Bank & Financial

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Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 Matt Oechsli	Wealth Management Teams: On to the Next Level No individual, regardless of how smart or experienced, can effectively serve the multidimensional financial needs of the affluent himself. It takes a team.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2002 Walter H. Zultowski	Who Wants a Wealth Manager? Are potential clients excited about the prospect of receiving wealth management services? And of those who are, what characteristics do they share? Phoenix, which specializes in this market, set out to answer these questions in a survey of the high-net-worth population.
Registered Rep. December 9, 2002 Will Leitch	I'm From the Government. I'm Here to Help You The prevailing mindset at the somewhat sparsely attended Securities Industry Association seminar on corporate governance Thursday was not fear of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- but the SEC's interpretation of it
Registered Rep. December 6, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Merrill Lynch Wins, Suit Dismissed by NASD Arbitration Panel Merrill Lynch won the dismissal of a $10.4 million suit filed by an investor.
Registered Rep. December 5, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Tables Turned on Schwab? Suit claims Schwab, contrary to its ads, was not conflict free Merrill Lynch's David Komansky must be having a laugh. On Tuesday, a suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming that Schwab was guilty of running television and other ads that materially mislead investors.
U.S. Banker December 2002 John Engen	Losing the Faith Skittish investors. Slumping sales. Growing uncertainty. Looming war in Iraq. Can things get any murkier? A cloudy crystal ball, darkened by the threat of a double-dip recession, may soon have bankers relying on tarot cards and tea leaves.
U.S. Banker December 2002 John Engen	Hard-Core Capitalism Fifth Third's purchase of Franklin Financial may have been five times book value, but it exemplifies CEO George Schaefer's "my way or the highway" style of banking, one that weeds out weak salespeople as he paves the way for further expansion and added profits.
U.S. Banker December 2002 Laura Petrecca	Doing Lynch One Better Investors want no pain. Funds of funds are being pushed by banks and fund companies to meet this need.
U.S. Banker December 2002 John Adams	Getting Smart About Data, Then Acting on It Better technology is making it easier for banks to mine data -- internal and external -- to up profits and cut costs. Harnessing this potential takes a new kind of intelligence.
OCC Bulletin December 4, 2002	Accrued Interest Receivable This clarifies the appropriate accounting treatment for banking organizations that securitize credit card receivables and record an asset commonly referred to as an Accrued Interest Receivable.
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