽº, Ä­Æ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵å, ¸Þ¸±¸°Ä¡, ¿ö½ÌÅÏ ¹ÂÃß¾óµîÀ» ¶°¸Ã¾Ò´ø 3´ë ÀºÇàµéÀº ÃÖ±Ù ºÎ»óÇϰí ÀÖ´Â À¯¹°ÀÚ»êµé¿¡ ´ëÇÑ Å¬·¹ÀÓ (¹ýÀû¼Ò¼Û)°ú ÁÖÅÃÀ¶ÀÚ Ã¤¹«ºÒÀÌÇà°ú Â÷¾ÐÀÇ ±ÞÁõ¿¡ ´­·Á ±Ø½ÉÇÑ ½ºÆ®·¹½º¸¦ ¹Þ°í ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ ±×µéÀÇ ÁöÀûÀÌ´Ù. ¾Æ·¡ÀÇ ±ÛÀº Institutional Risk AnalyticsÀÇ ÆÄÆ®³Ê, Chris Whalen (Å©¸®½º ¿þÀÏ·±)ÀÌ ÀÌÆ²Àü¿¡ ¾´ °ÍÀε¥ ±×´Â ´ë¸¶ºÒ»ç 4´ë ÀºÇàÁß¿¡ Ä­Æ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵å¿Í ¸Þ¸±¸°Ä¡¸¦ take over Çß´ø °Í¿¡ µÞ´ú¹Ì¸¦ ÀâÈ÷°í ÀÖ´Â BANK OF AMERICAÀÇ ¹Ì·¡¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­ ½É°¢ÇÑ °í¹ÎÀ» ÇØ¾ß ÇÒ ½Ã±â¶ó°í °æ°íÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù.

OK, so we're now fully back in the saddle. Page proofs for Chris Whalen's new book, "Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream," went to the printer Monday. We'll post an Adobe of the cover, including the addition of a great Foreword by Nouriel Roubini, when it comes back in final.
Áö³­ ¿ù¿äÀÏ, µåµð¾î »õ Ã¥ÀÌ Àμ⿡ µé¾î°¬´Ù. Ã¥ À̸§Àº "Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream," °ÑÇ¥Áö¿Í ´©¸®¿¤ ·çºñ´Ï°¡ ¾´ ¼­µÎ´Â ¾Æµµºñ ÆÄÀÏ·Î ¹Ì¸® °ø°³Çϵµ·Ï ÇϰڴÙ.

This week in The IRA we thought to go back to some of the comments we published during the early days of the crisis and update our readers on what has changed and what has not. Given the announcement today by the New York Times that economic guru Larry Summers is leaving the Obama Administration, but apparently Timothy Geithner is not, an inventory of the state of things seems in order.
À̹øÁÖ ¿ì¸® Institutional Risk Analytics (IRA)¿¡¼­´Â ±ÝÀ¶À§±â ÃÊÀå±â¿¡ ½è´ø ³»¿ëÀ» ºÎºÐÀûÀ¸·Î ¾÷µ¥ÀÌÆ® ½ÃÄ×´Ù. ±×µ¿¾È º¯È­µÈ °Íµé°ú º¯ÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀº °ÍµéÀÌ ¹«¾ùÀÎÁö¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¾÷µ¥ÀÌÆ®¿´´Ù. ¿À´ÃÀÚ (22ÀÏ) ´º¿åŸÀÓÁî°¡ º¸µµÇÑ´ë·Î °æÁ¦ÀÇ ´ÞÀÎÀ̶ó´Â ·Î·»½º ¼­¸Ó½º°¡ ¿À¹Ù¸¶ ÇàÁ¤ºÎ¿¡¼­ ¶°³­´Ù°í ÇÑ´Ù. ±×·±µ¥ Ƽ¸ð½Ã °¡À̵å³Ê´Â ÀÚ¸®¸¦ ÁöŲ´Ü´Ù. »óȲÀÌ ¾î´ÀÁ¤µµ ÀÚ¸® ÀâÇô°¥ ¸ð¾çÀÌ´Ù.

