The must have economic report for your crystal ball

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Bulls on Parade

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] The panelists Austin Cook, senior financial adviser for Merrill Lynch. Jason E. Heller, investment specialist and director of advanced markets for

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Austin Cook (left) discusses why emerging markets are a good bet for investment portfolios. Troy Sorel, Kevin Gale, Matthew J. Dernis and Jason E. Heller
Perry Ellis Goes Private

A list of notable names in the financial world helped founder George Feldenkreis take clothier Perry Ellis International private in a $473 million transaction. The transaction was financed through equity

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Major deal on the move

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National Recongition

The American Land Title Association, the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, awarded Florida’s Title Insurance Co. a Title Webby, an awards program recognizing member companies that

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Community bankers put emphasis on technology, relationships

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Community bankers gathered at The SilverLogic for the roundtable discussion
The List: Community banks

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Powered by:    Compiled by Gilberto Medina, Research Director South Florida’s leading community banks are represented on the list that follows. The

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Grove Bank & Trust Miami.
BAC Florida expanding domestic division

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] BAC Florida Bank isn’t resting on its reputation as a five-star bank even as it celebrates 45 years in business. The

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BAC Florida Bank’s headquarters on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables
Art emerges as key component in wealth portfolios

By Sally-Ann O’Dowd Elaborate art collections—long overlooked by financial advisers managing clients’ money—are becoming an integral facet of wealth management, according to a global study presented at Fort Lauderdale’s ArtServe.

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M&A wave in banking isn’t over

Don’t expect the wave of banking mergers to end anytime soon, says Frank Gonzalez, whose key roles at the accounting firm MBAF include leading the firm’s financial institutions practice. “I

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Long-term care insurance hits a crisis point

A Jan. 18 article in the Wall Street Journal says premiums for long-term care insurance are going up so fast that some policy holders can’t afford the premiums. Some people are

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Melinda Kibler
Manny Perdomo gets new role as SunTrust announce changes

Manny Perdomo could aptly be called the guru of international banking for SunTrust Banks and that’s apparent in his new role. Perdomo, who was profiled by SFBW last year, is

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Manny Perdomo