Presentation on the US Subprime Crisis & Impact / Implications on Microfinance, by Katherine McKee, CGAP, to the Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN.net).
Wharton FinTech Club hosted a seminar on P2P (peer-to-peer) lending in October '14. Take a look at our key insights and analyses on this fast-growing industry!
The Changing Relationship Between Investors and Investments OurCrowd
Take this opportunity to meet OurCrowd’s new president, Anthony DeChellis, who brings to the discussion his extensive experience in the private banking and institutional finance world. Anthony previously served as CEO of Private Banking Americas at Credit Suisse, headed Private Wealth Management at UBS, and held a range of leadership positions at Merrill Lynch, including Manager of the European Private Banking Business.
Marketplace Lending in the U.S. - An industry overview March 2015Rajesh Kamath
This is a study of the marketplace lending business in the U.S.
Marketplace lending (used to be called peer-to-peer or P2P lending earlier) is growing at a scorching pace in some lending segments, which traditional lenders might have all but abandoned. It represents technology-led disruption in the personal and small business lending space. What started life as 'borrowing from friends, family and peers' has turned into a broader 'marketplace' model, and might be on the cusp of becoming a mainstream lending channel in the next few years.
It is getting increasing attention (and investments) from established institutional financial players.
This study intends to provide an overview of what the marketplace lending business is all about. It takes a deep dive into the structurals - products, customers, regulations, platform models and who is investing in this space. It also lists the key success factors in this business, and tries to gaze into the future of what might be in store for this business in the coming few years.
Lending Club Review: What Investors and Borrowers Need to KnowJonDyer9
Lending Club is the leader in peer to peer lending. They recently had a successful IPO resulting in a total valuation of $9 billion. In this review of Lending Club we discuss their history, how it works and potential advantages over traditional banks. We also analyze why investors should consider Lending Club as well as the potential savings that borrowers and expect.
Wharton FinTech Club hosted a seminar on P2P (peer-to-peer) lending in October '14. Take a look at our key insights and analyses on this fast-growing industry!
The Changing Relationship Between Investors and Investments OurCrowd
Take this opportunity to meet OurCrowd’s new president, Anthony DeChellis, who brings to the discussion his extensive experience in the private banking and institutional finance world. Anthony previously served as CEO of Private Banking Americas at Credit Suisse, headed Private Wealth Management at UBS, and held a range of leadership positions at Merrill Lynch, including Manager of the European Private Banking Business.
Marketplace Lending in the U.S. - An industry overview March 2015Rajesh Kamath
This is a study of the marketplace lending business in the U.S.
Marketplace lending (used to be called peer-to-peer or P2P lending earlier) is growing at a scorching pace in some lending segments, which traditional lenders might have all but abandoned. It represents technology-led disruption in the personal and small business lending space. What started life as 'borrowing from friends, family and peers' has turned into a broader 'marketplace' model, and might be on the cusp of becoming a mainstream lending channel in the next few years.
It is getting increasing attention (and investments) from established institutional financial players.
This study intends to provide an overview of what the marketplace lending business is all about. It takes a deep dive into the structurals - products, customers, regulations, platform models and who is investing in this space. It also lists the key success factors in this business, and tries to gaze into the future of what might be in store for this business in the coming few years.
Lending Club Review: What Investors and Borrowers Need to KnowJonDyer9
Lending Club is the leader in peer to peer lending. They recently had a successful IPO resulting in a total valuation of $9 billion. In this review of Lending Club we discuss their history, how it works and potential advantages over traditional banks. We also analyze why investors should consider Lending Club as well as the potential savings that borrowers and expect.
Presentation is taken from paper titled Crowdfunding: An Infant Industry Growing Fast, from Eleanor Kirby and Shane Worner
Content:
1. Definition and various form of crowd funding
2. The Nature of Industry
3. Business Model
4. Risk & Benefit
5. Regulatory Regimes
6. Analysis of Systemic Risk
7. IOSCO Principle
Detailed overview of LendingClub's IPO including its funding history, business operations, financial performance, public company comparables and relevant industry transactions
GBRW Consulting has been analysing the major Multilateral Development Banks - International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, or World Bank; International Finance Corporation; Inter-American Development Bank; African Development Bank; Asian Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development- since the late 1990s.