In our most recent report in The IRA Advisory Service, "Deflation Update: Are We Closer to the End or the Beginning?" we updated our view of the forward losses possible for the largest zombie banks. Why do we still refer to the ugly girls -- BAC, JPM and WFC in particular -- as zombies? Because the avalanche of foreclosures and claims against the too-big-too-fail banks has not even crested.
Àڻ簡 Á¤±âÀûÀ¸·Î Á¦°øÇϰí ÀÖ´Â The IRA Advisory ServiceÀÇ ÀÏȯÀ¸·Î "µðÇ÷¹ÀÌ¼Ç ¾÷µ¥ÀÌÆ®: ¿ì¸° ÀÌÁ¦ ½ÃÀÛÀÇ ³¡¿¡ ¿Í Àִ°¡?" ¶ó´Â ¸®Æ÷Æ®¿¡ Á»ºñÀºÇàµéÀÌ ÇâÈÄ¿¡ ó¸®Çؾ߸¸ µÉ  ¼Õ½ÇÀ» ³õ°í ºÐ¼® Àü¸ÁÇß´Ù. ¿Ö ¿ì¸®´Â ¾ÆÁ÷µµ Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, ±×¸®°í Wells Fargo BankµéÀ» Á»ºñÀºÇàÀ̶ó°í ºÎ¸£°í Àִ°¡? ±×°ÍÀº ¾ÕÀ¸·Î ½ñ¾ÆÁ® ³ª¿Ã ºÎµ¿»ê Â÷¾Ð°ú ¾ÆÁ÷ ½ÃÀ۴ܰ迡µµ µé¾î°¡Áö ¾ÊÀº ´ë¸¶ºÒ»ç ÀºÇàµéÀ» »ó´ë·Î ÇÑ ¼ÕÇØ¹è»ó ¼Ò¼ÛµéÀÌ ºÒ°ÅÁ® ³ª¿Ã °ÍÀ̱⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù.

You will recall that when we released our Q2 2010 bank stress index (BSI) ratings for all U.S. banks, ROE and efficiency were the areas of stress that showed elevation, contrary to the view of the industry in the latest FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile. The point of course is not that one perspective is right or wrong. Instead these are two perspectives on the same data which each highlight different issues.
Àڻ翡¼­ Áö³­ 2»çºÐ±â Àü ¹Ì±¹ÀºÇàµéÀÇ ½ºÆ®·¹½º Å×½ºÆ® Á¡¼ö (BSI)¸¦ ¹ßÇ¥Çß´ø °ÍÀ» ±â¾ïÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×¶§ ¿ì¸®´Â FDICÀÇ ÀÚü º¸°í¼­¿¡ »ó¹ÝµÇ´Â Çö»óÀ» ÁöÀûÇß¾ú´Ù. ±×°ÍÀº Return on Equity¿Í È¿À²¼ºÀÇ »ó½ÂÀ̾ú´Ù. ¿ì¸®ÀÇ ¹ß°ßÀÌ ¿Ç°í ±×¸§À» µûÁöÀÚ´Â Àǵµ¿¡¼­°¡ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. µ¿ÀÏÇÑ µ¥ÀÌŸ¸¦ ¹ÙÅÁÀ¸·Î Çß´ø ½ºÅ͵𰡠¼­·Î »ó¹ÝµÇ´Â À̽´¸¦ ÁöÀûÇß´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ °ü°ÇÀÌ´Ù.

