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From the “Examiner from Hell” to “The director time forgot,” attorney-consultant Jeff Gerrish knows community bankers’ challenges, and provides practical advice and awareness.

Sellers’ top 5 merger mistakes
Community Banking Blog

Sellers’ top 5 merger mistakes

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 12/21/2013 - 00:00 |
Part 3 of 3: Ignore the ratios! What’s the value?
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Acquirers’ top 5 merger mistakes
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Acquirers’ top 5 merger mistakes

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 12/13/2013 - 12:07 |
Part 2 of 3: Don’t bring stock to a cash buy
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5 steps to maintaining independence
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5 steps to maintaining independence

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 12/06/2013 - 12:54 |
Proactive banks stand best chance
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Blogger Jeff Gerrish says some examiners pull out the magnifying glass, certain they can find something to write up a bank about.
Community Banking Blog

The examiner from Heck

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 11/08/2013 - 15:01 |
With safety and soundness better, compliance—especially fair-lending—continues to dog banks
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They say that “breaking up is hard to do.” But breakups between CEO and bank can be handled amicably, says community bank advisor Jeff Gerrish in the second part of a two-part blog series.
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When “goodbye” comes, do it right

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 10/25/2013 - 15:29 |
Striking fair financial tone between CEO and soon-to-be-ex bank
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Sometimes conflict signals that the time has come for someone to leave the boardroom, says community banking expert and blogger Jeff Gerrish, in Part 1 of a two-part blog.
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When board and management reach parting of the ways

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 10/11/2013 - 14:52 |
Failure to spot the time to split can undermine your bank
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Fit is the most important aspect of devising an enterprise risk management plan for your community bank, advises blogger Jeff Gerrish
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Tailor your risk management to your bank’s risk

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 09/20/2013 - 16:40 |
Don’t overdo it when you go for enterprise risk management—but don’t under-do it either
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Blogger Jeff Gerrish defines share liquidity as the ability of a shareholder to sell a share of stock or several shares of stock at a fair price at the time they want.
Community Banking Blog

Boards seeking shareholder liquidity

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 08/21/2013 - 18:57 |
How do stockholders cash in?
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Credit culture a second round deal killer
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Credit culture a second round deal killer

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 08/10/2013 - 16:31 |
Bad milk from a bad cow? You'd better be sure
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Three's a crowd but are they investors?
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Three's a crowd but are they investors?

Written by Jeff Gerrish | 08/10/2013 - 16:31 |
Will "crowdfunding" make a dent in community bank capital chase?
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