Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 24, 2022

Posted by Carine Smith Ihenacho, and Severine Neervoort, Norges Bank Investment Management, on Sunday, July 24, 2022 Editor's Note: Carine Smith Ihenacho is Chief Governance and Compliance Officer and Severine Neervoort is Senior Analyst, Corporate Governance at Norges Bank Investment Management. Ihenacho; Ms. more…).

Banking 221

Banking Compliance Equity Marketability 221

IVSC

MARCH 31, 2025

Valuing Private Markets: Can We Get It Right? Private markets are expanding. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the UKs Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), are taking a closer look. In some cases, firms lacked clear processes for reevaluating assets when market conditions changed.

Marketability 100

Marketability Equity Intangible Assets Compliance 100

Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Sustainable financial products can propel revenue growth for banks and contribute substantially to businesses’ progress in meeting global climate goals. But success requires a strategic approach.

Banking 142

Banking Marketability 142

Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 22, 2025

People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. Traditionally, banks gave away equity research reports for free to incentivize large clients to trade with the bank.

Equity 64

Equity Banking Start-ups Finance 64

Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The current model of universal retail banking is unsustainable over the long term. To thrive, banks need to reinvent themselves, focusing on businesses where they can achieve and extend market leadership in the new digital world.

Banking 133

Banking Marketability 133

Scott Mashuda

MARCH 31, 2025

For business owners in the lower middle market, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity represents a convergence of business readiness, personal timing and market conditions. While successfully running a business demonstrates tremendous skill, selling a lower middle market company requires different expertise.

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Banking Capital Structure Private Equity Firm Debt Financing 52

Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 14, 2024

In the spring of 2023, the United States witnessed the country’s three largest bank failures since the 2008 financial crisis. However, the banks’ inability to appropriately align strategy with the macro environment indicates that insufficient risk oversight was also a significant factor.

Banking 138

Banking Marketability 138

Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

bank regulation, as currently practiced. While banks are not technically exempt from antitrust enforcement, they are generally seen as inhabiting an alternative regulatory universe that is governed by principles and prioritizes substantive goals different from antitrust’s traditional competition-related concerns. banking sector.

Banking 131

Banking Treasury Marketability 131

Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With investment banking internship recruiting starting earlier and earlier, you also need to win pre-banking internships earlier. People debate the best options: Search fund internships , private equity internships , boutique bank internships, real estate internships, and even wealth management internships have their pros and cons.

Banking 59

Banking Start-ups Finance Venture Capital Fund 59

Global Finance

JULY 29, 2024

Nonbanks have eaten into traditional banks’ marketplace. Can the older banks retake lost ground by simply becoming more agile? Once upon a time, banking was simple: Take deposits, use depositors’ money to make loans, and transfer payments between clients and earn a commission. All three pillars are now under assault.

Banking 104

Banking Start-ups Technology Marketability 104

Mckinsey and Company

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Macroeconomic, technological, regulatory, market structure, and product changes mean corporate and investment banks must take new approaches to tackling the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Banking 144

Banking Technology Marketability Corporate Finance 144

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Global Finance presents its 31st annual list of best banks worldwide. Banks face an uphill battle as supply chains remain disrupted, regional conflicts continue to build, and the fear of bank failure returns. Industry leadership, advancements in digitalization and corporate citizenship also factored in.

Banking 111

Banking Finance Treasury Marketability 111

Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 27, 2024

My dad invested because he knew that whatever money he put in the bond or stock markets would likely grow faster than in the bank. 1] That’s more than double what they would have earned if they’d just put the money in a bank account. He encouraged me to buy my first stock (the DuPont chemical company) as a teenager.

Finance 64

Finance Banking Marketability 64

Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 2, 2022

Banks’ role in ?nancial nancial markets, but also ties their health to that of other ?nancial The vast reach of banks’ activities was made apparent during the ? Prior research into the sources of systemic risk largely focuses on the outcomes of banks’ risky activities (e.g., the composition of banks’ ?nancing

Banking 238

Banking Capital Structure Equity Marketability 238

Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Africa : UBA United Bank for Africa (UBA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. million in pretax profits in 2023, and a presence in 20 markets on the continent and four global centers—empowering SMEs means fueling Africa’s economic development. Its home market of Nigeria is a poster case. 1 agenda for most banking CEOs.”

Banking 52

Banking Finance Start-ups Marketability 52

Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 9, 2024

As US regulators consider a decision on open banking, account-to-account (A2A) payments face challenges in a card-dominated market but also have some promising use cases.

Banking 133

Banking Marketability 133

Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 25, 2023

Our Goals Protecting the Investing Public; Maintaining a Robust, Relevant Regulatory Framework; Supporting a Skilled and Diverse Workforce The United States has the largest, most sophisticated, and most innovative capital markets in the world. capital markets represent about 40 percent of the global capital market.

Finance 295

Finance Banking Marketability Technology 295

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

After the Great Financial Crisis triggered tightening of banking regulation, corporate lending has increasingly migrated out of the banking sector. Private debt funds raise capital commitments through closed-end funds (like private equity) and make senior loans (like banks) directly to, mostly, middle-market firms (i.e.

Banking 218

Banking Equity Marketability Finance 218

Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 16, 2024

The Chinese stock market started in 1990 with the establishment of two domestic stock exchanges (the “A share” market): the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE hereafter) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). The A share market is the second largest in the world in terms of total market capitalization, trailing only the US equity markets.

