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Bad Policy and Bad Luck: The S&L Crisis From the Rear-View Mirror

This is a chapter in a book I helped boutique investment banker Cohen Bros. & Company create called Present Value: Essays on the Revolution and Evolution in Community Banking. The Cohen family has a notable heritage in banking and financial services, and with this work they wanted to formalize some of their thinking and observations on banking gleaned over the years.

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Trust Preferred Securities Enhance Investor, Issuer Opportunities

Changes in 1996 by the Federal Reserve Bank regarding the definition of so-called Tier 1 capital for banks unlocked new opportunities for depositories as well as investors. While the former tapped a non dilutive source of growth capital, the latter earned a yield premium, and the ability to diversify their financial services risk profile into community and local banks. This material was one chapter in a book I wrote for investment banker Cohen Brothers & Company called The Revolution and Evolution in Community Banking.

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