Press Releases
CREDIT RESEARCH: Savader Adds Three Analysts as It Gears Up to Be Broker-Dealer
January 14, 2010
Continued speculation that municipal credits could deteriorate is helping business at Savader Asset Advisors LLC. The credit research firm this week added three independent contractors to its analytics team and plans to start broker-dealer operations this month.
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Three Veteran Municipal Credit Analysts Join Savader Asset Advisors Growing Analytic Team
January 12, 2010
Savader Asset Advisors (SAA) --- which specializes in providing municipal credit research services to institutional investors, announced three veteran municipal credit analysts: Gregory Clark, Howard Mischel and Wendy Berry --- have joined its analytic team, bringing the total number of analysts on staff to thirteen.
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Receding From A Perfect Storm
January 7, 2010
Uncertainty has clouded convictions about some tax-and revenue-based municipal bonds.
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Josh Siegel Quoted in Bloomberg News
August 14, 2009
full article: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeSoT8tu5e_c
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Josh Siegel Quoted in LA Times
May 8, 2009
full article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2009/05/the-only-stress-some-bank-stock-investors-felt-today-was-from-being-unable-to-buy-in-fast-enough--financial-issues-rocketed.html
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Josh Siegel Quoted in Reuters
May 8, 2009
full article: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5471ON20090509
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Josh in Reuters Wrapup
May 8, 2009
full article: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServices%20-%20Diversified/idUSL8101909220090508
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Josh Siegel Quoted in BusinessWeek
April 17, 2009
Josh Siegel quoted in "Citigroup Keeps Banks on a Roll"
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Josh Siegel, of Stonecastle Partners, on CNBC discussion of bank performance
March 10, 2009
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1058447511&play=1
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Closing Sick Banks Could Give Lift To Other Bank Stocks
February 13, 2009
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--It may sound like a paradox, but shuttering the worst-off banks could be the government's best way to help beleaguered bank stocks.
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Josh Siegel, of Stonecastle Partners, on CNBC discussion of banking sector
February 12, 2009
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1032055360
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Private Equity can Complement TARP in Providing Bank Capital
December 18, 2008
NEW YORK, December 18, 2008 - Private equity solutions can co-exist with the government's Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) in providing capital to the banking industry, said Joshua Siegel, managing principal of StoneCastle Partners, LLC, in his recent remarks to the Conference of State Banking Supervisors.
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Regulators Say Inflation Is Hobbled Banks' Next Challenge
July 18, 2008
NEW YORK (Dow Jones), July 18, 2008 13:36 ET - Federal banking regulators are girding for a new challenge to the nation's beleaguered banking system: rising inflation.
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Banking rule change could create frenzy
July 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Pensions & Investments Online), July 7, 2008 - Private equity, hedge funds likely to boost bank holdings if Fed revises regulations
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ANALYSIS-Regional banks struggle to boost interest margins
June 26, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters), June 26, 2008 - Even after a series of U.S. rate cuts, small and mid-sized banks are not making much more profit from lending, thanks to fierce competition for consumers' deposits.
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Community Banking Sector Well-Positioned to Benefit from Current Market Stress, According to Investment Manager StoneCastle Partners
June 23, 2008
NEW YORK, June 23, 2008 - As national, super-regional, and money center banks continue to suffer from sub-prime mortgage losses and other risky activities, community banks are well-positioned to benefit, according to investment firm StoneCastle Partners, LLC. One of the largest investors in community banks, StoneCastle currently has $2.3 billion in assets under management and investments in more than 220 community banks throughout 43 states.
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Charlesbank Capital Partners Invests in StoneCastle Partners
January 2, 2008
BOSTON, MA, January 2, 2008 - Charlesbank Capital Partners announces its investment in StoneCastle Partners. StoneCastle is a leading asset management firm that invests in small and medium-sized banks and other financial institutions that are the cornerstones of their local communities.
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