Vega experts in financial institutions are experienced in finance, economic theory, regulatory and industry practice, and risk management. Our experts possess deep industry knowledge from both a regulatory and commercial banking perspective, as well as knowledge of trading practices and financial markets. Members of our network have been retained to address issues arising out of financial services regulation, investigations, and litigation matters. Our experts are highly qualified and rely on years of subject matter experience in both academia and industry to provide potent expert testimony. They also rely on extensive statistical expertise to provide sophisticated economic models of financial markets, financial trading, risk, and damages.
Below is a list of example engagements for our Financial Institutions practice:
Analysis of Regulatory Violations in Mortgage Loan Origination: Dr. Andrew Zuppann of Vega Economics was retained to provide an expert analysis of potential regulatory violations in the origination of mortgage loans for an arbitration proceeding. In support of the client, Dr. Zuppann analyzed loan files, origination documents, and related documents for a set of loans with alleged violations of one or more federal regulations and/or other underwriting issues during the origination process.
Master Servicing of RMBS: The Vega team supported the damages rebuttal expert, servicing expert, and securitization expert in the analysis and drafting of expert reports to address claims related to the obligations of an RMBS master servicer.
Damages Analysis regarding RMBS Trustee’s Alleged Misconduct: In National Credit Union Administration Board v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 14-cv-10067-KPF-SN (S.D.N.Y.), Vega supported damages expert Dr. Ethan Cohen-Cole in analyzing the premises and assumptions of repurchase damages calculations done by plaintiff's expert.
Damages Analysis regarding RMBS Trustee’s Alleged Misconduct: In Commerzbank AG v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 15-cv-10033-KPF-SN (S.D.N.Y.), Vega supported the damages expert Dr. Ethan Cohen-Cole in analyzing the premises and assumptions of repurchase and tort damages calculations done by plaintiff’s expert.
Damages Analysis regarding RMBS Trustee’s Alleged Misconduct: In Phoenix Light SF Ltd., et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 14-cv-10102-KPF-SN (S.D.N.Y.), Vega supported the damages expert Dr. Ethan Cohen-Cole in analyzing the premises and assumptions of repurchase and servicing damages calculations done by plaintiffs’ expert.
Analysis of CDS Agreement on CDO: In China Development Industrial Bank v. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, et al. (N.Y. Sup. No. 650957/10), plaintiff entered into a $275 million credit default swap with Morgan Stanley on the super senior tranche of a CDO. The Vega team supported Dr. Cohen-Cole in responding to plaintiff's experts regarding risk disclosed in the offering documents as well as the CDO ratings.
Spoofing in High Frequency Trading: In USA v Vorley and Chanu (1:18-cr-00035), Vega analyzed allegations of certain traders’ spoofing conduct and evaluated calculations of alleged market harm associated with these spoofing activities.
Analysis of the LIBOR Transition: The Vega team is engaged by one of the world’s largest banks to provide consulting and research support in connection with the LIBOR transition. As part of the engagement, Vega created mapping for over 300 RMBS transactions across different data sources and analyzes the impact of LIBOR transition and COFI cessation on loans backing these transactions.
Intervention by the Federal Reserve in a Distressed Company: A Vega expert provided testimony in a case involving the Federal Reserve’s intervention in a distressed corporation in connection with the 2008 financial crisis. The expert analyzed the Federal Reserve’s credit facilities and lending practices to financial institutions and other firms and provided an overview of the market crisis and its effect on the corporation.
Syndicated Loan Transaction: A Vega expert testified regarding the due diligence obligations in a syndicated loan transaction. The engagement involved analysis of the relevant regulatory duties of the parties to the transaction.
Market Maker Analysis: A Vega expert was engaged on In re: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y. No. 1:10-cv-03461) to analyze the alleged fraud and misrepresentation in the formation of CDOs and opine on the market making and hedging activities of the defendant.
