This is a chapter in a book I helped boutique investment banker Cohen Bros. & Company create. The Cohen family has a notable heritage in banking and financial services, and with this work they wanted to formalize some of their thinking and observations on banking gleaned over the years.
This is a chapter in a book I helped boutique investment banker Cohen Bros. & Company create. The Cohen family has a notable heritage in banking and financial services, and with this work they wanted to formalize some of their thinking and observations on banking gleaned over the years.
This is a chapter in a book I helped boutique investment banker Cohen Bros. & Company create called Present Value: Essays on the Revolution and Evolution in Community Banking. The Cohen family has a notable heritage in banking and financial services, and with this work they wanted to formalize some of their thinking and observations on banking gleaned over the years.
Bad Policy and Bad Luck: The S&L Crisis From the Rear-View Mirror Read More »
This is a chapter in a book I helped boutique investment banker Cohen Bros. & Company create. The Cohen family has a notable heritage in banking and financial services, and with this work they wanted to formalize some of their thinking and observations on banking gleaned over the years.
How Trust-Preferred Securities Enhance Investor and Issuer Opportunities Read More »
The meteoric rise in the sale of annuity products is leveling off. However the liquidity provided by an emerging secondary market for annuities may propel sales further. This article provides insights on the origins and potential of the secondary market for annuities.
Reaction to the wave of late trading and market timing scandals came in the form of the SEC’s compliance program for investment managers and advisors. This white paper which I helped author for Deloitte was written for compliance officers, c-level executives and board members of fund companies and provided them with a broad overview of the issues and implications issuing from this new regulatory initiative.
The SEC’s New Compliance Program Rules: Implications and Considerations Read More »
The valuation of portfolio securities is the cornerstone of the investment management industry. Securities valuations represent a significant day to day responsibility for fund management and directors. However, market timing scandals, increasingly interlinked capital markets and a broadening of securities held in mutual funds have brought to light new thinking and new rules about the fair valuing of portfolio securities. I worked closely with professionals in Deloitte’s financial services and investment management practice to help author this white paper which discusses why fund managers and trustees must now operate within a broader context and apply fair value procedures in a fund’s daily operations rather than as a contingency procedure applied when the fund’s board and or management believes pricing or other valuation irregularities might be present.
Fair Valuing of Portfolio Securities: Responsibilities of Fund Managers and Directors Read More »
When clients divorce, what’s a financial planner to do? As they say in a mindfield, step very, very carefully.
When a manager gets knocked off one managed account program, does this mean that all the dominoes are about to fall? Yes, but they probably would have anyway.
Leverage, sheltering of income and tax avoidance make calculating the real return on real estate tricky. This article, written for and published by Interbay Funding, a mortgage lender, does a deep dive on the nuances of calculating the real return on real estate.