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U.S. Banker December 2008 John Engen |
When Boom Goes Bust The subprime crisis, credit squeeze, housing slump and resulting economic fallout has played out with particular vigor in Las Vegas.  |
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.  |
U.S. Banker August 2008 John Engen |
The Other Shoe... A commercial real estate fallout promises to be far more devastating than the subprime crisis, because this market is so much more pervasive - a linchpin business for so many institutions, including most community banks.  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 John R. Engen |
The Market for M&A in 2009: What Happens Next? With billions in government-spawned capital poised to funnel through the financial industry pipelines, many deal watchers are wondering whether such financing will pop the cork on a flood of deals -- or stall potential transactions until the outlook is clearer.  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Charles Keenan |
Who Says Banks Can't Grow Revenues? Banks looking to generate revenues must recognize that things are now different than before the recession.  |
U.S. Banker January 2008 Engen et al. |
All-Star Banking Team 2008 Richard Davis, new CEO of U.S. Bancorp, won plaudits from shareholders for his transparent handling of the bank's subprime situation, and landed him and the bank on U.S. Banker's annual All-Star Banking Team.  |
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?  |
U.S. Banker January 2005 John Engen |
Twenty Twenty Vision The economy might be lukewarm, but banks in the Pacific Northwest are hot. It's not unusual to see ROEs and P/Es hovering at 20. The region's rise as a banking power center is due to a crop of sharp CEOs adeptly firing up the front lines and outperforming their national peers.  |
U.S. Banker January 2006 John Engen |
Fabulous on the Fundamentals The first three quarters of 2005 were the most profitable in banking history, with record earnings of $102 billion. But already in 2006, analysts see signs of change in the overall approach bankers take to the business.  |
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.  |
U.S. Banker January 2007 |
The Opportunists The banking industry turned in another round of record profits in 2006, but you wouldn't know it by listening to bankers.  |
U.S. Banker November 2006 John Engen |
Reality Check The banking industry has never been more profitable, but with the yield curve inverted and consumer lending stalled, and an economic slowdown in the works, the winning streak looks to be in jeopardy. Are banks ready - and will more CEOs opt to sell out?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2012 |
Capital Markets 2012 Many economic issues converged late last year to slow commercial real estate's recovery.  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 John Engen |
Eat or Be Eaten Banks that have strong balance sheets, excellent credit quality and first-rate regulatory compliance skills will thrive in today's challenging operating environment. Banks that lack those characteristics may be forced to sell out.  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
M&A in 2010: The Year of the No-frill Deal There are pockets of opportunity everywhere this year, as most analysts and dealmakers agree. But you won't find anyone more risk averse than bankers these days.  |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 Jack Millligan |
A Short Leash on Risk Bankers all across the country are beginning to tighten up their lending practices as a response to the regulatory pressure they are under to keep lending plain, conservative, and firmly under control.  |
FDIC FYI March 23, 2006 |
Scenarios for the Next U.S. Recession. A string of positive reports on the U.S. economy and banking industry has led some analysts to ask -- How long can these good times last?  |
BusinessWeek June 4, 2009 Peter Coy |
Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 Anthony Downs |
Expect Soaring Home Prices in California to Level Off California, the most populous state, has by far the largest economy and contains the greatest investment in real estate of all types in the nation -- so what happens here should concern everyone interested in any kind of real estate.  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 Paul Sweeney |
The 2008 Bank Performance Scorecard: America's Top 150 Banks There is not much flash and glitz among this year's crop of top performers. But given all that's occurred in the last six months, maybe slow and steady should be the name of the game.  |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
SEC Fears Banks Are Putting Lipstick on Piggish Loans Are overvalued real estate loans inflating the book value of your bank?  |
Entrepreneur September 2007 Carol Tice |
New Bank in Town The recent boom in community banks could mean better lending options for entrepreneurs. With modest assets, these smaller banks can't serve corporate giants, so they prefer entrepreneurial businesses.  |
U.S. Banker August 2009 John Engen |
How Banking Will Change A few years from now, just how much will the crisis have changed the environment banks compete in, and the way they go about their business?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2013 Jeff Rauth |
