Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 11, 2023

This leads us to the possible impact on investment banking and other finance-related roles. I predict many legal/regulatory/compliance battles as people argue about what is human vs. machine-written and whether AI tools can take their content from humans without citing their sources or referring people to the originals.

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Banking Start-ups Finance Compliance 111

Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 17, 2024

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, May 17, 2024 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of May 10-16, 2024 Fee Variation in Private Equity Posted by Juliane Begenau (Stanford University), and Emil Siriwardane (Harvard Business School), on Friday, May (..)

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Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

Its new generative AI tool analyzes and summarizes the minutes and announcements from the Monetary Policy Committee of Brazil’s central bank and the Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve. The bank believes it creates analyses and summaries that are faster and more bias-free than traditional analyses.

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Banking Treasury Technology Compliance 109

Global Finance

JULY 29, 2024

Generative AI could help the Gulf’s traditional banks wrest the competitive advantage back from challenger and neobanks. While artificial intelligence was already promising profound changes in the traditional banking business model, the latest innovation in the technology—generative AI—portends a multisensory revolution in banking services.

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Banking Finance Technology Compliance 124

IVSC

JUNE 14, 2023

She leads a team responsible for the valuation of the infrastructure and private equity asset classes. Hakim has performed valuations of equity and debt instruments across a broad spectrum of industries and geographies under the IPEV Guidelines. GAAP fair value guidelines. Hakim holds an M.Sc. in finance from the Kedge Business School.

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Global Finance

JULY 24, 2024

Africa— Rand Merchant Bank On the African continent, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) strives to exceed the expectations of its clients by combining high levels of service with an exceptional technological platform to deliver effective sub-custody solutions covering all elements of trade transactions, as well as reporting and analytics.

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Banking Marketability Technology Finance 52

Global Finance

JULY 24, 2024

Africa— Rand Merchant Bank On the African continent, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) strives to exceed the expectations of its clients by combining high levels of service with an exceptional technological platform to deliver effective sub-custody solutions covering all elements of trade transactions, as well as reporting and analytics.

Banking 52

Banking Marketability Technology Finance 52

Brian DeChesare

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If you search for “how to start a private equity firm” online, you’ll find results that range from useless to tangentially useful to occasional nuggets of real wisdom. Starting a private equity firm is a bad decision for ~95% of people who work in the finance industry. How Does It Work? Degrees such as an MBA or a Ph.D.

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Audit Board

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Figure is transforming the trillion–dollar financial services industry using blockchain technology for loan origination, equity management, private fund services, banking, and payments. Tell us a little about Figure, and some of the challenges you faced in your previous manual audit environment. . “My

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Compliance Technology Banking Equity 52

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 18, 2023

1] The Order resolves a longstanding investigation by the SEC into “greenwashing” allegations against Deutsche Bank AG’s asset-management arm, DWS Group (DWS), which we discussed in our September 20, 2021 Advisory. The order provides a roadmap of areas for compliance that the SEC may scrutinize in future ESG investigations.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 28, 2022

For example, it took the SEC over 30 years to review its disclosures regime for banks and savings and loan registrants. [7] corporate equity and 24% of U.S. Therefore, regulation that affects funds – particularly regulation that increases costs and compliance burdens – will likely affect your interactions with asset managers.

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Banking Enterprise Value Marketability Compliance 202

Reynolds Holding

APRIL 7, 2022

s taxonomy of asset, cash, and equity tunneling, I demonstrate how different provisions may affect tunneling (even if the debtor is not in financial distress). A desire to maintain a reputation as a non-aggressive lender or conflicts of interests can lead banks to overlook some self-dealing practices. Based on Atanasov et al.’s

Banking 64

Banking Finance Equity Compliance 64

Brian DeChesare

MARCH 8, 2023

But a few related areas, such as commodity desks at banks, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), and physical commodity trading shops could put up a good fight for that “most cyclical” title. Commodity trading desks within sales & trading at the large banks. Start in trading and pivot into commodities.

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Finance Start-ups Banking Alpha 119

Benzinga

MARCH 28, 2024

Reference Point’s focus includes Strategy & Management, Risk & Regulatory Compliance, Digital & Technology and Data & Analytics. Reference Point was established in 2002 by former banking executives. Reference Point is a strategy, management, and technology consulting firm serving the financial services sector.

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Compliance Banking Technology Equity 59

Scott Mashuda

JANUARY 16, 2023

Working with an investment bank to arrange the sale of your business empowers entrepreneurs to focus on defining their career objectives and financial goals. How much equity would you like in the new company going forward? Do you even want equity in the new company? This could also mean selling 100% of the company.

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Fair Market Value Start-ups Equity Compliance 75

Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 18, 2023

Attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler explain why hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds should develop risk-based anti-money laundering compliance programs despite not being subject to the Bank Secrecy Act, and offer tips on setting up a program similar to those implemented by financial institutions.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 4, 2024

The 2023 Annual Report newly identifies artificial intelligence and insurance as vulnerabilities and reframes its discussion of the banking sector to highlight evolving risks facing the largest GSIB and non-GSIB banks and all other regional banks, among other changes. In 2023, the banking sector is segmented differently.

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Banking Marketability Finance Technology 59

Business Wire M&A

APRIL 3, 2023

Hypur”), effective April 1, 2023, in a cash and equity transaction valued at up to US$7.5 1 Hypur is a leading provider of compliant, sustainable payment and bank compliance solu million, implying a purchase price multiple of 1.4x 2022 revenue.1

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 11, 2023

Credit Suisse (CS) was sold to UBS on March 19, 2023, to avoid its further deterioration from long-lasting distress and widespread distrust, especially after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Accounting values are clearly imperfect, but they are the metric that matters for determining bank insolvency. percent per year).

