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Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 Naomi Snyder |
A New Mandate for Risk Management The financial crisis revealed serious risk management deficiencies throughout the banking industry, and now the feds are forcing boards to accept direct responsibility for the risks their institutions take. |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Charles Keenan |
Front-burner Issues for the Audit Committee The audit committee's roles and responsibilities continue to broaden as evolving regulation and increasing demands for risk oversight turn up the heat on bank boards. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Back in the Saddle Former FDIC chairman Bill Isaac has taken the reins as the new chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp. Here, he talks about his career, growing the bank, and why, in his view, Dodd-Frank is an unmitigated disaster. |
U.S. Banker April 2010 Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. |
U.S. Banker June 2010 Dan Borge |
Don't Bank Too Much on the Chief Risk Officer Having a CRO for the wrong reasons may actually increase the odds of getting into serious trouble. Responsibility for risk should lie with the CEO. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Compensation's New Normal Welcome to the new world of compensation - a place where up is down, confusion reigns, and tensions are rising. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Welcome to the Great Unknown The ink is dry on Dodd-Frank, and now bank executives and board members are cracking open the 2,300-page rulebook to try to discern what it all means for the industry going forward. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn |
Missing Pieces How poor risk-management techniques contributed to the subprime mess. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 John R. Engen |
Navigating Compensation Risk Reform and regulation are changing the executive pay landscape and directors are finding the once-solid concept of pay for performance beginning to crack under pressure. |
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest |
Risk Without Reward The subprime mess has exposed how fragile banks are today to market pressures, and how much can fall on the shoulders of risk officers. Finding a path forward from the ashes will require stronger leadership overseeing risk. |
CFO October 1, 2002 |
Reform: How the Corporate Landscape Is Changing Everyone from Congress to the journalist next door has a reform proposal to promote. This article assesses the likelihood of passage as well as the potential impact of several proposals. |
Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2002 Ray Milnes |
Audit Committees -- A Perspective on Utilizing Internal Audit Resources A brisk current of regulatory change is sweeping through America's corporate boardrooms aimed at strengthening the independence and effectiveness of corporate audit committees, including those of REITs and other publicly traded real estate companies... |
U.S. Banker February 2008 Glen Fest |
Risk Without Reward Finding a path forward from the ashes of the subprime mess will require stronger leadership overseeing risk, a culture more respectful of interdependent risks and new technologies measuring them across the enterprise. |
U.S. Banker February 2011 Katie Kuehner-Hebert |
More Say on Pay Bank directors are often bystanders in developing compensation policies, but new guidelines will require them to play a more active role. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
Knee Deep in Regulation As part of the fallout from the latest financial crisis, bankers are wading through new layers of regulation while scanning for clearer skies ahead. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Deborah Scally |
Toughing It Out in 2009 The results of the Bank Director/Grant Thornton LLP 16th Bank Executive Survey show that bankers are determined to shore up their foundations and capitalize on strengths to survive the year ahead. |
CFO October 1, 2006 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Are Your Secrets Safe? A shift in banks' business model raises questions about conflicts. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Eugene A. Ludwig |
Discerning the New Financial Services Landscape The former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and vice chairman of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, offers his views on what is likely to come out of upcoming reform legislation as well as areas that are far from clear. |
CFO November 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Randall Dodd |
Overhauling the System The United States is proposing the most radical reform of financial regulation since the New Deal. |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Jeanine Catalano et al. |
Effective Strategies to Support Board Deliberations A toolkit of five practical techniques to use when gathering information and considering complex issues. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan |
In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 Kimberly Crowe |
2010 Director Compensation Review The results of the latest compensation survey offer an in-depth review of industry pay practices and reveal how the latest issues and trends in compensation are affecting banks and directors nationwide. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan |
Ghosts of Lessons Past Memories are short indeed, lasting little more than a decade if Citi's experience is any guide. The capital markets need tougher oversight from Washington, to save the markets from themselves -- and to save us from the market excesses that always seem to reoccur. |
CFO September 1, 2010 Sarah Johnson |
