Franchise Assessment

Choice of legal structure is not a simple legal decision in the financial services industry. Different charter choices determine a wide range of powers and limits. Federal Financial Analytics knows not only what advantages and disadvantages go with what charter today, but how the landscape may change. We make recommendations based on a forward-looking understanding of client objectives. Some examples:

• We advised one of the nation’s largest diversified companies as it decided to establish a unitary thrift;
  

• We solved a hedge fund’s problem by pointing to the value of becoming an investment bank holding company;
  

• We analyzed the capital requirements for a housing lender considering options to the financial holding company charter.