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BOARD MEMBER UPCOMING EVENTS

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... BD Bank Director event CBM Corporate Board Member event * Online event CBM FIFTH GENERAL COUNSEL ROUNDTABLE December 6, 2007 - New York, NY An exclusive gathering of general counsel and chief legal officers, this event explores the most pressing challenges ...

NOT YOU, NOT ME, BLAME THAT FELLOW BEHIND THE TREE

Oct 01, 2007; King, William B ... If it wasn't so painful to see new homeowners lose their homes and their dreams, and if It wasn't so painful to see banks report eye-poppingly disappointing third quarter earnings, it would be funny, sort of, reminiscent of the wrap-up of the television series Dallas, when every character ...

WHO DID IT-THE SUBPRIME CRIME

Oct 01, 2007; Seidman, L William ... There is a considerable search on by Congress, the press, the politicians, etc., to tag someone or something as the villain who caused the current financial system problems, aka the subprime home mortgages mess. (They're called subprime because the debtor has less than a prime credit ...

Directors See Red Over Green

Oct 01, 2007; Engen, John R ... Board members everywhere are feeling heat from shareholders over big executive compensation packages. Sometimes the scrutiny can inspire director outrage, and even departures. At $800 million Tennessee Commerce Bancorp in Franklin, Tennessee, three directors abruptly resigned this summer after ...

Correction

Oct 01, 2007; Anonymous ... In Bank Director's 3rd quarter 2007 article, "Riding the Wave," we asserted that the president and chief operating officer of Indianapolis-based White River Capital Inc. was ...

Playing Their CARDS RIGHT

Oct 01, 2007; Engen, John R ... BANKS THAT CAME UP ACES IN OUR BANK PERFORMANCE SCORECARD THIS YEAR SHARE SEVERAL WORTHY ATTRIBUTES: HIGH-CALIBER LEADERSHIP, OPPORTUNISTIC MARKETING, AND AN EYE FOR BALANCING RISK WITH REWARD. There's and old adage in banking that says the economy is the hand of cards financial ...

BETTING ON THE NEW FRONTIER

Oct 01, 2007; Sweeney, Paul ... CEO JOHN DICKSON ABLY LED THE EXPANSION OF FRONTIER FINANCIAL TO NEW HEIGHTS, REACHING A PINNACLE THIS YEAR AS THE NUMBER-ONE BANK ON THE BANK DIRECTOR TOP 150 SCORECARD. John Dickson, the 46-year-old chief executive and chairman of Frontier Bank, lays his cards on the table, face up: ...

HOLDING A WINNING HAND

Oct 01, 2007; Keenan, Charles ... THE WELL-HEWN MANAGEMENT TEAM AT HANCOCK HOLDING CO. DOES NOT BELIEVE IN PLAYING A RISKY CARD. FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, ITS ROCK-SOLID APPROACH TO BANKING HAS PAID OFF IN SPADES. A little more than two years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast, crippling the ...

Grabbing RISK by the Tail

Oct 01, 2007; Engen, John R ... THE BOARD'S ROLE IN RISK MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF ITS MOST CRITICAL, YET ELUSIVE, RESPONSIBILITIES. Risk management lies at the core of the banking business. From the way financial institutions grant and price loans, to how they monitor credit quality and interest-rate fluctuations, making ...

2007 BANK DIRECTOR COMPENSATION REVIEW

Oct 01, 2007; Crowe, Kimberly; Scally, Deborah ... Bank Directors annual director compensation study, cosponsored again this year by Clark Consulting, offers financial institution board members a detailed view of pay practices among their peers, as well as information on trends and issues affecting compensation committees in 2008 and ...

E-DISCOVERY: BLESSING OR CURSE?

Oct 01, 2007; Costanzo, Chris ... All electronically stored information is now legally discoverable-but will this new environment simply open the door for additional legal gremlins? As of last December, banks involved in litigation have more to worry about than whether the merits of their case will stand up in ...