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Schwab Goes for the Big Time; HSBC Joins the Bank Dead Pool
New York | News reports suggest that The Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) may acquire TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AMTD). SCHW is...
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Nov 25, 20195 min read


Does Goldman Sachs Discriminate Against Female Borrowers?
New York | Did Goldman Sachs (GS) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) discriminate against women in the provision of credit on the new accounts for the...
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Nov 18, 20194 min read


Deutsche Bank, GSEs & Systemic Risk
New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder how the actions or inaction of policy makers can create systemic...
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Jul 1, 20198 min read


HELOCs and Transformational REPO
New York | We had a great trip last week, participating in Ellie Mae’s (ELLI) Experience 2019 and surveying the rich (and water sodden)...
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Mar 17, 20198 min read


Large Cap Financials & Asset Inflation
New York | None other than Warren Buffett of investment fame started off the week complaining to Becky Quick of CNBC that there’s not...
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Feb 26, 20184 min read


Goldman Sachs & the Volcker Rule
Austin | Last week we heard optimistic noises coming from some of the top executives in the world of mortgage finance at the...
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Sep 11, 20175 min read
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