The Monitor has released its 23rd annual fall conference issue. You don't want to miss our exclusive interviews with Steve Hudson and Brad Nullmeyer of Element Financial and Ed Dahlka, president of Cole Taylor Equipment Finance. read more

OCT 22, 2012 - 6:55 am

Bloomberg reported that Citigroup directors ousted CEO Vikram Pandit after concluding his mismanagement of operations caused setbacks with regulators and cost creditability with investors. read more

OCT 17, 2012 - 7:35 am

Global businesses are not realizing the full potential of cross-border M&A as a means of driving growth due to weaknesses in the deal process, according to a study published by global law firm Eversheds. read more

OCT 17, 2012 - 7:20 am

Bloomberg reported that a U.S. House subcommittee received more than 5,000 pages of documents it requested on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s communications on how the LIBOR was set. read more

OCT 16, 2012 - 7:25 am

Cole Taylor Equipment Finance has selected LeaseWave lease and loan management software by Odessa Technologies to automate and administer its front office and back office processes. read more

OCT 16, 2012 - 7:15 am

A New York Times article by Gretchen Morgenson says that in a new book by Sheila C. Bair, the former FDIC chair notes that in the fall of 2008 "many financial regulators were desperate to make anyone but those who created the crisis pay for its devastation." read more

OCT 15, 2012 - 7:35 am

Bloomberg notes in a recent article that during a speech, Daniel Tarullo, a governor of the Fed, spoke about potentially imposing a size cap on the largest banks. read more

OCT 15, 2012 - 7:15 am

LeaseTeam and eOriginal said they have partnered to provide electronic signature and transaction management capabilities within LeaseTeam's ASPIRE solution. read more

OCT 10, 2012 - 7:05 am

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision reported that not all jurisdictions are prepared to implement Basel III on the globally agreed upon start date of January 1, 2013. read more

OCT 9, 2012 - 7:20 am

According to Dow Jones LP Source, private equity funds in the U.S. raised nearly as much capital in the first three quarters of 2012 as during the entire 2011 calendar year. read more

OCT 9, 2012 - 7:10 am

The New York Times published an in-depth article about Ina Drew, JPMorgan Chase’s chief investment officer who retired her post after her unit's trading loss that led her to become "the public face attached to a $6 billion mistake." read more

OCT 8, 2012 - 7:35 am

FOX Business Network reported that Senators Chuck Grassley and Mark Kirk are launching an investigation into Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s “complacency” surrounding the LIBOR scandal. read more

OCT 5, 2012 - 7:30 am

CFO said that rules on liquidity levels set by the Basel III framework for bank capital could curtail banks’ appetite for underwriting lines of credit for companies, citing a report from CreditSights. read more

OCT 5, 2012 - 7:25 am

According to the minutes of the September 12-13 FOMC meeting, most members agreed that purchasing mortgage-backed securities at about $40 billion per month could more directly support the housing sector than purchasing Treasury securities. read more

OCT 5, 2012 - 7:20 am

Bloomberg notes in an article on big bank profits that despite earning more than they had since the peak in 2006, the six largest lenders have been unable to enjoy the joys of profit. read more

OCT 3, 2012 - 7:25 am