Follow the Money What are today's most financeable deals? Several market forces currently at work foretell a stronger lending environment in the next 12 to 18 months.  |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 John Engen |
Fast Break U.S. Bancorp CEO Richard Davis has brought a fast paced, high scoring game to one of the most conservative banks in the country.  |
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.  |
U.S. Banker March 2007 |
Becoming Mr. Mainstream Hanmi Financial chief executive Sung Won Sohn, who made his name as a Wells Fargo economist, is seeking to make over the biggest institution in the Korean-American bank niche. Will he use his Wells experience to broaden his reach?  |
U.S. Banker August 2001 Ted Cornwell |
Fears of Defaults Subprime loans are behind the fears. They have not been tested in a declining economy and analysts don't know what to expect.  |
U.S. Banker April 2011 Katie Kuehner-Hebert |
How to Boom in a Bust Economy California s Inland Empire region has been one of the hardest hit in the country during the recession. But a community bank there is doing well at bringing in new business customers, partly because of an unusual partnership with an economic development organization.  |
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?  |
U.S. Banker October 2007 John Engen |
Revving Up Revenues Employing customized approaches in individual markets is merely one piece of a multi-pronged strategy that CEO Richard Davis hopes will spur greater organic revenue and earnings growth in U.S. Bancorp's core banking business.  |
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.  |
Job Journal May 9, 2004 Rich Heintz |
Banking Careers: Deposit a Resume at Your Local Branch As many banking concerns (both large and small) continue to expand, the the job opportunities increase as well. There are numerous job openings statewide on the Bankers Association website, as well as countless other regional help-wanted resources.  |
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Gittelsohn & Willis |
How Housing Could Derail the U.S. Economy The housing market usually leads the U.S. out of recession. Now housing's woes may force the economy back into a downturn.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2013 Elizabeth Braman |
2013 Midyear Financing Report With an abundance of available capital, the first half of 2013 showed plenty of healthy competition to finance commercial real estate. Will this trend continue?  |
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.  |
FDIC FYI October 28, 2003 |
The Changing Paradigm in Commercial Real Estate A transcript of a roundtable discussion with commercial real estate and commercial mortgage-backed securities experts  |
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Peter Coy |
Where A Slump Would Hurt Most If the housing market turns south, where is the economic damage likely to be the greatest?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2013 Kevin Thorpe |
Slow but Steady The recovery pushes forward through fiscal policy headwinds.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Morris Newman |
California Desert Blooms With Office and Retail Economic growth of the vast region of Southern California known as the Inland Empire is attracting real estate developers.  |
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 1st Quarter 2010 Charles Keenan |
Home Run Hitters: Results of the 2009 Bank Performance Scorecard In what's been one of the toughest years in banking, institutions that played it fiscally conservative ended up batting a thousand on our annual performance rankings.  |
CFO December 1, 2011 Kate O'Sullivan |
Rebuilding, Slowly Four years after the housing-market collapse, the sector's troubles still weigh on the broader economy. But housing CFOs are searching for a path to growth.  |
U.S. Banker October 2002 John Adams |
Of Housing and Helium Is the housing market a bubble waiting to pop?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2015 Sara S. Patterson |
Lenders Look Ahead -- Cautiously As the Great Recession fades into memory, today's market brings new financing challenges.  |
FDIC FYI April 11, 2002 |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The report describes recent signs of a consumer-led recovery in the U.S. economy that may have begun in the first quarter...  |
U.S. Banker March 2005 Glen Fest |
Risk Aversion as an Art Form There is newfound awe for Asian banks. Thanks to lucrative Asian customers and burgeoning roles in new commercial channels like Far East trade finance, these institutions are raising their profiles and becoming shareholders' darlings.  |
U.S. Banker March 2008 John Engen |
The Politics of Lending Sen. John McCain took time to present his vision of a world with simplified mortgage applications, and even suggested that the government might need to jump in to help mitigate the worsening crisis.  |
Financial Advisor July 2007 Eric L. Reiner |
Housing Sings The Blues Real estate woes bring both worry and opportunity to the financial sector.  |
U.S. Banker July 2009 John Engen |
Match Game If the investments in companies like BankUnited result in stronger franchises, it will confirm that perhaps there is a greater role for private equity in the banking industry.  |