Financial Crisis 2008
Overview
WHAT HAPPENED | HOW IT HAPPENED | AFTERMATH
By Thanuja Seneviratne
Agenda
 What Happened
 Before September 2008
 Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae
 Collapse of Lehman Brothers
 AIG Fear & TARP
 Spreading Global
 How it Happened
 Sub-prime Mortgage Lending
 CDOs & Derivatives
 Housing Bubble bust
 Aftermath
 Blue Monday Crash & Further advancement in Europe
 Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
 Occupy Wall Street
What Happened
 Before September 2008
 In 2005, Raghuram Rajan presented his paper "Has Financial
Development Made the World Riskier?"
 In 2006, Nouriel Roubini warned IMF about housing bubble bust and
possible recession
 In 2006, Satyajit Das published his book “Traders, Guns & Money”
describing the risks of derivatives
 In 2007, key Mortgage Lending companies collapse
 In 2008 Jan, Financial Markets downturn started
 In 2008 Mar, Bear Stearns acquired by JPMorgan for $2 for share
What Happened
 Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae
 Government sponsored Enterprises (GSE)
 Exempted from regulation
 Issue mortgage-backed securities (MBS’s) just like investment banks
 By Sept 2008, they are in debt of MBS’s worth $ 5 trillion
 Sept. 2008, Treasury intervention, placed the two under government
supervision
What Happened
 Collapse of Lehman Brothers
 Longest-running Wall Street CEO Dick Fuld
 Hank Paulson and government meet up with other bankers in Wall
Street
 Moral Hazard
 Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
 Shockwave of events after the Leahman bankruptcy
What Happened
 AIG Fear & TARP
 AIG in the brink
 Understanding Credit Default Swaps
 USD 85 Billion lending by Federal Reserve
 Inevitable collapse of whole financial system
 Hank Paulson and Congress meeting for USD 700 billion bailout
proposal as TARP
 Defeat of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act – Bailout Bill
 Passing of Bailout Bill in October 2008
 Capital injection of the large financial institutions
What Happened
 Spreading Global
 G7 Summit in October 2008
 Iceland Bankruptcy
 Europe shockwave and the glimpses of riots
How it Happened
 Sub-prime Mortgage Lending
 Prime mortgage lending
 Housing Bubble
 Investors and greed of Wall Street lead to sub-prime mortgage lending
 Underwritting & Bonus scheme
How it Happened
 CDOs & Derivatives
 Traditional derivatives in commodities market
 Ideas for minimizing credit risks for banks
 First credit default swap and Blythe Masters
 Synthetic Collateral Debt Obligations (CDOs)
 Rating companies and risk levels
 De-regulation of derivatives
 New age in financial markets!
How it Happened
 Housing Bubble bust
 Unexpected happened!
 Foreclosures spreading throughout US
 CDOs going bad and insurance companies cannot keep their obligations
 Mortgage companies going under followed by Investment banks and
insurance companies
 Investors losing the investments and stock market plummet
Aftermath
 Blue Monday Crash & Further Advancement in Europe
 RBS losses and British reaction
 Denmark, France and Germany response
 World Bank projection of world production loss
Aftermath
 Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC)
 19 public hearings with major bankers and other parties
 Report and Conclusions
 Was avoidable!
 De-regulation
 Governance and risk management
 Lack of transparency
 Government’s ill-preparedness
 Systematic breakdown of ethics and practices
Aftermath
 Occupy Wall Street
 Protest movement
 Enter the Anonymous hacktivist group
 “We are 99%”
 Income inequality
 Noam Chomsky spoke out and Michael Moore addressed the crowd
 Further marches and protests throughout 2011 and 2012
THANK YOU!

Financial Crisis 2008

  • 1.
    Financial Crisis 2008 Overview WHATHAPPENED | HOW IT HAPPENED | AFTERMATH By Thanuja Seneviratne
  • 2.
    Agenda  What Happened Before September 2008  Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae  Collapse of Lehman Brothers  AIG Fear & TARP  Spreading Global  How it Happened  Sub-prime Mortgage Lending  CDOs & Derivatives  Housing Bubble bust  Aftermath  Blue Monday Crash & Further advancement in Europe  Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission  Occupy Wall Street
  • 3.
    What Happened  BeforeSeptember 2008  In 2005, Raghuram Rajan presented his paper "Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?"  In 2006, Nouriel Roubini warned IMF about housing bubble bust and possible recession  In 2006, Satyajit Das published his book “Traders, Guns & Money” describing the risks of derivatives  In 2007, key Mortgage Lending companies collapse  In 2008 Jan, Financial Markets downturn started  In 2008 Mar, Bear Stearns acquired by JPMorgan for $2 for share
  • 4.
    What Happened  FreddieMac & Fannie Mae  Government sponsored Enterprises (GSE)  Exempted from regulation  Issue mortgage-backed securities (MBS’s) just like investment banks  By Sept 2008, they are in debt of MBS’s worth $ 5 trillion  Sept. 2008, Treasury intervention, placed the two under government supervision
  • 5.
    What Happened  Collapseof Lehman Brothers  Longest-running Wall Street CEO Dick Fuld  Hank Paulson and government meet up with other bankers in Wall Street  Moral Hazard  Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  Shockwave of events after the Leahman bankruptcy
  • 6.
    What Happened  AIGFear & TARP  AIG in the brink  Understanding Credit Default Swaps  USD 85 Billion lending by Federal Reserve  Inevitable collapse of whole financial system  Hank Paulson and Congress meeting for USD 700 billion bailout proposal as TARP  Defeat of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act – Bailout Bill  Passing of Bailout Bill in October 2008  Capital injection of the large financial institutions
  • 7.
    What Happened  SpreadingGlobal  G7 Summit in October 2008  Iceland Bankruptcy  Europe shockwave and the glimpses of riots
  • 8.
    How it Happened Sub-prime Mortgage Lending  Prime mortgage lending  Housing Bubble  Investors and greed of Wall Street lead to sub-prime mortgage lending  Underwritting & Bonus scheme
  • 9.
    How it Happened CDOs & Derivatives  Traditional derivatives in commodities market  Ideas for minimizing credit risks for banks  First credit default swap and Blythe Masters  Synthetic Collateral Debt Obligations (CDOs)  Rating companies and risk levels  De-regulation of derivatives  New age in financial markets!
  • 10.
    How it Happened Housing Bubble bust  Unexpected happened!  Foreclosures spreading throughout US  CDOs going bad and insurance companies cannot keep their obligations  Mortgage companies going under followed by Investment banks and insurance companies  Investors losing the investments and stock market plummet
  • 11.
    Aftermath  Blue MondayCrash & Further Advancement in Europe  RBS losses and British reaction  Denmark, France and Germany response  World Bank projection of world production loss
  • 12.
    Aftermath  Financial CrisisInquiry Commission (FCIC)  19 public hearings with major bankers and other parties  Report and Conclusions  Was avoidable!  De-regulation  Governance and risk management  Lack of transparency  Government’s ill-preparedness  Systematic breakdown of ethics and practices
  • 13.
    Aftermath  Occupy WallStreet  Protest movement  Enter the Anonymous hacktivist group  “We are 99%”  Income inequality  Noam Chomsky spoke out and Michael Moore addressed the crowd  Further marches and protests throughout 2011 and 2012
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