The increased BSI score for efficiency shows that the industry is under rising operational stress, a typical trend as a credit cycle matures. Banks are spending more money on servicing, for example, as well as funding repurchase of defaulted loans from other banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and investors. Banks are also increasingly choking on the sheer size of the flow of foreclosed properties, as evidenced by the announcement by Ally Financial (Q1 2010 BSI Rating: "A+") to impose a moratorium on residential foreclosures. Think of the REIT as the new model for banking. The GSEs, Fannie and Freddie, are becoming the largest landowners in America.
Áõ°¡µÈ °ÍÀ¸·Î µå·¯³­ BSI Á¡¼ö´Â ÀºÇà°è°¡ ¿î¿µ»óÀÇ ½ºÆ®·¹½º¸¦ ¸¹ÀÌ ¹Þ°í ÀÖ´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» º¸¿©ÁÖ´Â °ÍÀε¥ ±×·¯ÇÑ Ãß¼¼´Â ½Å¿ëÁֱⰡ ¼º¼÷ÇØ°¡¸é¼­ Åë»óÀûÀ¸·Î °Þ°Ô µÇ´Â Çö»óÀÌ´Ù. ¿¹¸¦ µé¾îº¸¸é, »ì¾Æ³²°í ½ÍÀº ´ëÇüÀºÇàµéÀº Æä´Ï¸ÞÀÌ¿Í ÇÁ·¹µð¸Æ°ú °°Àº ±â°üµé°ú ´Ù¸¥ ÆÄ»êÀºÇàµé, ±×¸®°í ÅõÀÚ±×·ìÀ¸·Î ºÎÅÍ ºÎ½ÇÀڻ꿡 ´ëÇÑ ¸ÅÀÔÀ» Áõ°¡½ÃŰ°í ¼­ºñ½ºÇØ¾ß Çϱ⠶§¹®¿¡ °¥¼ö·Ï ºñ¿ëÀÌ Áõ°¡Çϰí ÀÖ´Ù. ±× ´ëÇüÀºÇàµéÀº ¾öû³­ ±Ô¸ðÀÇ Â÷¾Ð¸Å¹°¿¡ ¾Ð»çµÇ°í ÀÖ´Ù. ÃÖ±Ù¿¡ Ally Financial (2010³â 1»çºÐ±â ½ºÆ®·¹½º Å×½ºÆ® Á¡¼ö A+ ¸¦ ¹Þ¾Ò´ø ±â°ü) ÀÌ ÁÖÅÃÂ÷¾ÐÀ» Àü¸é º¸·ù/Áß´ÜÀ» ¼±¾ðÇß´ø °ÍÀÌ ±×¿Í°°Àº Áõ°Å´Ù. REITµéÀÇ ¸ðµ¨ÀÇ ÀÌÁ¦´Â ÀºÇàµéÀÇ ¸ðµ¨ÀÌ µÇ°í ÀÖ´Â ¸ð¾ç»õ´Ù. Á¤ºÎº¸Áõ±â°üµéÀÎ Æä´Ï¸ÅÀÌ¿Í ÇÁ·¹µð¸ÆÀÌ ÀÌÁ¦´Â ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼­ °¡Àå ¶¥À» ¸¹ÀÌ ¼ÒÀ¯ÇÏ´Â ±â°üÀ¸·Î º¯ÇÏ°í ¸»¾Ò´Ù.

Another important data point in this regard is the decision by the Bankruptcy Trustee in the Lehman Brothers liquidation to wind up Aurora Loan Servicing and the related FDIC-insured bank. Aurora is a significant player in the servicing business, but apparently there are no buyers for the servicing book and the Trustee cannot shovel money into the furnace. The most recent, incomplete CALL report for Lehman Brothers Trust Company shows a BSI efficiency score of 1.6 vs. 1.2 for the whole industry (1995=1). In actual percentage, that is an efficiency ratio of 111%, meaning each dollar of revenue was costing the bank over $1 to acquire. That's bad. The bank has apparently been liquidated.
¶Ç ÇѰ¡Áö Áß¿äÇÑ Æ÷ÀÎÆ®´Â ¸®¸Õºê¶ó´õ½º ÆÄ»ê´ç½Ã ¿À·Î¶ó ¸ô±âÁö ¼­ºñ½ºÈ¸»ç¿Í °ü·Ã FDICÀºÇàµéÀ» Á¤¸®Çϴµ¥ °áÁ¤À» ³»·È´ø ÆÄ»ê¹ýÁ¤ÀÇ °áÁ¤ÀÌ´Ù. ¿À·Î¶ó´Â ¸ô±âÁö ¼­ºñ½º ºÐ¾ß¿¡¼­ Å« ¸òÀ» ´ã´çÇϰí ÀÖ¾ú´Âµ¥ ¼­ºñ½º ȸ»ç¸¦ »ì·Á´Â ÀºÇàÀÌ ¾Æ¹«µµ ³ªÅ¸³ªÁö ¾Ê¾Ò°í ¹ýÁ¤°ü¸®Ãø¿¡¼­´Â ±×¿Í°°Àº ¿ë±¤·Î¿¡ ÀÚ±ÝÀ» ÅõÀÔÇÒ ¼ö ¾ø´Â »óȲÀ̾ú´Ù. ¹ýÁ¤°ü¸®Ãø¿¡¼­ °¡Àå ÃÖ±Ù¿¡ ³»³õÀº ÀÚ·áÁß ºÒ¿ÏÀüÇß´ø ³»¿ëÀº ¸®¸ÕÀÇ BSI È¿À²¼º ºñÀ²ÀÌ »ê¾÷Æò±ÕÄ¡ÀÎ 1.2 (1995=1.0) º¸´Ù ³ôÀº 1.6 À̾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¸®¸ÕÀÇ ½ÇÁ¦ È¿À² ºñÀ²Àº 111%¿´¾ú´Ù. ±×°ÍÀº $1´Þ·¯ÀÇ ÀÚ»êÀ» ´Ã¸®´Âµ¥ ÀºÇàÀÌ µé¿©¾ß ÇÏ´Â µ·ÀÌ $1°¡ ³Ñ´Â´Ù´Â ¶æÀ̾ú´Ù. ±×°Ç ÁÁÁö¾ÊÀº °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ±×·¡µµ ÀºÇàµé ÆÈ·Á³ª°¬´Ù.

