9. The loans were nonrecourse: in the event of default, which could be triggered, inter alia, by a 60 percent decline in the price of the collateral stock, the debtor had the option to tender additional collateral or to forfeit the securities with no contingent liability.
14. On average, ICG began selling shares associated with each loan three days prior to loan closing and funding, and completed the sale of all remaining collateral within two weeks of receiving the stock from the customer. In many instances, ICG did not wire funds to the customer from its bank account until it had sold sufficient collateral shares in its brokerage account to generate an equivalent amount of proceeds. ICG’s principals personally oversaw and authorized sales of stock by ICG.
16. Unlike a traditional lender, ICG generated relatively little of its cash flow from the customers’ payment of interest, fees, or repayment of principal. In addition, because ICG expected many of its loans to default, it generally did not maintain cash reserves to return collateral shares at maturity
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