This is the second of two presentations available on SlideShare. It illustrates some of the main characteristics of the financial statements of this very specialised group of institutions, which we refer to as MDBs.
Robo-advisor portfolios may be well diversified, they also contain construction gaps that should not be present in well-constructed portfolios.
Post discussing this in broader context schedule for 3 May 2017 http://wp.me/p2Oizj-HV
The robo-advisor (RA) industry is changing at lightning speed. Find out what’s in store for this emerging technology from leading investment experts. There’s plenty more to come, from greater artificial intelligence to a new suite of robo-investment products. Six experts in the field of robo-advisory came together to delve into the trends and drivers that are defining the space.
Peer-to-Peer lending: What is Lending Club?David Peat
A presentation given to the Trade and Investment Society on Lending Club, a peer-to-peer lending start-up and currently the largest P2P lending company on the planet.
How Robo Advisers, Fintech Are Revolutionising Wealth ManagementDinis Guarda
How Robo Advisers, Fintech Are Revolutionising Wealth Management. A Reflection and presentation about trends and ideas related with the topic and what is happening in the industry
Wealthfront & Betterment: Democratizing The Investment ProcessJackson Moses
Given the complicated facets of investing, most young adults consciously choose to avoid the stock market; this is an extremely costly decision. By not investing until adulthood, individuals will forego seven-figures in lifetime income. Wealthfront and Betterment address this concern with their automated investment platforms (robo-advisors), both of which require little human involvement.
Slideshow of the first microfinance102 class held by the San Diego Microfinance Alliance at UCSD. Presentation by Chuck Waterfield at Microfinance Transparency
This presentation is about the use of technology and innovative business models in financial services. It was presented at a conference entitled "Disruptive Innovations in Financial Services" sponsored by the Institute for Financial Services Analytics (IFSA) in the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware on March 3, 2016.
P2P Lending for Institutional Investors and Wealth Managers: An OverviewPMIFunds
P2P lending (or peer-to-peer lending) is a fast growing space in which any individual or organization can lend money directly to another individual through an online p2p lending platform such as Prosper or Lending Club. The transparency, ease-of-use, and ability to quickly make a loan request or fund a loan at competitive interest rates make P2P lending attractive for both borrowers and lenders
Is Equity Crowdfunding Right For Your Early-Stage Company?
Get your questions answered at this workshop on the structure, rules and regulations around engaging in Equity Crowdfunding. A year on since the May 2016 SEC Equity Crowdfunding New SEC Guidelines there is a new wave of opportunity for investing - now ANYONE from the accredited investor to your grandma can invest in the next big thing, but what does this really mean for your early stage company? Is this actually an alternative to raising traditional rounds of funding?
Questions answered include:
WHY should I care about regulation crowdfunding?
WHO can engage in regulation crowdfunding?
WHAT is regulation crowdfunding?
WHERE can regulation crowdfunding happen?
WHEN can I engage in regulation crowdfunding?
IS regulation crowdfunding right for me?
Understanding the network of Eurozone crises so that nodes of crises can be analyzed. We are interested in both financial and non-financial factors that are deepening the European crises.
Presentation is taken from paper titled Crowdfunding: An Infant Industry Growing Fast, from Eleanor Kirby and Shane Worner
Content:
1. Definition and various form of crowd funding
2. The Nature of Industry
3. Business Model
4. Risk & Benefit
5. Regulatory Regimes
6. Analysis of Systemic Risk
7. IOSCO Principle
Detailed overview of LendingClub's IPO including its funding history, business operations, financial performance, public company comparables and relevant industry transactions
GBRW Consulting has been analysing the major Multilateral Development Banks - International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, or World Bank; International Finance Corporation; Inter-American Development Bank; African Development Bank; Asian Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development- since the late 1990s.
This is the second of two presentations available on SlideShare. It illustrates some of the main characteristics of the financial statements of this very specialised group of institutions, which we refer to as MDBs.
Robo-advisor portfolios may be well diversified, they also contain construction gaps that should not be present in well-constructed portfolios.
Post discussing this in broader context schedule for 3 May 2017 http://wp.me/p2Oizj-HV
The robo-advisor (RA) industry is changing at lightning speed. Find out what’s in store for this emerging technology from leading investment experts. There’s plenty more to come, from greater artificial intelligence to a new suite of robo-investment products. Six experts in the field of robo-advisory came together to delve into the trends and drivers that are defining the space.