The erosion of the profitability of the U.S. banking industry over the past two years under the glorious Summers-Geithner-Bernanke rescue scheme is the proverbial fly in the ointment for both major political parties. Democrats and Republicans alike are going to be fed into the meat grinder over the next several years as the banking sector deals with literally hundreds of billions of dollars in direct and indirect expenses from the deflation of the mortgage bubble. For the economy, this slow process of muddle along championed by Summers and Geithner will ensure that Barack Obama becomes the Herbert Hoover of the Democratic Party.
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The economic carnage that will cause these losses, as we described in a recent post in Reuters, "Double Dip or Global Deflation?," is going to represent the worst economic contraction since WWI. Forget WWII. Think "shrinkage" to use the Gilded Age description for economic deflation. And frankly nothing that either the Fed or Treasury does in the near-term can change this basic economic fact of restructuring. Banks such as Ally, which is the owner of the ResCap legacy portfolio as we all know, can impose moratoriums and issue press releases, but the losses remain. It is only a question of when they are recognized.
¿ì¸®°¡ ÃÖ±Ù¿¡ ·ÎÀÌÅÍ¿¡ ±â°íÇß´ø ¹Ù¿Í°°ÀÌ ±×¿Í°°Àº ¼Õ½ÇÀ» ÃÊ·¡ÇÏ°Ô µÉ °æÁ¦Àû ÇлìÀº Á¦1Â÷ ¼¼°è´ëÀüÀÌÈÄ·Î °¡Àå Å« Ãà¼Ò°¡ µÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. 2Â÷´ëÀüÀº ºñÀ¯µµ ¾ÈµÈ´Ù. "Ãà¼Ò"¶ó´Â ´Ü¾î¸¦ µðÇ÷¹À̼ÇÀ» Ȳ±ÝºûÀ¸·Î Æ÷ÀåÇÑ ´Ü¾î¶ó°í »ý°¢ÇÏ¸é µÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¼ÖÁ÷È÷ ¸»Çؼ­ FRB³ª À繫ºÎ°¡ ´Ü±âÀûÀ¸·Î ÆîÄ¡´Â ±¸Á¶Á¶Á¤ÀÇ ³ë·ÂÀÌ °æÁ¦Àû Çö½ÇÀ» ¹Ù²Ù´Âµ¥ ¿ªºÎÁ·ÀÏ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ResCap ÀÇ À¯¹° portfolio¿¡ ³²Àº Ally (¾Ù¶óÀÌ)ÀºÇàÀÌ ¸ð¶óÅäÀ̾öÀ» ¹ßÇàÇÏ°í ±âÀÚȸ°ßÀ» °¡Á®º¸°ÚÁö¸¸ ¼Õ½ÇÀ» °è¼ÓµÈ´Ù. Áú¹®Àº ±×µéÀÇ ¼Õ½ÇÀÌ ÁøÂ¥ ¼Õ½Ç·Î 󸮵Ǵ ¶§°¡ ¾ðÁ¦³Ä¶ó´Â °ÍÀÏ »ÓÀÌ´Ù.

