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The veteran CFO is driving the trucking brokerage spinoff of XPO Logistics toward process efficiency, organic growth, and market share gains.
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Watchdog Warns of ‘Significant’ PPP Fraud Risk
The GAO says "minimal" underwriting standards left the $670 billion small business rescue program vulnerable to fraud.
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Matthew Heller
| June 26, 2020
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Technology
Fintech Takes Root in America’s Farmland
Using data-focused underwriting principles, FarmTogether provides investors fractional ownership of agricultural land that’s then leased out to farmers.
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Lauren Muskett
| October 16, 2019
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Direct Listings: An Alternative to IPOs?
If capital raising no longer motivates companies to go the IPO route, direct listings may be the answer.
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Anna T. Pinedo
| February 7, 2018
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IPOs
Spotify Moving Closer to Direct NYSE Listing
A direct listing would allow Spotify to avoid the hefty underwriting fees of a traditional IPO while providing liquidity to shareholders.
By
Matthew Heller
| December 21, 2017
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Technology
Advice to Cyber Insurance Buyers: You Are Not Alone
CFOs and risk managers need to know that cyber underwriters are using "security scores" to assess their clients' risks.
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Lynda Bennett
| May 9, 2017
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Financial Performance
Berkshire Hathaway Profit Falls 5% to $3.56B
The decline in earnings reflected an after-tax loss of $267 million from insurance underwriting that offset gains from the BNSF railroad and utilities.
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Matthew Heller
| May 8, 2017
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Risk & Compliance
Ally Financial Fined $52M Over MBS Marketing
U.S. authorities say an Ally subsidiary marketed mortgage bonds even though it knew a "significant percentage" of the underlying subprime loans was toxic.
By
Matthew Heller
| November 22, 2016
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Risk Management
Fed Finds Little Change in Lending Conditions
Banks reported easing of credit card and auto loan standards, but in the commmercial and industrial loan segment reports of tightening were more frequent.
By
Matthew Heller
| November 3, 2015
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Easing Street
Bank's credit underwriting standards loosened considerably in 2014, especially among commercial loan products, says the OCC.
By
Vincent Ryan
| December 17, 2014
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Risk & Compliance
Banks Cutting Spreads to Win Borrowers
Tighter spreads, lower credit line fees, fewer interest-rate floors, looser covenants — banks continue to ease terms to build their business loan books.
By
Vincent Ryan
| May 5, 2014
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Risk Management
Why Low Interest Rates Boost Insurance Prices
A steady drop in insurance companies’ investment income is prodding them to charge you more.
By
David Katz
| March 31, 2014
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Growth Companies
As Banks Loosen Underwriting, Credit Risk Rises
Examiners find U.S. banks reducing collateral requirements and loosening covenants on business loans. Particularly the highly leveraged kind.
By
Vincent Ryan
| January 30, 2014
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M&A
Borrowing Without Banks
Private capital and other nonbank sources of debt financing are offering companies borrowing options beyond the traditional bank loan.
By
Vincent Ryan
| October 28, 2013
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Risk
How Commercial Banks Get to “Yes”
What happens behind the curtain of a business lender’s underwriting decision.
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Scott Bergquist
| July 2, 2012
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Risk & Compliance
Post-Occupied
Tepid demand, thin margins, new regulations, investor caution &spamp;#8212; and a lingering public-relations problem. No wonder banks are nervous.
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Vincent Ryan
| December 1, 2011
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