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Exposure at Default:
Does Bank of America Have Any Alternatives for
Countrywide?
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Institutional Risk Analytics (IRA)
September 22, 2010
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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.
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"Inflated: How Money and
Debt Built the American Dream,"
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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.
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Risk Analytics (IRA)¿¡¼´Â ±ÝÀ¶À§±â ÃÊÀå±â¿¡ ½è´ø ³»¿ëÀ» ºÎºÐÀûÀ¸·Î
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»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.
¹Ì±¹ÀºÇàµéÀÇ ¼öÀͼºÀ» ÆÄ±«½ÃŲ
¼¸Ó½º-°¡À̵å³Ê-¹ö³ÃŰÀÇ ±¸Á¦Ã¥Àº ¾ç´ç ¸ðµÎ¿¡ °¡Ä¡»ó½ÇÀº ÁÖ°í ¸»¾Ò´Ù. ¾ÕÀ¸·Î ¸î³âµ¿¾È
ÀºÇàµéÀº ¼ö¹éºô¸®¾ð´Þ·¯ÀÇ ¸ô±âÁö ¹öºí ºñ¿ëÀ» °¨¼öÇØ¾ßÇÏ°Ô µÇ¸é¼ ¹ÎÁÖ´ç°ú °øÈ´ç
Á¤Ä¡ÀεéÀº ´Ù°°ÀÌ °í±â ºÐ¼â±â¿¡ »¡·Áµé¾î°¡°Ô µÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. °æÁ¦ÀÇ Ãø¸é¿¡¼´Â ¿À¹Ù¸¶´Â
¼¸Ó½º¿Í °¡À̵å³ÊÀÇ ´À·ÁºüÁø ȸº¹±â°£ ´öºÐ¿¡ ¹ÎÁÖ´çÀÇ Çã¹öÆ® ÈĹö¶ó´Â ¿À¸íÀ» ¾È°Ô µÉ
°ÍÀÌ ºÐ¸íÇÏ´Ù.
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.
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±×¿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.
±× ÀÌÈÄ ÄÆ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵åÀÇ ÆÄ»ê±Ã¸®´Â ¹ýÀû, Çö½ÇÀû Àå¾Ö¹°·Î ÀÎÇØ ¢´¸®°í ¸»¾Ò´Ù. ±×
¹®Á¦¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ±¸Ã¼ÀûÀÎ ³»¿ëÀº ¿ì¸® ¼ºñ½º¿¡ °¡ÀÔÇÑ ºÐµé¿¡°Ô µû·Î ´Ù·çµµ·Ï ÇϰڴÙ.
ÄÆ®¸®¿ÍÀ̵åÀÇ À¯¹°°ú ¹ýÀû»óȲÀº ¹ðÅ©¿Àºê¾î¸Þ¸®Ä«¸¦ Æ÷ÇÔÇÑ ¸ðµç Á»ºñÀºÇàµéÀÇ »óȲÀ»
¾ÇȽÃŰ°Ô µÉ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. ¿ö½ÌÅÏÀÇ ¸ð»ç°¡ ¾î¶² °ÍÀ̶ó ÇØµµ ´ëÇüÀºÇàµé ³»¿¡ ¼û¾îÀÖ´Â
±Ùº»ÀûÀÎ °æÁ¦»óȲÀ» ¹Ù²ÙÁö ¸øÇÒ °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
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...
ÆÄ»êÇÑ ¸®¸Õ°ú JPMÀÌ ¸ÅÀÔÇÑ º£¾î½ºÅϽº¿ÍÀÇ Â÷ÀÌ´Â ¸Å°¢µÇÁö ¾Ê°í ³²¾ÆÀÖ´Â Áõ±Ç¿¡ ´ëÇÑ
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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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