Thus we turn the pages back to August of 2008, when we were just returning from our annual Maine fishing trip with David Kotok of Cumberland Advisors. In our comment "Is Countrywide Financial Headed for Bankruptcy?", we described the lawsuit by Bank of New York Mellon (Q2 2010 BSI Rating: "A+") to force Bank of America (JPM/Q2 2010 BSI Rating: "C") to formally take responsibility for the debt of Countrywide Financial. BAC management had made statements to investors during conference calls that Countrywide was being kept "bankruptcy remote" from the BAC parent.
Áö³­ 2008³â 8¿ù·Î ´Ù½Ã µ¹¾Æ°¡ º¸ÀÚ. ±×¶§ ¿ì¸®´Â ÄĹú·£µå ¾îµå¹ÙÀÌÀú ÆÝµåÀÇ µ¥À̺ø ÄÚÅå°ú ÇÔ²² ¸ÞÀÎÁÖ¿¡¼­ ¿­·È´ø ¿¬·Ê ³¬½Ã¸ðÀÓ¿¡¼­ ¸· µ¹¾Æ¿Ô¾ú´Ù. ±ÝÀ¶»çŰ¡ °¡±î¿öÁö¸é¼­ ¿ì¸®´Â "Ä­Æ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵尡 ÆÄ»êÀ¸·Î Ä¡´Ý°í Àִ°¡?"¶ó´Â °í¹ÎÀ» Çß¾ú´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â ±×¶§ ´º¿å¸á·Ð ÀºÇàÀÌ ¹ðÅ©¿Àºê¾î¸Þ¸®Ä«¿¡°Ô Ä­Æ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵åÀÇ ºÎ並 °ø½ÄÀûÀ¸·Î ¶°¾È±â·Á´Â ¹ýÁ¤¼Ò¼ÛÀ» °Ç°Í¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­ ºÐ¼®Çß¾ú´Ù. ¹ðÅ©¿Àºê¾î¸Þ¸®Ä« Ãø¿¡¼­´Â Ä­Æ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵åÀÇ ÆÄ»êÀÌ ÀºÇàÀÇ ÁÖÁöȸ»ç¿Í´Â ¸Õ °Å¸®¿¡ ÀÖ´Ù´Â ¼º¸í¼­¸¦ ¹ßÇ¥Çß¾ú´Ù.

Since then, most talk of a bankruptcy by Countrywide has been squelched because of the legal and practical obstacles involved. We will be going into these issues in detail for subscribers to the IRA Advisory Service later this week. Suffice to say that while the legal situation may seem clear and mitigate against a bankruptcy filing by Countrywide to limit legacy claims, both liquidated and unliquidated, the economic situation at BAC and among all of the legacy zombie banks continues to worsen. No amount of bullshit from Washington changes the fundamental economic situation inside the largest U.S. lenders.
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In earlier comments, "An Involuntary Transaction: Why BAC + CFC May Never Close", May 6, 2008 and "Update: Are Countrywide Financial Bond Holders Bankruptcy Remote?", May 1, 2008, we had further described the shenanigans by BAC management with respect to the Countrywide acquisition in that year. And as we wrote then and we remind one and all now, the decision by former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and OCC Head John Dugan to slam Countrywide and Merrill Lynch into BAC, Wachovia Bank into Wells Fargo & Co (WFC/Q2 2010 BSI Rating: A+) and Bear Stearns into JPMorgan (JPM/Q2 2010 BSI Rating: "C") was a fundamental error -- and one that is only creating the precursors for the next systemic crisis.
Ä­Æ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵åÀÇ Àμö¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­ ¹ðÅ©¿Àºê¾î¸Þ¸®Ä« °æ¿µÁøÀÇ ¼ÓÀÓ¼ö¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­ Áö³­ 2008³â 5¿ù1ÀÏ¿¡ ¿ì¸®´Â ¹¦»çÇÑ ÀûÀÌ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ±× ´ç½Ã ÁöÀûÇß´ø´ë·Î, Ä­Æ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵å¿Í ¸Þ¸±¸°Ä¡¸¦ BAC¿¡ ¿ÍÄÚºñ¾Æ¸¦ À£½ºÆÄ°í¿¡, ±×¸®°í º£¾î½ºÅϽº¸¦ JPM¿¡ ¶°¾È±ä°ÍÀº ´ç½ÃÀÇ Àç¹®Àå°ü ÇÆú½¼°ú ¿¬ÁØÀÇÀå ¹ö³ÃŰ, ±×¸®°í ÀºÇà±¹Àå Àò µà°£ÀÇ ±Ùº»ÀûÀÎ ¿ÀÆÇÀ̾ú´Ù. ±×°ÍÀº ´ÙÀ½¿¡ ã¾Æ¿Ã ±ÝÀ¶À§±âÀÇ ÀüÁ¶¿´¾ú´Ù.

