Drafting the Dodd-Frank Narrative
George Bailey is making a vicious comeback. The release of a working paper from the Harvard Kennedy School concluded that the declining strength of community banks has accelerated
What’s the difference between advertising and PR?
Although many may not believe it, public relations plays a part in almost every product, service or event that we hear about. But so does advertising. Many people have asked me,
The Irrefutable Role of the “Big Four”
In most major industries, there are groups of four. In sports, from both a financial and a historical standpoint, there are four key franchises that are “Too Big to Fail”. This
How should the Fed spin Jackson Hole?
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is holding its annual economic conference in Jackson Hole next week, hosting a gaggle of international central bankers, as well as the heads
Global Regulation: Is it Even a Possibility?
There are buzzwords across the financial services industry – cyber-security, cloud computing, SEFs – which have a value in their respective sectors. However, there is one term
Time for “Private Equity” to Change its name… Again?
The implosion of the junk bond market in the early 1990s, along with a number of high profile LBO failures – Federated Department Stores, Macys, Revco, and of course, the deal du
Econoblogosphere challenges financial PR
Journalists like to complain about how press officers for financial institutions have restricted access to bankers and enforced more message discipline in recent years. This has ma