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Banking Equity Book Value Treasury 45

Sun Acquisitions

MAY 22, 2024

The Changing Face of M&A Financing: Historically, M&A transactions have been financed through traditional methods such as bank loans, private equity, or issuing bonds. As with crowdfunding, however, careful consideration of regulatory compliance and risk management is crucial to ensure a smooth and secure financing process.

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Finance Compliance Technology Banking 59

Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Industry Profits While Appraisers Are Left Defenseless o DEI consultants, law firms, and compliance companies profit from prolonged investigations, offering costly bias training and diversity reviews for appraisers. o Closing cases means less funding and fewer positions within HUDs enforcement divisions.

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Appraisal Compliance Banking Finance 98

Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 19, 2024

Diversify Financing Sources: Relying solely on traditional financing avenues such as bank loans may not be feasible in uncertain economic conditions. Companies can explore options like private equity investments, venture capital funding, mezzanine financing, and strategic partnerships.

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Finance Venture Capital Fund Banking Compliance 59

Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In Brazil, the Pix payment system lets people, corporations, and governments transfer and accept funds instantly, 24 hours a day—even when banks are closed. BTG Pactual created boostLAB in 2018 to help the bank become a destination for tech companies banking in Latin America. In exchange, BTG Pactual received 3% equity.

Banking 52

Banking Finance Technology Start-ups 52

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 14, 2024

FOs, provided by investment banks, are important in target boards’ M&A due diligence. FOs may provide incremental information, impose constraints on equity values, and discipline transactions. The SEC has authority over the company, while FINRA has authority over investment banks acting as FO providers.

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Banking Compliance Equity 45

Global Finance

JULY 29, 2024

They oversee the entire financial operations of a company: from strategic financial planning and risk management to advising on investment decisions and ensuring regulatory compliance. And Marc Page will take the role at London-based Metro Bank Holdings starting September 2. There are no bad teams, only bad leaders.

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Start-ups Finance Corporate Finance Compliance 105

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 22, 2022

For years, the bulk of the cryptoasset regulatory conversation has stopped at whether cryptoassets — other than those bearing clear indicia of equity or debt — are securities or commodities. securities the cryptoasset market would lack a navigable path for functional compliance.

Banking 49

Banking Compliance Equity Marketability 49

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 9, 2023

Allegations relate to the financial crisis from over a decade ago where a number of financial institutions – including Deutsche Bank Securities, RBS Securities, and Wachovia Capital Markets – misled investors within offering documents on various securities issued by NovaStar. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The only top U.S.

Banking 81

Banking Private Equity Firm Marketability Compliance 81

Benzinga

AUGUST 12, 2024

At the closing of the Acquisition, based on the number of shares of Paltalk common stock outstanding as of August 8, 2024, Newtek's equity interest in Paltalk would represent, on an as-converted and fully-diluted basis, approximately 30.3% of Paltalk's total equity.

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Technology Banking Equity Compliance 40

Appraiser Newsroom

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Editor’s Note: ASA’s role as sponsor of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) plays a critical role in meeting the Society’s mission to foster public trust of our members and the appraisal profession through compliance with the highest levels of ethical and professional standards.

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Appraisal Compliance Private Equity Firm Banking 52

Reynolds Holding

MARCH 13, 2023

This month brought additional guidance from DOJ, this time the much-anticipated compliance guidance on compensation structures to incentivize compliance and the use of personal devices and messaging apps to engage in business communications.

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Compliance Equity Treasury Banking 45

RNC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Zoning laws, density limits, and other legal issues can create a maze of complications that necessitate substantial knowledge to maintain compliance. Municipalities must invest in the infrastructure required to track and enforce TDR transactions, ensuring regulatory compliance. first appeared on RNC.

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Compliance Banking Marketability Intangible Assets 52

Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 22, 2025

We sometimes get questions about why we dont offer an equity research course. People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. IB is all about deals , while ER is all about coverage.

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Equity Banking Start-ups Finance 64

Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Today, the financial sector — including the capital markets the SEC oversees, as well as banking and insurance — represents about 8 percent of America’s economy. Again, however, there’s been growing centralization among equity market makers handling retail market orders, as I’ll discuss later. Equity markets. Fixed income.

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Treasury Marketability Equity Finance 56

Brian DeChesare

JULY 12, 2023

We’ll go through a short example for a fictional startup called PitchBookGPT , which comes directly from our new Venture Capital & Growth Equity Modeling course. They plan to target these smaller and mid-sized banks because they’re easier to reach and they have fewer resources for pitch book creation.

Banking 52

Banking Marketability Compliance Finance 52

IVSC

OCTOBER 21, 2023

The World Bank periodically issues a ‘Doing Business’ report in which they rank the ease of doing business. was of a multi-tenant industrial park in Garfield, New Jersey when I was at Chase Manhattan Bank. In 2020, the U.S. ranked #6 with a score of 84.0, Pakistan for example ranked #108, scoring 61.

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Appraisal Marketability Technology Start-ups 246

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 15, 2023

Examples of such highly sensitive securities are equity or call option contracts (Demarzo et al., Key ESG Compliance Attentions for Bank Credit and Investment Business.” We further analyze how financial market structures influence the firm’s incentive for green investment. Management Science. Liang, Hao, Lin Sun, and Melvyn Teo.

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Marketability Finance Corporate Finance Equity 76

Benzinga

APRIL 26, 2023

Non-performing Assets were 0.14% of Total Assets at March 31, 2023 Common Equity Tier 1 and Tangible Common Equity Ratio of 12.16% and 7.63%, Respectively, at March 31, 2023 1 LAKEVILLE, Conn., stated, "Our financial results for the first quarter were impacted by the challenging banking and macro-economic environment.

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