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    Bankparade ultimate showing 375+ subprime events!

    One year of subprime misery brought us a lot of business events. Enough events to detect patterns in chains of events. Too much events to remember by heart. Well follow this link and you find a pretty complete overview off more than 375 subprime events. ...
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    SEC report, old news?

    Today the SEC issued a report on the three major rating agencies. I understand the SEC has to obtain hard evidence before it can intervene. The rating agencies are willing to implement the SEC's recommendations. This shows that they have realistic management. ...
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    Big rewards at no risk!

    Analyzing the credit crisis, you can do that interactively yourself here, shows that the most troubled companies all have been in the news with integrity issues. Some financial institutions did fire risk managers or at least blamed their risk management ...
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    Credit crisis interactive analysis

    After presenting the subprime parade for a while, I wanted to improve the user experience. Having an idea is nice, but realizing it is something different. At some point in time I was afraid that improving the user experience would take longer than the ...
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    Update subprime bankparade IX with a big smile!

    I've been following subprime for some time now. To freshen things up I've included a link to youtube with a really funny and simple explanation what the subprime crisis is all about. Tracking impact of the subprime crisis remains interesting, so I've ...
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    Update subprime bankparade VII

    Will 2008 become a happy new year for the financial world? Forecasts are negative for some banks and home owners in the US and in Europe. It is not very clear yet who is loosing from the SIV downgrade. To my surprise hardly any insurance company reported ...
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    Subprime bankparade VIII or insurance?

    This week the ratings agencies did put some bonds insurers in the spotlight. A few weeks ago I reported some insurance companies experiencing difficulties as a direct result from adjusted ratings. The value at stake was very high and to prevent serious ...
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    Update subprime bankparade X.

    This week the banks published some impressing losses. Different banks with varying results. Countrywide has been taken over by Bank of America. This isn't a big surprise. Looking back you can see many Enron similarities the last six months. One man running ...
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    Reporting of effective Key Risk Indicators

    Introduction A reporting system of key risk indicators must provide current operational risk insight to business management. This insight enables management to control the operation in such a manner that an optimal balance is accomplished between risk ...
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    Update subprime bankparade VI.

    Although the focus is on the US more and more European banks are reporting impact of the crisis. Especially German, Swiss and UK based banks seem to be hit. Where are the figures of the big French and Spanish banks? No problems there? Let's wait for ...