Servicing and Master Servicing of RMBS: The Vega team supported both the damages rebuttal expert and the servicing expert in the analysis and drafting of expert reports to address claims related to the obligations of the servicer and master servicer of RMBS in a half dozen cases.
Class Action Issues Regarding RMBS Trustees: In Royal Park Investments SA/NV v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (S.D.N.Y No. 1:14-cv-09764) and BlackRock Allocation Target Shares: Series S Portfolio, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (S.D.N.Y. No. 1:14-cv-09764), Vega supported a damages expert in analyzing the complex payment structures of the at-issue RMBS and determining the extent of heterogeneity among class members to address whether a proposed damages methodology could be consistently applied on a class-wide basis.
Materiality Analysis of RMBS Misrepresentations: In National Credit Union Administration Board v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, et al. (D. Kan. No. 2:12-cv-02648) and National Credit Union Administration Board v. UBS Securities, LLC, et al. (D. Kan. No. 12-cv-02591), a Vega expert used economic analysis to determine whether the allegedly misrepresented loan characteristics would have been material to the total mix of information available to an investor. This analysis withstood plaintiff’s motion to exclude.
Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance and a Professor of Economics and Real Estate at the National University of Singapore
- Consumer Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Real Estate
Founder of Robust Advisors, Inc.
- Financial Institutions
- Securities & Finance
- Real Estate
Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate at Yeshiva University and CEO of WOTN
- Valuation
- Insurance & Risk
- Securities & Finance
- FinTech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency
- Financial Institutions
- Real Estate
Senior Advisor at Vega Economics
- Securities & Finance
- Data Science & Statistics
- Financial Institutions
- Valuation
- Consumer Finance
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
- Healthcare & Health Economics
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Finance Unit of Harvard Business School, Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
- FinTech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency
- Consumer Finance
- Financial Institutions
CEO and Founder of SREvolve LLC
- Corporate Governance
- Leadership & Management
- Financial Institutions
- Private Equity
Principal at Bank Experts Group
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Real Estate
- Securities & Finance
- Corporate Governance
Continuing Lecturer of Finance and Real Estate at UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management and Lecturer in Law at UCLA School of Law
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Valuation
- Financial Institutions
- Real Estate
- Private Equity
Associate Professor in the Department of Finance of the Villanova School of Business at Villanova University
- Intellectual Property
- Antitrust & Competition
- Corporate Finance
- Securities & Finance
- Data Science & Statistics
- Financial Institutions
- Real Estate
Gary D. Cohn Goldman Sachs Chair in Finance in the Kogod School of Business at American University
- Securities & Finance
- Financial Institutions
Associate Professor of Finance at the Farmer School of Business, Miami University
- Securities & Finance
- Antitrust & Competition
- Data Science & Statistics
- Financial Institutions
- Valuation
Director of the Mathematics in Finance Master's program and a Clinical Professor of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University; Partner at CorePoint.
- FinTech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency
- Securities & Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Data Science & Statistics
- Valuation
Founding Director, Perihelion Capital Advisors
- Corporate Finance
- Data Science & Statistics
- Financial Institutions
Allstate Chair in Insurance and Finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Insurance & Risk
- Accounting
- Securities & Finance
- Valuation
- Financial Institutions
Executive Director of the Master of Finance program at Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego
- Financial Institutions
Albert and Jeanne Clear Career Development Professor and an Assistant Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management
- Securities & Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Consumer Finance
- Financial Institutions
William H. Purcell Consulting
- Bankruptcy & Insolvency
- Financial Institutions
- Private Equity
University Lecturer at NYU Courant; Partner at CorePoint
- Data Science & Statistics
- Valuation
- Securities & Finance
- Financial Institutions
- FinTech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency
Professor of Finance in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University
- Securities & Finance
- Valuation
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Institutions
- FinTech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency
John M. Schiff Professor of Finance in the Stern School of Business at NYU
- Securities & Finance
- Financial Institutions
Adjunct Professor of Finance/Economics, at LIU Post
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Securities & Finance
- Corporate Governance