By Editorial Board / Friday, August 1st, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Large employers loosen grip on Ventura County
Half-a-dozen years ago, East Ventura County’s economy was heavily dependent on two very large employers: subprime lending giant Countrywide Financial Corp. and biotech behemoth Amgen.
PennyMac, the Moorpark-based firm founded by former top brass at Countrywide Financial Corp., has inked a $550 million loan repurchasing deal with Bank of America. The deal forms a half-billion-dollar pact among three companies that have been intimately connected since shortly after Countrywide, the firm at the heart of the subprime loan meltdown, was Read More →
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Shares of PennyMac Financial Services climbed another 2.6 percent the day after they started trading publicly for the first time. The Moorpark-based company, founded in 2008 by former top executives at Countrywide Financial Corp., raised just over $200 million in its initial public offering of stock after opening with a share price of $18.25 on Read More →
Moorpark-based PennyMac Financial Services has priced its initial public offering of stock at $17 to $19 per share, indicating plans to raise as much as $211.1 million in its launch on the New York Stock Exchange. PennyMac, headed by former Countrywide Financial Corp. President Stanford Kurland, employs more than 600 people in Moorpark and more Read More →
Moorpark-based PennyMac Financial Services has filed papers for a $287.5 million initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The venture was founded in 2008 by Stanford Kurland, the former No. 2 executive at Countrywide Financial Corp., the defunct subprime mortgage lender at the heart of the financial crisis. Moorpark Community Development Director David Read More →