Issues
Community Bankers Emphasize Calmness, Stability Amid Crisis
Community bankers highlight the importance of communication in a crisis.
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How Will the CFPB’s New Mortgage Rules Impact the Market?
A panel of attorneys addresses how the government’s definition of qualified mortgages will change the industry.
Ending the Endless Reorganization: Building an Adaptable Operating Model
PwC's Christy Eayrs and Bhushan Sethi discuss the core elements of building an adaptable operating model for financial institutions.
Stress Testing: Top Down or Bottoms Up?
Experts in stress testing talk about using multiple approaches to test exposures.
Can a Capital Raise Jeopardize Your Tax Assets?
Crowe Horwath LLP writes about accounting for deferred tax assets in an acquisition or recapitalization, and how to avoid running afoul of the Internal Revenue Service.
M&A Post-Closing Legal Claims: Negotiating the Best Deal
Baird Holm attorney Adam Kirshenbaum offers five steps to negotiating post-closing indemnification agreements.
Winning Over Shareholders with a Well-Constructed Merger
Frank Cicero of Jefferies & Co. talks about stock-for-stock mergers and what investors want.
The Good Side of Dodd-Frank: How the Law Will Benefit the Banking Industry
BMO's general counsel and others weigh in: Is there anything good about Dodd-Frank?
Big Bank Mergers: Is the Game Over?
Bank Director’s editor asks whether we will ever see big bank acquisitions again.
Bank M&A Expectations in 2013
Rick Childs of Crowe Horwath LLP highlights results from the 2013 Bank Director & Crowe Horwath LLP M&A survey, and discusses the current state of bank M&A.
Analyst Notes
Loan growth strongest in C&I and consumer loans; M&A will pick up gradually over 5-10 years; and few conversions of mutuals in 2012.