Bank & Financial

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Registered Rep. August 24, 2012 Diana Britton	The New Velvet Rope? B/D Admissions Down Dramatically It's become increasingly difficult for small broker/dealers to break into the business, as regulations increase.
Registered Rep. August 21, 2012 Alan Lavine	Avoid These Overlooked Selling Mistakes What better place than Florida, the retirement capital of the world, to see how registered reps can screw up selling something like life insurance.
Registered Rep. August 13, 2012 Susan Konig	Can FA Training Programs Redeem Themselves? Brokerages have an outmoded and inefficient way to train new advisors. The high expense and low success rate of broker trainee programs is increasingly problematic for branch managers, who must continually find new talent.
Registered Rep. August 9, 2012 Mark Miller	Reverse Mortgage Madness Two recent studies illustrate the pressure that the housing meltdown is putting on older homeowners - and the risks associated with draining home equity.
Registered Rep. August 7, 2012 Anne Field	Nailing Your Niche Focusing on a niche market is often considered the road to success for advisors, but even the most promising niches don't always pan out. You may need to make a switch.
HBS Working Knowledge August 13, 2012 Carmen Nobel	When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions New research explores how various compensation incentives affect lending decisions among bank loan officers.
CFO August 1, 2012 Randy Myers	Unfinished Business Two years after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the law's implementation is far behind schedule, and its success is still in doubt.
CFO August 1, 2012 Edward Teach	Dodd-Frank at Two Overhauling the world's largest financial system doesn't happen overnight.
CFO August 1, 2012 Kathleen Hoffelder	Two Ways about It FASB and the IASB have agreed to allow two approaches to accounting for lease expenses on the balance sheet.
CFO August 1, 2012 Vincent Ryan	The Hedge That Wasn't JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading miscue is a costly lesson in how not to protect against potential losses.
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