Industry Reports Archive

By Jennifer Kirby, Compliance Alliance Nearly a year ago, a Texas district court judge completely rejected investment industry advocacy groups’ arguments that the Department of Labor exceeded its authority in crafting the Fiduciary Rule. On March 15,  the United States Court of Appeals for the ...Read More

by Andrew Nix, Maynard Cooper & Gale Life as a community bank has become increasingly challenging in recent years, with massive increases in regulatory burdens, compliance costs and capital requirements on top of industry consolidation and impediments to quality asset growth.  There are a ...Read More

Like a lot of us, New Year’s resolutions for many community banks are based around improvement and growth. Spurred by the recent tax reform bill, many are looking to a possible merger or acquisition as a way to meet their business needs and improve ...Read More

With exams and audit cycles beginning soon in earnest, now is the time to prepare across the whole bank — how ready are you really? Have internal checks been consistently followed and applied? Compliance Alliance is here to help. With over 63 individual tools, ...Read More

by Jim White, Porter White & Co. In bank merger and acquisition transactions parties to the deal usually engage valuation experts to render “fairness opinions” opining on the fairness of the pricing and other aspects of the transaction to the respective shareholders of the ...Read More

By Darlia Fogarty The board believes the compliance officer has been given adequate policies, training and staff to ensure the bank will not encounter any issues when the regulators arrive for the compliance exam. So the exam should be a non-event right? Let’s talk ...Read More

By Scott Latham The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) gained new life upon its recent passage by the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. After months of seemingly little hope, a group of 22 bipartisan ...Read More