Loans between institutions continue to be issued and traded, and corporate lending remains a booming practice. At the core of these activities is the credit agreement–a complicated document that often acts as an obstacle even to the professionals and support personnel who work with it every day.
From determining the terms of the agreement to managing defaults, assignments, and competitive bids, this comprehensive reference tool unlocks the heart and soul of the loan market for institutional investors and professionals in financial and corporate lending firms. Operations personnel who are responsible for executing and managing credit agreements will find it invaluable.
The LSTA’s Complete Credit Agreement Guide goes far beyond the fundamentals to provide:
Unmatched coverage on the nuts and bolts of the credit agreement
In-depth discussions that include all the nuances of today’s global marketplace
Insightful explanations that address how to manage situations that go off course
With The LSTA’s Complete Credit Agreement Guide, all the answers are at your fingertips. Sponsored by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and written by the partners at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, it provides a definitive road map to managing the entire credit agreement process.
The mortgage meltdown: what went wrong and how do we fix it?
Owning a home can bestow a sense of security and independence. But today, in a cruel twist, many Americans now regard their homes as a source of worry and dashed expectations. How did everything go haywire? And what can we do about it now?
In The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Mortgage and Credit Markets, renowned finance expert James Barth offers a comprehensive examination of the mortgage meltdown. Together with a team of economists at the Milken Institute, he explores the shock waves that have rippled through the entire financial sector and the real economy. Deploying an incredibly detailed and extensive set of data, the book offers in-depth analysis of the mortgage meltdown and the resulting worldwide financial crisis. This authoritative volume explores what went wrong in every critical area, including securitization, loan origination practices, regulation and supervision, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, leverage and accounting practices, and of course, the rating agencies. The authors explain the steps the government has taken to address the crisis thus far, arguing that we have yet to address the larger issues.
Offers a comprehensive examination of the mortgage market meltdown and its reverberations throughout the financial sector and the real economy
Explores several important issues that policymakers must address in any future reshaping of financial market regulations
Addresses how we can begin to move forward and prevent similar crises from shaking the foundations of our financial system
The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. By Jonathan Jarvis. Crisisofcredit.com The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. For more on my broader thesis work exploring the use of new media to make sense of a …
