business.
In
.hat
regard I would
like
you
to
analyze
the
losses incurred
to
date
specifically from the
HSBC
transaction and equally
important what are our
future expec!ations as to losses.Not necessarily in
the
order
of
import.ance here
IIfC
my
kcy
concerns abOid
the
product itself and about how
we
conducted ourselves in the origination
and
delivery ofthe product to
HSBC:
1.
The
negotiations
with
HSBC
was
very
flawed
and
as
I
stated
in
my
memo
several
weeks ago
extraordinarily juvenile. Specifically
we
gave
every optionpossible
to
HSBC
to
kick
back
to
us
nil
losses
while they
maintained all
of
he
gains. At
this
stage
of
our
corporate
lives
we
should
know
better.
2.
The loans '
.
vere
originated
through
our channels
with
serious disregard forprocess, compliance with b'Uidelines and irresponsible behavior relative to
meeting
timelines. As a result
we
delivered loans with deficient documentation,
did
not.
respond timely
in
corre('1ing
those
deficiencies
which
resulted
in
extreme time delays
thereby
permitting
loans
to
ha.ve
a greater
chance
for
early
payment
default.
3.
The field people
and
everyone
involved
in
tlle origination chain
received
substantial
compensation
for
the
origination
of
this product
but
have
yet
to
suffer
the
consequences
ofunnacceptable
conduct relative
to
every
aspect
of
originating, documenting and delivering
the product
to
HSBC.
Frankly
r
don't
wantto
hear
how
much
wemade onthe
premium that
wewere
paid
by HSBC
because
I
believe (Sieracki is doing the analysis) that
the
net
of
thistransaction
when
you
consider
all
of
he
executive,
managerial
and
allministrutive time that we have
t.'xpllmlud
in
putting
Ollt
the fires, is Jltlgative
to
the Company. This quarter alone we have had
to
take a .19 write down
because
of
he
hits we
have
taken
to
date.
Bottom
line,
fromthe
negotiation
of
he
deal with
HSBC
through
the
deli very
of
the product we have compounded
one
error after anolhel'. Therefore I
wanL
Sambalto
Lake
alJ sLeps
necessary to assure thal
our
origination operation "followsguidelines" for every
product
that
we originate. I have personally observed aserious lack
of
compliance within
our
origination system as
it
relates
to
documentation and
generally
a detel'iatioll
inthe
quality
of
loans originated
versus
the pricing
of
those loan.
In
my
conversations with Sambol
he
calls the100% sub prime seconds as
the
"milk"
of
he business. Frankly I consider
that
product line
to be
the poison
of
ours. Obviously
as
CEO
I cannot continue thesanctioning
ofthe
origination
of
this product un;i) such time I
ca.n
get
conc.rete assurances that we
are
not facing a contilluous
catastrophe.
Therefore
I
want a
plan
of
action not only
tram
Sambal
but
equally
fi"Om
McMurray as
to
how
v.:e
call1Ilallage tins risk going
lor
ward.
Eric
Sieracki/Managing Directors!CF/CCI041131200603:26
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