Regulatory
& Compliance
Deposit
Insurance Reform - Marketing And Earnings Opportunities And Pitfalls By Joseph Lynyak, Reed
Smith LLP
FDIC Legislation
may soon become law that could increase deposit insurance coverage, but may
result in the payment of deposit insurance premiums by banks for the first time
in many years. <read more>
Strategic
Issues
Strategy 101
By Cass Bettinger, Cass Bettinger & Associates
The leaders of banks which
consistently outperform their peers 1) have a far deeper understanding of the
key financial drivers of shareholder value, and 2) share the unique ability
to adapt proactively and opportunistically to change by developing and executing
the right strategies at the right time. This column discusses these key
drivers - and the strategic thinking and planning which leads to
high-performance. <read more>
S-Corps Come of Age
By Curtis
Carpenter, Sheshunoff Management Services
In
1997, Congress granted banks the right to form as S-corporations. Next year those leading six hundred will mark their ten-year
anniversaries as S-corps. With that milestone they will shed the last vestiges
of C-corp tax treatment. Find out
what it means for the bank. <read more>
Technology
Take
Ownership of Your Technology & Improve Your Bottom-Line By
Ken Sebastian, ViTEX
Over the years we have developed a number
of proven methods to address the challenge of helping clients get the most out
of their technology investments. This article highlights some questions the
board want to address with your management team regarding IT expenditures in
your oversight role. <read
more>
KEY
COMMITTEES
The
Audit Committee Revisited
By John Stuart ,
Reitner, Stuart & Moore
Some time has now passed since new audit
committee charters and policies were prepared in response to the Enron scandal
and the resulting regulatory responses. As
another yearly cycle begins for the committee, we should revisit what we have
done and whether, after some experience and reflection, there are things that
ought to be changed. <read more>
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
Can
You Really Measure Individual Director Performance?
By
Stephen A. Enna, John Parry & Alexander
Most
experts in bank governance will advise you that it is important to evaluate the
performance of bank directors. Certainly it makes common sense and seems like a good thing to promote...but
doing it may be much more difficult than it appears.
<read more>