Peer-to-Peer lending: What is Lending Club?David Peat
A presentation given to the Trade and Investment Society on Lending Club, a peer-to-peer lending start-up and currently the largest P2P lending company on the planet.
How Robo Advisers, Fintech Are Revolutionising Wealth ManagementDinis Guarda
How Robo Advisers, Fintech Are Revolutionising Wealth Management. A Reflection and presentation about trends and ideas related with the topic and what is happening in the industry
Wealthfront & Betterment: Democratizing The Investment ProcessJackson Moses
Given the complicated facets of investing, most young adults consciously choose to avoid the stock market; this is an extremely costly decision. By not investing until adulthood, individuals will forego seven-figures in lifetime income. Wealthfront and Betterment address this concern with their automated investment platforms (robo-advisors), both of which require little human involvement.
Slideshow of the first microfinance102 class held by the San Diego Microfinance Alliance at UCSD. Presentation by Chuck Waterfield at Microfinance Transparency
This presentation is about the use of technology and innovative business models in financial services. It was presented at a conference entitled "Disruptive Innovations in Financial Services" sponsored by the Institute for Financial Services Analytics (IFSA) in the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware on March 3, 2016.
P2P Lending for Institutional Investors and Wealth Managers: An OverviewPMIFunds
P2P lending (or peer-to-peer lending) is a fast growing space in which any individual or organization can lend money directly to another individual through an online p2p lending platform such as Prosper or Lending Club. The transparency, ease-of-use, and ability to quickly make a loan request or fund a loan at competitive interest rates make P2P lending attractive for both borrowers and lenders
Is Equity Crowdfunding Right For Your Early-Stage Company?
Get your questions answered at this workshop on the structure, rules and regulations around engaging in Equity Crowdfunding. A year on since the May 2016 SEC Equity Crowdfunding New SEC Guidelines there is a new wave of opportunity for investing - now ANYONE from the accredited investor to your grandma can invest in the next big thing, but what does this really mean for your early stage company? Is this actually an alternative to raising traditional rounds of funding?
Questions answered include:
WHY should I care about regulation crowdfunding?
WHO can engage in regulation crowdfunding?
WHAT is regulation crowdfunding?
WHERE can regulation crowdfunding happen?
WHEN can I engage in regulation crowdfunding?
IS regulation crowdfunding right for me?
Understanding the network of Eurozone crises so that nodes of crises can be analyzed. We are interested in both financial and non-financial factors that are deepening the European crises.
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its nadir, some 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half of the country’s banks had failed. Though the relief and reform measures put into place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped lessen the worst effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s, the economy would not fully turn around until after 1939, when World War II kicked American industry into high gear.
Week-1 Into to Money and Bankingand Basic Overview of U.S. Fin.docxalanfhall8953
Week-1 Into to Money and Banking
and Basic Overview of U.S. Financial System
Money and Banking Econ 311
Instructor: Thomas L. Thomas
Financial markets transfer funds from people who have excess available funds to people who have a shortage.
They promote grater economic efficiency by channeling funds from people who do not have a productive use for them to those who do.
Well functioning financial markets are a key factor in producing economic growth, where as, poor functioning financial markets are a major reason many countries in the world remain poor.
Financial Markets
A security or financial instrument is a claim on the issuer’s future income or assets.
A bond is a debt security (IOU) that promises to make payments periodically for a specified period of time.
The bond market is especially important economic activity because it enables businesses and the government to borrow and finance their activities and because it is where interest rates are determined.
An interest rate is the cost of borrowing money or the price to rent (use someone else’s) funds.
Because different interest rates tend to move in unison, economist frequently lump interest rates together and refer to the “interest rate”.
Interest rates are important on a number of levels:
High interest rates retard borrowing
High interest rates induce saving.
Lower interest rates induce borrowing
Lower Interest rates retard saving
Information Asymmetry and Information costs
Why Financial Intermediaries
In the neo-classical world economists have argued financial intermediaries are not necessary. Savers (investors) could manage their risks through diversification.
The logic rests on the perfect market assumption – that is investors can always through their own borrowing and lending compose their portfolios as they see fit, without costs. In such a world there are no bankruptcy costs.