The difference between the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and the JPM acquisition of Bear Stearns is that the unliquidated claims against the former firm for securitization and other exposures are all being managed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Jamie Dimon and his shareholders are on the hook for all of the claims against the legacy Bear Stearns securitization business, but Dimon is fortunate compared to his counterparts at WFC and BAC. The claims against Washington Mutual, for example, are sitting in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington -- except, of course, for the covered bonds issued by WaMu and conveyed to JPM via the FDIC receivership. Wonder if our friend Meredith Whitney has noticed this issue yet...
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Last week at the AmeriCatalyst conference held in Austin, TX, we hear Laurie Goodman from Amherst Securities predicted that, due to the negative equity issue facing something over 1/3 of all U.S. households, one in five US households is at risk of foreclosure. More significant, Goodman confirms other reports we are hearing in the servicing channel that the lag between default and liquidation is now out beyond 18-24 months in many jurisdictions. The zombie dance part is just starting to rock. And we have to wonder how Wilbur Ross is feeling about loan servicing as an investment opportunity right about now.
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And more blasts from the past next week, when we shall consider the blissful issue of loan imperfection and what it implies to non-interest expenses for WFC, BAC and JPM.
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Richard Christopher Whalen is Senior Vice President and a Managing Director of IRA (Institutional Risk Analytics) with general responsibility for sales and business development. Chris has worked as an investment banker, research analyst and journalist for more than two decades.

After graduating from Villanova University in 1981, Chris worked for the U.S. House of Representatives and then as a management trainee at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he worked in the bank supervision and foreign exchange departments. Chris subsequently worked in the fixed income department of Bear, Stearns & Co, in London.

After moving back to the U.S. in 1988, Chris spent a decade providing risk management and loan workout services to multinational companies and government agencies operating in Latin America. He provided due-diligence and credit workout services to a number of multinational clients operating in Mexico, including the Export-Import Bank of the US, Kroll Associates and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY), and served as an adviser to the presidential campaign of Cuauhtémoc Cardenas Solórzano.

In 1997, Chris went back to Wall Street, working as an investment banker in the M&A Group of Bear, Stearns & Co. and later Prudential Securities where he focused on the technology sector. He then served as the managing director of The Free Internet Group Ltd., one of the largest independent Internet service providers in the UK.

In 2001, Chris returned to the investment world, working as an investment banker at Fechtor, Detwiler & Co. and an equity research analyst at Ramberg, Whalen & Co., where he followed names such as IBM (NYSE:IBM), Apple Computer (NASDAQ:AAPL), Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO).

Chris edits IRA¡¯s popular newsletter, The Institutional Risk Analyst, and heads IRA's financial advisory operations. He contributes to such publications as the American Banker, The Financial Times and GARP Risk Review. Chris has appeared before the US Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission to testify on various types of financial issues and appears regularly on venues such as Bloomberg Television and CNBC to speak on topics such as investing, risk management, Basel II and the banking and financial sectors.

Chris is a Fellow of the Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University. He is a member of Professional Risk Managers International Association (www.prmia.org) and serves on the steering committee of PRMIA's Washington, D.C. chapter. Chris is a member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

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