Marketability 159

Marketability Finance Market Capitalization Banking 159

Mckinsey and Company

JULY 15, 2024

Europe’s embedded-finance market is growing at double-digit rates. It is becoming increasingly important for banks, merchants, and other customer platforms to participate.

Finance 111

Finance Banking Marketability 111

Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

After a year that can be described as challenging for US regional banks, with the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, and Signature Bank early in 2023, profitability growth has returned to many of the sectors banks that survived that dark period. The banks robust fee income, totaling $274.2

Banking 52

Banking Marketability Technology Finance 52

IVSC

JULY 31, 2023

Drawing the conclusions from the global financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published in December 2017 new requirements for the valuation of real estate for lending purposes in the context of the so-called ‘Standardised Credit Risk Assessment Approach’ (SCRA). The new Article 229 CRR reads: 1.

Banking 246

Banking Appraisal Marketability 246

Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 27, 2023

Following the consecutive collapses of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank in March, other regional banks have been under pressure. This news, coupled with First Republic having a high percentage of uninsured deposits, triggered a run on the bank, causing a liquidity crisis that the bank could not quell. [1]

Banking 207

Banking Marketability Equity Technology 207

Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

I never expected to revisit the topic of bulge bracket banks so quickly because the full list changes slowly, and we updated it a few years ago. What is a “Bulge Bracket Bank”? The name “bulge bracket” (BB) comes from the prospectus for an IPO or debt issuance, which lists all the banks underwriting the deal.

Banking 105

Banking Start-ups Finance Equity 105

Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Digital payment transactions are skyrocketing in emerging markets as innovations proliferate. Banks, fintechs, and telecom companies must quickly develop their strategy to compete for market share.

Marketability 143

Marketability Banking 143

Global Finance

JULY 22, 2024

Jamie Dimon Chairman and Chief Executive Officer JP Morgan Global Finance has announced its selection of global winners for the 26th annual World’s Best Banks , the 2024 World’s Best Bank is JP Morgan. The bank’s growing investment in talent and technology ensures its continued growth and profitability.”

Banking 98

Banking Finance Technology Marketability 98

Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Private banks increase their technology investments to improve their high-touch offerings for the wealthy. On the other side of the equation are the global private banks, which see the current mixture of massive wealth generation and increasingly complex demands as a generational opportunity. David Frame, CEO of J.P. Morgans U.S.

Banking 98

Banking Technology Finance Marketability 98

Viking Mergers

APRIL 24, 2023

For some, the numbers make sense to go to market now. Most banks won’t risk financing an acquisition loan for a business with more than 20% of total sales from one customer. So ensure before going to market that you are accurately tracking your inventory and have an inventory management system in place.

Marketability 244

Marketability Business Valuation Comps Compliance 244

Brian DeChesare

MARCH 13, 2023

In 24 hours, it went from “We’re fine, but we took some losses and need additional capital” to “The FDIC is taking over, the government has guaranteed uninsured deposits, and there might be additional bank runs and a financial crisis or three.” It’s the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. Silicon Valley Bank did not “fail” in 24 hours.

Banking 123

Banking Start-ups Equity Treasury 123

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The big story on Wednesday, September 18, was that the Federal Reserve’s open market committee finally got around to “cutting rates”, and doing so by more than expected. The market seemed to initially be disappointed in the action, dropping after the Fed’s announcement on Wednesday, but it did climb on Thursday.

Banking 124

Banking Treasury Start-ups Marketability 124

Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

securities markets regulation have contributed to America’s economic success and geopolitical standing around the globe. At this remarkable agency, we serve investors building for a better future and issuers raising money to fund innovation, while overseeing the $100 trillion capital markets where they meet. The core principles of U.S.

Banking 212

Banking Marketability 212

Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 15, 2022

This post is based on his recent remarks before the Joint Meeting of the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee (FBIIC) and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC). The two bankers bribed telegraph operators to tip them off as to the direction the market was headed. more…).

Banking 241

Banking Marketability 241

Mckinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s a playbook for banks looking to compete—and collaborate—with mortgage brokers in a changing market.

Marketability 123

Marketability Banking 123

Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Susanne Prager, head of cash management at Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), discusses the challenges affecting global banking services and the need for the latest tech tools to help companies succeed in CEE and around the world. Global Finance: What are the overall trends impacting international banking transactions?

Banking 98

Banking Compliance Treasury Finance 98

Global Finance

JULY 29, 2024

The Nordic financial sector is witnessing unprecedented bank-sector consolidation and fintech partnership-building activity. The heightened level of regional consolidation, especially among Danish and Norwegian savings banks, has produced more than 50 mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the first half of 2024.

Finance 105

Finance Banking Marketability Corporate Finance 105

Global Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Rumors of a sale started in December 2023 when president and CEO of Scotiabank, Scott Thomson, announced a global strategy to seek higher returns from developed markets. Scotiabank entered the Colombia market in 2012 when it bought 51% of Colpatria from GE Capital for around $500 million. Scotiabank Colpatria is worth $2.8

Banking 98

Banking Finance Marketability 98

Global Finance

JULY 16, 2024

Throughout its 30-year history, Converse Bank has been a trendsetter in Armenia. This began with it as the first bank since the country became independent to be set up with foreign investment – led by principal shareholder Eduardo Eurnekian, an Argentine-Armenian businessman. Being a pioneer seems to be in Converse Bank’s DNA.

Banking 98

Banking Finance Marketability Technology 98