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U.S. Banker February 2010 John Engen	Florida's Long Road to Recovery The Sunshine State was battered by the real estate bust, causing a wave of bank failures. The upheaval is reshaping the banking landscape as more regionals move in, but they ll need patience because conditions are likely to get worse before they get better.
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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.
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.
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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.
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Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011	FDIC Lawsuit Targets Directors at Failed Banks and Thrifts; TARP'S Uncertain Legacy In a complaint filed in November of last year, the agency is seeking at least $20 million from 11 executives and directors, including five outsiders.
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.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan	Cautious Optimism: Returns to Bank M&A A gradual improvement in asset quality industry wide, along with unprecedented pressure from regulators, is helping to revive the bank M&A market after three lean years -- although prices might never return to their lofty highs of past cycles.
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.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 TK Kerstetter	A Tribute to Bill Seidman Bank Director honors its late publisher, supporter, and friend, Bill Seidman, who passed away this year.
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U.S. Banker February 2010 Rob Garver	What Now? If Washington really wants to get credit flowing to small businesses, it could modify TARP, relax capital requirements and rethink its stance on industrial loan companies. Or it could do nothing at all.
U.S. Banker November 2009 John Engen	CRE Stress Another Test in Balancing Interests Commercial real estate loans are viewed as a time bomb, but will stricter exams threaten the industry's - and the economy's - recovery?
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U.S. Banker February 2010 Donald Musso et al.	How Regulators Are Inhibiting an Economic Recovery Raising capital levels for banks deters new lending. Now is not the time for higher capital standards, but for enforcing standards already in place.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	You Can Still Lose Your Shirt Investing in Banks Don't be one of the investors still getting squashed by bank stocks.
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U.S. Banker April 2009 Anthony Malakian	When Bankers Don't Want to Be Friends with Bankers It's a given that the economy has to improve in order to get the juice flowing, but bankers and other industry experts say that to get banks trusting each other again, participation deals will also need greater transparency.
U.S. Banker July 2009 Andrew Dubinsky	Electronic Lending Could Help Avert Another Crisis If regulators had the tools in place to effectively view complex debt instruments and the links between the financial institutions that securitize, hold, and insure them this crisis may not have happened.
FDIC FYI November 4, 2003 Puwalski & Williams	Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The two main economic concerns of the past two years, a lack of new jobs and lackluster business investment, finally appear poised to subside.
Reason March 2009 Veronique de Rugy	Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses.
U.S. Banker April 2009 Dwayne E. Toler	Avoid Shortcuts and Panic in Troubled Real Estate Loans What started out as a credit crisis in residential real estate has now spread to commercial real estate.
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.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	More Banking Panics Are on the Way Short-term lending agreements between banks prime the system for bank runs.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan	In Banking, Judgment Counts Does an experienced banker necessarily make for a good bank director? Citigroup and Bank of America Corp. are about to find out, bowing to pressure from federal banking regulators to recruit veteran bankers and finance experts to serve as independent directors on their boards.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2010 Pam Krug	Post-Bailout Financing Challenges The loan market remains frozen today. Hundreds of billions of dollars of commercial mortgages are coming due in 2010 and 2011. The government must address the issue of commercial mortgage market liquidity or the impact of commercial loan defaults on the economy will be devastating.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 Frank Aquila & Peter Naismith	Directing Within the "Zone" Poor economic conditions and lack of credit combine to create new challenges for bank directors.
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.
Financial Advisor February 2006 Gail Liberman	Burning Down The House? Although home equity lines of credit are a useful financial planning tool, a growing chorus of experts is concerned that consumers could be overextending themselves as rates rise.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	Winds of Change These are truly challenging times for banks, and for bank directors. A weak U.S. economy has made it difficult for most institutions to find enough good lending opportunities to go around.
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U.S. Banker July 2010 Joe Adler	First the Failures, Then the Lawsuits Looking to recoup some of the billions spent cleaning up after the financial crisis, the FDIC eyes legal action against officers and directors of failed banks.
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FDIC FYI June 23, 2003	How Long Can Bank Portfolios Withstand Problems in Commercial Real Estate (CRE)? This article reviews the declining fundamentals in U.S. office markets and offers reasons why CRE loan performance has remained strong at FDIC commercial banks. The key question going forward is how long bank CRE portfolios will remain strong in the face of weak market fundamentals.
U.S. Banker August 2010 Paul Davis	Bucking the C&I Crowd Despite the battering banks have taken in commercial real estate, some large players are wading back into a CRE pool drained of competitors.
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