In such a world if taken to the extreme, perfect and complete markets imply that there is no need for financial institutions to intermediate in the financial (capital markets) as every investor (saver) has complete information and can contract with the market at the same terms as banks. E.g. Information Asymmetry
Why Financial Intermediaries Bonds
A common stock (usually called stock) represents a share of ownership in a corporation.
It is usually a security that is a claim on the earnings and assets of the corporation.
Issuing stock and selling it to the public (called a public offering) is a way for corporations to raise the funds to finance their activities.
The stock market is the most widely followed financial market in almost every country that has one – that is why it is generally called the market – here “Wall Street.”
The stock market is also an important factor in business investment decisions, because the price of shares affects the amount of funds that can be raised by selling newly issued stock to finance investment spending. (Note impact examples..
Week-9 Bank RegulationMoney and Banking Econ 311Tuesdays 7 .docxalanfhall8953
Week-9 Bank Regulation
Money and Banking Econ 311
Tuesdays 7 - 9:45
Instructor: Thomas L. Thomas
Capital Adequacy Management
Bank capital helps prevent bank failure
The amount of capital affects return for the owners (equity holders) of the bank
Regulatory requirement – Regulatory Capital – Tier 1 and Tier 2 Basle Rules
Economic Capital - What is this
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Capital Adequacy Management:
Returns to Equity Holders
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Traditional Economic Capital Value-At-Risk (VaR) View
Frequency of Occurrence / Probability
Mean/Average Expected Losses (m)
Unexpected Losses @ 99.9% confidence Level (s)
Economic Capital
Reserves
Value-at-Risk
VAR
Before we can develop adequate credit stress testing we need to understand the differences between traditional credit loss measures and what stress tests incorporate.
Aside form standard concentration and coverage analysis, a standard portfolio credit risk analysis typically employs a Value-at-Risk view.
Credit risk in this view generally follows a positive skewed distribution (by definition one cannot have negative defaults and thus a normal distribution is not applicable).
Reserves ALLL generally cover average expected losses over a horizon. In reality these are usually allocated to general reserves since most ALLL have two components: general reserves and specific reserves for known credits that are detraining.
Economic capital functions as a cushion against unexpected loss up to some confidence level. In this case 99.9% or a single “A” rating is the regulatory standard (once every 10,000 years)
In addition to a loss cushion economic capital represents the amount of the firm’s equity that is at risk which requires a return sufficient to cover the associated risk.
The shape of the curve or tail will then reflect the underlying credit risk of the portfolio or product.
However this view has some assumptions that can miss important risk elements.
The distribution is generally based on one variable PD in this case and does necessarily fully account for other correlated factors that when combined either change the tail or increase the likelihood of default.
Second, while the event may be rare, this methodology does not tell how severe or the magnitude of the event when it occurs beyond the confidence level prescribed for economic capital.
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Old Measure: New Ones
RAROC - Risk Adjusted Return on Capital
EVA - Economic Value Added.
Hurdle Rate – What is it. How is it measured?
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Time Line of the Early History of Commercial Banking in the United States
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Historical Development of the Banking System
Bank of North America chartered in 1782
Controversy over the chartering of banks.
National Bank Act of 1863 creates a new banking system of federally chartered banks
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Dual banking system
Federal Reserve System is created in 1913.
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Asymmetric Information and Financial.
Igor Zax, managing director of Tenzor Ltd, published a new article, Buyer Confirmed Receivables - Wider Market Implications , in the World Supply Chain Finance Report 2016, a major publication by BCR/Factorscan. The article is focused on use of buyer confirmed receivables across a variety of financing products, such as credit insurance, secularization, alternative fiance, distribution finance, as well as it's technological and strategic implications.
The system of organized lending can never run out of risks. Be market, liquidity, credit, interest or operational, risk is inevitable for banks and other financial firms.
Hence, a primary importance is given to risk profiling in all financial institutions.
One of the omnipresent risks that have taken a toll on banks regularly is credit risk. In simplest terms, this risk can be defined as non repayment of a loan as per agreed conditions, to the lender, thus ruining the lender’s investment.
The non repayment can be intentional (willful default), due to failure of an industry (systemic risk), failure of cross currency settlement (settlement risk) etc.
