Banking & Finance

SKARBECK: Expect more battles over public pensions

September 18, 2010
Ken Skarbeck
This year, 15 states have enacted legislation to reduce future public pension obligations.
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Banks still cautious on commercial real estateRestricted Content

August 28, 2010
Scott Olson
Singed by the downturn, banks are winnowing real estate portfolios.
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First Merchants, First Financial mull expansionRestricted Content

August 7, 2010
Norm Heikens
Acquisitions situate banks to seek market share in Indianapolis.
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New collateral rules for Indiana deposits may favor big banks

May 22, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
New state rules designed to protect government cash from bank failures might have an unintended consequence: helping the biggest banks and hurting the smallest.
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KULT: Mortgage loan officers punch the clock under new ruleRestricted Content

May 22, 2010
Gregory P. Kult
The government now views loan officers more like factory workers than white-collar business managers.
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New Indiana law aims to promote safety of traditional loansRestricted Content

May 22, 2010
Scott Olson
A new state program is encouraging lenders to promote the stability of their conventional mortgages to help Indiana's housing market rebound from a foreclosure crisis instigated by risky loans.
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Entrepreneurs lose clout as VC funds get stingier

March 27, 2010
Scott Olson
Most local venture funds are standing pat because the economy is weak and they’re no longer in fund-raising mode. Having invested most of their funds, the firms have shifted to the nurturing, or “harvesting” stage, to try to improve investment returns.
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Community banks face fight of their lives against big players

March 13, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
Small, community banks will bet on their strength in customer service, and large banks will offer business customers lower costs.
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REED: Imprudence, bad economy will claim several Indiana banksRestricted Content

March 13, 2010
John Reed
Banks are in trouble. Most are suffering at least a little, and many will not survive. That includes Indiana banks.
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Additional deals that didn't make the mergers-and-acquisitions list

January 23, 2010
These deals had no price tag, but still were significant.
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Indianapolis deals in 2009 ranged from $4.6 billion to $70Restricted Content

January 23, 2010
Norm Heikens
WellPoint's sale of its NextRx unit was the largest deal in the Indianapolis area in 2009.
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Indiana businesses are welcoming investment from ChinaRestricted Content

January 22, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
Some observers see a parallel to the state's seeking Japanese investment following recession in the early 1980s.
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SKARBECK: Looking at stocks, 10 years at a timeRestricted Content

January 9, 2010
Ken Skarbeck
During this century's first decade, investors had to cope with the uncertainties surrounding 9/11; huge corporate failures including Enron, Worldcom, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Lehman Brothers; and volatility wrought by both the tech and housing bubbles.
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Some of city's most successful money managers are father-son teams

January 2, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
All parents hope to teach their kids the value of money. Few end up successfully investing hundreds of millions of dollars together. But for a handful of top local teams, wealth management is a family affair.
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Cash-strapped mayors may tap owners of tax-exempt propertyRestricted Content

December 12, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
A group of mayors led by Tom Henry of Fort Wayne and Greg Ballard of Indianapolis is seeking new sources of revenue to replace the millions they’ll lose because of property tax caps.
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PEARCE: More companies are focusing on consumers with poor credit ratings

December 12, 2009
Mike PearceMore

Durham enlisted directors with personal, financial ties

December 5, 2009
Greg Andrews
Carl Brizzi's short stint as a Fair Finance director reflects a larger pattern in Tim Durham’s business dealings.
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Ohio balks at Fair Finance's latest effort to register securities

December 4, 2009
Greg Andrews
Ohio securities regulators have asked for a mountain of additional information from Tim Durham's Fair Finance Co. that they say they would have to evaluate before deciding whether to allow the company to resume the sale of investment certificates.
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Clarian Federal Credit Union acquires Community Choice

December 2, 2009
 IBJ Staff
The combined firm will have more than 8,700 members and more than $20 million in assets.
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SEC probing Durham deal with Texas firm

December 1, 2009
Greg Andrews
A Texas company acknowledged Tuesday that the SEC is investigating transactions between it and Tim Durham's Fair Finance Co.
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Feds drop Durham asset-seizure suit

November 30, 2009
Greg Andrews
The federal government on Monday morning dropped a high-profile civil lawsuit seeking to seize Tim Durham's assets after receiving assurance they wouldn't vanish.
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Fair Finance offices fail to reopen

November 30, 2009
Greg Andrews
Fair Finance Co. remained closed Monday morning, adding to the anxiety of Ohioans who have purchased about $200 million of the company's investment certificates.
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Feds seek seizure of Durham's assets

November 28, 2009
Greg Andrews
The federal government has filed court papers seeking forfeiture of Tim Durham's property, including his 30,000-square-foot Geist home, another home in Los Angeles and his 2008 Bugatti sports car.
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Disclosures key to feds' probe of Durham's Fair Finance

November 28, 2009
Greg Andrews
Any case federal prosecutors pursue against Tim Durham or his associates likely would revolve around what his Fair Finance Co. disclosed—or didn’t disclose—to potential investors, legal observers said.
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Former Huntington National Bank exec alleges age discriminationRestricted Content

November 28, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Michael Lewis, 53, filed a complaint with the Indianapolis office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Aug. 13 and sued Huntington Oct. 15 in Marion Superior Court.
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