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• Select Should banks repurchase their own shares? The signaling effect is the most common reason cited for repurchasing shares

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  Should banks repurchase their own shares? The signaling effect is the most common reason cited for repurchasing shares

  Author:Stanley BlockFrom:Bank Accounting & Finance (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20102,440 words Report 1400LIn normal times banks often have excess funds to reinvest internally, pay out in dividends or repurchase their own shares. The payment of dividends puts funds in stockholders' hands while the repurchase of shares...
• Select Preventing commercial mortgage fraud: to prevent commercial mortgage fraud, financial institutions should focus on internal controls, supporting financial documents and loan covenants

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  Preventing commercial mortgage fraud: to prevent commercial mortgage fraud, financial institutions should focus on internal controls, supporting financial documents and loan covenants

  Author:Alan M. RobinsonFrom:Bank Accounting & Finance (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20101,806 words Report 1390LWhen the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) adds a special section to its Web site dealing with mortgage fraud, it is safe to say that this activity has come into its own. Since 2006, the FBI has published annual...
• Select Supreme Court's Bilski decision provides little guidance on patent eligibility: Supreme Court ruling provides no guidance on the question of what qualifies as a patent-eligible process that is not tied to a computer

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  Supreme Court's Bilski decision provides little guidance on patent eligibility: Supreme Court ruling provides no guidance on the question of what qualifies as a patent-eligible process that is not tied to a computer

  Author:Paul E. SchaafsmaFrom:Bank Accounting & Finance (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20108,072 words Article 1600LIn its recent Bilski v. Kappos decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Patent Office s denial of Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw s patent application directed to a method of hedging risk in weather-related...
• Select Systemic regulation of large bank holding companies under the Dodd-Frank Act: the federal financial regulatory agencies have significant authority to adopt regulations to implement Dodd-Frank

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  Systemic regulation of large bank holding companies under the Dodd-Frank Act: the federal financial regulatory agencies have significant authority to adopt regulations to implement Dodd-Frank

  Authors:Thomas P. Vartanian and Gordon L. MillerFrom:Bank Accounting & Finance (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20105,860 words Report 2300LOne of the most prominent features of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank") is the creation of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). (1) The formation of the FSOC is...
• Select SEC addresses short-term borrowing disclosure and director nominations by shareholders: nominees of significant, long-term shareholders now must be included in proxy materials alongside the nominees of management

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  SEC addresses short-term borrowing disclosure and director nominations by shareholders: nominees of significant, long-term shareholders now must be included in proxy materials alongside the nominees of management

  Authors:Timothy Coville, Adrian P. Fitzsimons, and Anita TesherFrom:Bank Accounting & Finance (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20102,530 words Report 1660LThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to its rules that would require a registrant to provide, in a separately captioned subsection of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial...
• Select Mortgage repurchase demands: an originator's perspective: how loan originators are responding to repurchase demands

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  Mortgage repurchase demands: an originator's perspective: how loan originators are responding to repurchase demands

  Authors:Robert M. Siegel and Yasmin Z. VafaFrom:Bank Accounting & Finance (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20101,313 words Report 1770LDuring the period in which the U.S. housing market was at its apex, regional banks and mortgage companies ("originators") across the country originated an enormous volume of both first- and second-lien residential...
• Select Integrated balance-sheet management: banking executives need to rethink approaches to governance, organization and technology to identify and manage risk in a holistic fashion

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  Integrated balance-sheet management: banking executives need to rethink approaches to governance, organization and technology to identify and manage risk in a holistic fashion

  Authors:Roy Choudhury and Peter MarshallFrom:Bank Accounting & Finance (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20102,869 words Report 1510LThe financial crisis has highlighted interdependencies across different risk categories, for example, the impact of market liquidity risk on counterparty credit risk. In the aftermath of a crisis, leaders are eager to...