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July 2007
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December 2007
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HBS Working Knowledge
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Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business In the final column on small business lending, the author is optimistic that the rise of alternative online banks can fund entrepreneurial business growth. |
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Between Peers Could a new wave of social lending sites be a good place for your investment dollars? |
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January 2008
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The Rise of Lending Communities Peer-to-peer lending holds valuable clues to the nature of lending and borrowing. |
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Fund Do Business borrowers and individual lenders come together on this new site. |
The Motley Fool
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The SEC's Gift to You Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud. |
Inc.
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The eBay of Money Lending A new website called Prosper allows registered users to post proposals that solicit loans from other users on the site - up to $25,000, at a wide range of interest rates. |
Entrepreneur
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Nothing Personal How can you protect yourself and your assets from risk when securing a business loan? |
Inc.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The new alternative to banks and VCs: person-to-person lending. |
The Motley Fool
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Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge. |
The Motley Fool
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The Risky Business of Securities Lending Is your mutual fund betting with your money? |
The Motley Fool
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Investment Advisor
February 2009
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Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2007
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The SEC Wants More Answers The Securities & Exchange Commission is expanding its probe into the mortgage mess. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2008 |
Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Joseph Khattab |
Peer-to-Peer Lending Makes Waves A new trend in online lending challenges traditional banking. Peer-to-peer lending sounds like fun and games, but there's always risk involved with lending. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2007
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A Borrower or a Lender Be How Prosper.com is personalizing personal finance. |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2011
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BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
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December 3, 2009
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Shapiro Calls For Aggressive 2010 Reform Agenda In her remarks before the Consumer Federation of America, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro reiterated her commitment to creating a "strong fiduciary standard" for all securities professionals. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
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Will the States Be Able to Regulate Big RIAs? State regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet soon to iron out the details of shifting nearly 4,000 advisors from federal to state supervision. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
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How Big a Hit Will Goldman Take? Congress and the public expect the SEC to extract a big fine |
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May 2010
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30 for 30 Interviews: Mary Schapiro SEC chairman Mary Schapiro talks about harmonizing rules for broker/dealers and advisors. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Insider Trading Up in 2006 NYSE Regulation says it expects to refer 140 potential insider-trading cases to the SEC in 2006. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Baby Breaker Birth Announcements We track the week in private equity in search of investments of the future: Prosper Marketplace... Cadence Pharmaceuticals... |
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CMBS Maturity Wave Commercial mortgage-backed securities lending has shown signs of health to the tune of $84 billion issued in 2013, and issuance anticipated to approach $100 billion in 2014 |
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May 2010
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Schapiro Speaks on Fiduciary, 12b-1s In an exclusive interview, the SEC Chairman speaks her mind. |
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July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
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June 1, 2011
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September 19, 2006
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November 2001
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Ethically Tainted A number of banks are moving into variations of payday lending, the high-yielding business that some observers would describe as predatory. But those who participate in such lending say they're no different than banks that charge high fees for bounced checks... |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit In part three of her series on the state of small-business lending, Karen Mills discusses how public-private partnerships and government guarantee programs have the potential to enhance economic growth. |
The Motley Fool
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IPOs Quiet No More The SEC can agree on some things, such as allowing companies to say more during an offering. So, how does this help investors? |
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October 1, 2011
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Is the SEC Being "Set Up to Fail"? A bill would raise the threshold for how the securities regulator sets rules. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
Why We Don't Need Any More Bank Charters Unless bank organizers can make a compelling case that consumers and business owners aren't being served by existing banks, regulators should continue to clamp down on new charters. |
U.S. Banker
September 2010
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Finding the Right Match Online loan exchanges like BoeFly and Biz2Credit are gaining traction as banks look for new ways to find more small-business borrowers. |
The Motley Fool
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SEC Fears Banks Are Putting Lipstick on Piggish Loans Are overvalued real estate loans inflating the book value of your bank? |
The Motley Fool
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Can Japanese Consumer Lenders Survive? There is little reason to think the fortunes of Japanese consumer lenders will improve. Investors, take note. |
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June 25, 2014
John Kador |
An Advisor's Guide to Peer-to-Peer Investing Lending between individuals has been around since the beginning of human civilization. It may be the world's second-oldest profession. |
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March 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Seeing Red Sallie Mae, the leading lender to college students, reported a $1.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sallie Mae isn't the only student lender that has been bloodied recently. Students and parents need to be cautious when looking for student loans. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Chairmen of Yore Speak Six former SEC chairmen pointed to quite a few regulatory challenges that loom large -- namely globalization of the world markets, the burgeoning market for complex synthetic securities, and the continued growth of hedge funds. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
David Tittsworth |
What a Reinvigorated SEC Will Mean for You The first in a series of occasional commentaries by the executive director of the Investment Adviser Association. |
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June 1, 2010
Mark Astarita |
Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship. |
The Motley Fool
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Mary Dalrymple |
Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill. |
CFO
December 1, 2011
Alix Stuart |
Smoothing the IPO Path A new SEC committee wants to help smaller companies find less costly ways to raise capital. |
BusinessWeek
July 17, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
The SEC Isn't Finished With Hedge Funds The SEC is closing in on shady practices despite a setback from a federal court. |
Wired
February 2002
Adam Lashinsky |
The Post-Enron Economy Sometimes it takes a meltdown to force regulators into action... |
