
Washington Mutual hires Amex CRO
AEFA had 11% of its roughly $32 billion portfolio invested in junk bonds and high-yield CDOs when it discovered the extent of its losses. It took steps to reduce that to 7%, which it said was in line with industry averages. About $403 million of the charge reflected the effect of higher default assumptions on the value of its CDOs, $344 million reflected losses taken on bonds sold to rebalance its portfolio and the remainder represented losses on related investments. The second-quarter loss came on the heels of a $182 million first-quarter pretax charge, also taken to cover the write-down and sale of high-yield investments.
Prior to American Express, Lobo served as senior vice-president of US Bancorp's treasury department, where he was responsible for asset and liability management, investment portfolio management, net interest margin analysis, securitisation activity and funding strategy.
He also worked as a derivatives products manager for the Northern Trust Company from 1993-1996; a financial economist in the Options and Equities Group of the Chicago Board of Trade from 1989-1993; and a financial analyst with Continental Bank.
In his new position Lobo will report to Tom Casey, Washington Mutual’s chief financial officer.
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