KBW Holding Inc.

COMPUCREDIT WEIGHS PAYDAY UNIT SPIN-OFF.(News)
Cardline; 12/11/2009; 641 words; ...publicly traded company called Purpose Financial Holdings Inc., the company said last week. The plan "may...financing," Sameer Gokhale, an analyst at KBW Inc.'s Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc., wrote in a research note Friday. "Separating...

CompuCredit Weighs Payday Unit Spinoff.(Brief article)
American Banker; 12/8/2009; 775 words; ...publicly traded company called Purpose Financial Holdings Inc. The plan "may partly have been due to the...financing," Sameer Gokhale, an analyst at KBW Inc.'s Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc., wrote in a research note Friday. "Separating...

Hope Lies in Conversions For Tarp Takers in Trouble.
American Banker; 12/8/2009; 1462 words; ...bothered trying. But Midwest Banc Holdings Inc. is the second company in less than...strugglers fail, including UCBH Holdings Inc.'s $13billion-asset United...Cannon, co-director of research at KBW Inc.'s Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc...

Curbs on Fed Move From Fringe To Forefront.(Federal Reserve Board)
American Banker; 12/8/2009; 1519 words; ...this point," said Brian Gardner, an analyst at KBW Inc.'s Keefe, Bruyette and Woods Inc. "The Fed is going to have a tougher time arguing...involving supervision and regulation of ... holding companies," Sen. Richard Shelby, the top GOP...

Back to the Future: Old Mod Tool Is Made New; So-called A/B splits used to salvage parts of CRE credits.(National/Global)
American Banker; 11/30/2009; 1514 words; ...Susquehanna Banchshares Inc. in Lititz, Pa. "You...Harralson, an analyst with KBW Inc.'s Keefe, Bruyette...Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc., said such modifications...vice president with Umpqua Holdings Corp. in Portland, Ore...