So Much for "Death by Committee" Audit committees have expanded their scope, and new rules may force them to broaden it even further. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
OCC Bulletin May 22, 2002 |
Unsafe and Unsound Investment Portfolio Practices Description: Supplemental Guidance This bulletin alerts banks to the potential risk to future earnings and capital from poor investment decisions made at the current low level of interest rates... |
Finance & Development September 2009 Andrew Crockett |
Rebuilding the Financial Architecture What needs to be done to strengthen financial regulation and supervision? |
U.S. Banker May 2007 Thomas P. Vartanian |
Crisis and Opportunity In Subprime Mortgage Markets Problems in the subprime mortgage business will inevitably lead to opportunities for those who can evaluate, service or manage the underlying loans, securities and real estate. |
U.S. Banker August 2008 William M. Aukamp |
Real-Estate Trouble: It's DeJa Vu It seems that periodically banks get clobbered by the real-estate market. Given the periodic problems in real-estate lending, perhaps banks should consider having a real estate professional on the board. |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 John Reeves |
Let's Fix Risk Committees Should we require corporate boards to establish risk committees? |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
This Plate Runneth Over Audit committee members are taking hits from all sides these days. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Goldman Seeks Redemption: Here's Everything You Need to Know A rundown of Goldman's new rules in plain English. |
U.S. Banker September 2008 John Engen |
Future Shock Where to start when trying to figure out how the banking industry got into the mess it's in today? And where, exactly, do we go from here? |
Bank Technology News August 2009 John Adams |
The New Generals CROs are being charged with a broader swath of IT-related risk management. |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Repercussions of Reform After months of Congressional hearings, debates and some hysterics, only the broadest outlines of the new banking regulatory regime have emerged. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Lorie Konish |
Five Questions With Phil Angelides A conversation with Financial Crisis Inquiry Chairman Phil Angelides about the report's findings and how they can help shape the industry's future. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 Roben Farzad |
Goldman Sachs: Don't Blame Us When it comes to its role in the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs has a message for the world: Not guilty. Not one bit. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Financial Crisis: The Greatest Hits The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's report, two years in the making, is a 623-page tome of everything you could ever want to know about the financial crisis. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 21, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banks Scrutinize Lending Technology and Underwriting Practices Following the Credit Crisis With so many lending technology solutions at their disposal, how was it that bankers and other industry participants did not foresee the gloom to come? |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Steven K. McGinnis |
Must SROs Go? A new SEC proposal to separate trading functions from regulatory activities at the exchanges could have far-reaching effects. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Ben Comer |
Compliance in the C-Suite Compliance officers have risen into pharmaceutical management's highest ranks, by choice in some organizations, and by government decree in others. Either way, their importance as a strategic partner can hardly be understated. |
On Wall Street May 1, 2010 Conrad & Menchaca |
Goldman Sachs Feels The Heat, Making It Tough For Advisors The Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Goldman Sachs may well be the catalyst for setting a universal fiduciary standard for the financial advisory industry. |
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003 |
Hey, What's That Opaque Financial Institution Worth? To address capital allocation and performance measurement issues specific to the banking industry, The Wharton Financial Institutions Center in mid-May hosted a conference called "Measuring and Managing the Value of Financial Institutions: Integrating External and Internal Valuations." |
Bank Technology News April 2006 Michael Sisk |
Compliance: The New Rule Book Is Still Like A Maze There are so many new regulations that banks are having difficulty organizing their corporate structure to ensure these new rules are being adequately followed. |
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Henry et al. |
The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Kodres & Narain |
What Is to Be Done While there is enough blame to pass around, one key contributor to the global financial crisis was inadequate regulation. The scope of financial regulation needs to be revamped and the provision of liquidity improved. Here's how. |
Wall Street & Technology February 4, 2005 Maria Santos |
Compliance As the Securities and Exchange Commission steps up its efforts to regulate the industry and protect investors, financial institutions must take proactive measures to comply with current and possible future rules before the SEC takes action against them. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
ERM Push Among Banks Intensifies One theme commonly expressed among experts is that an infrastructure that gives banks a broader view of risk could have helped avoid much of the calamity of 2008. Has enterprise risk management's time finally come? |
U.S. Banker |
The Calm Amid the Storm The 25 most powerful women in banking. |