In this article, we are going to explore credit risk. We will discuss its basic meaning, types, causes, effects and how banks all over the world have made attempts to monitor, mitigate, transfer and at times, accept the risk.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES: PONZI SCHEMES AND OTHER FRAUDS
In the financial world, you always have to be on the lookout for crooks. Fraud is the most extreme version of moral hazard, and it is remarkably common.
The term Ponzi scheme has its origins in a 1920 scam run by serial con artist Charles Ponzi. Promising a 50 percent profit within 45 days, he swindled unsuspecting investors out of something like $250 million in 2014 dollars. Ponzi never invested their money. Instead, he paid off early investors handsomely with the money he obtained from subsequent investors.
Financial laws are now far more elaborate than in Ponzi’s day, and governments spend much more to enforce them, but frauds persist.
Bernie Madoff is the leading recent example. For decades, Madoff was a respected member of the investment community and able to escape detection. In the same manner as Ponzi, Madoff was redeeming requests for funds with the money he collected from more recent investors. Madoff’s con, which may have begun as early as the 1970s, failed only when the financial crisis of 2007–2009 depleted his funds, making it impossible for him to pay off the final cohort of wealthy, sophisticated—yet apparently quite gullible—investors and financial firms. The Madoff scandal dwarfed Ponzi’s racket: at the time the scheme blew up, the losses were estimated at $17.5 billion, and extensive efforts at recovery have put final losses in the neighborhood of $7 billion.
Unfortunately, in a complex financial system, the possibilities for fraud are widespread. Most cases are smaller and more mundane than those of Madoff or Ponzi, but their cumulative size is significant. One source devoted to tracking just Ponzi-type frauds in the United States listed 70 schemes worth an estimated $2.2 billion in 2014 alone.*
We aren’t going to get rid of Ponzi schemes and other frauds (see In the Blog: Conflicts of Interest in Finance). But the mission of ferreting them out and prosecuting those responsible is essential. A well-functioning financial system is based on trust. That is, when we make a bank deposit or purchase a share of stock or a bond, we need to believe that the terms of the agreement are being accurately represented and will be carried out. Economies where property rights are weak and enforcement is unreliable also usually supply less credit to worthy endeavors. That means lower production, lower income, and lower welfare.
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Conflicts of Interest in Finance
Financial corruption exposed in the years since the financial crisis is breathtaking in its scale, scope, and resistance to remedy. Traders colluded to rig the foreign exchange (FX) market, where daily transactions exceed $5 trillion, and to manipulate LIBOR, the world’s leading interest rate benchmark (see Chapter 13, Applying the Concept: Reforming LIBOR). Firms have facilitated tax evasion and money laundering. And Bernie Madoff engineered what was arguably the largest Ponzi.
Solving Financial Constraints with Innovative Funding SolutionGilbert Tam 譚耀宗
After the credit crunch in 2008, SMEs though they are amounted to the 80-90% of business activites but their access to funding has been greatly impacted by the traditional lenders, banks, that after the 2008 credit cruch are reluctant to maintain such business if no "bricks and mortar" are provided by sellers.
How to VC: Creating a VC fund portfolio modelDave McClure
This article aims to help VCs figure out how to size a venture capital fund, how many companies to include in your portfolio, and when and how to do follow-on investments. Most VCs aim to make a 3X (net) return on initial fund capital, at a ~20% net IRR. Note however, likely less than 10% of most VC funds achieve that goal.
Basic concepts of marketing and branding for venture capital. Emphasis on competitive differentiation (aka "How are you different/better than other VCs in your category?"). Specific focus on defining areas of "value add" that aren't BS.
How to define and position your VC brand to attract funding and dealflow.
* note: more recent updated version below:
https://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/branding-strategies-for-better-dealflow-and-fundraising-aka-the-helpful-vc
Dinosaurs vs Unicorns aka "Bubble My Ass, All Dinosaurs Gonna Die" (London, J...Dave McClure
my talk on corporate innovation (or the lack thereof), the death of many dinosaurs, the survival of a smart few Raptors, and how to avoid getting trampled by Unicorns.
The Subprime Crisis & Implications for Microfinance (SVMN, 05/18/08)
1. Building Financial Systems for the Poor Meditations on the US Sub-Prime Crisis: Implications for International Microfinance Silicon Valley Microfinance Network May 19, 2008 Kate McKee