Banking And Securities Dealings Industry

Since spring 2011, the KBW index shows, financial company stocks have performed up to 40% worse than other industries. In addition, job cuts are up 103% from 2012, CEO turnover is on the rise and 45% of sector employees say they intend to quit in the next two years.

A decade ago the Lehman Brothers were the fourth largest investment bank in America. Dealing with Investment banking and investment management, the Lehman Brothers was one of the largest global financial service providers. Consequently, the subprime mortgage crisis left the company filing for the declaration of the chapter 11 bankruptcy protections, due to the unnecessary undertaken risk and obnoxious negligence accusations directed towards the group. Companies should utilize observational and analytical pundit functions in identifying the presence of crisis situations to avoid an economic downturn in the business (Pontell, 2014). The fraud would have prevented through stronger and better internal controls, which

Many people today would consider the 2008, United States financial crisis a simple “malfunction” or “mistake”, but it was nothing close to that. Contrary to what many believe, renowned economists and financial advisors regarded the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 to be the most devastating crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. To make matters worse, the decline in the economy expanded nationwide, resulting in the recession of 2007 to 2009 (Brue). David Einhorn, CEO of GreenHorn Capital, even goes as far as to say "What strikes me the most about the recent credit market crisis is how fast the world is trying to go back to business as usual. In my view, the crisis wasn't an accident. We didn't get unlucky. The crisis came

President Obama became president in the middle of a financial crisis and as a result, the stock market reached an all time low. However, after this huge dip, the stock market has improved

That may seem like a big number, but the money has come from shareholders, not individual bankers. (Settlements were levied on corporations, not specific employees, and paid out as corporate expenses—in some cases, tax-deductible ones) (Cohan 1).” The fines that the banks were forced to pay did not affect or stop them from doing unsafe banking practices. Out of the many investors and banks that took part in these risky investments only one was punished and sent to jail as said by Cohan.”

The 2008 financial crisis was the worst economic disaster the world had seen since the Great Depression of 1929. In spite of efforts made by the Federal Reserve and Treasury department to prevent such a tragic event from occurring, a large portion of the US banking system was fraudulent. The banks ' failure took a toll on more than just the financial system - it hurt people. People experienced layoffs, lost pensions, lost retirement funds,

Since the onset of the financial crisis 2008, the sovereign debt crisis in western economies and the new financial regulation with Basel III coming up, the financial industry faces the challenge of reinventing itself. The ring-fence for Commercial and Investment Banking, and new economic and regulatory capital requirements will determine the kinds of products banks will be able to distribute. It will have a huge impact in the Investment Banking business, which will suffer tough regulation and supervisory procedures. At the same time, credit risk models will be reviewed because they have failed to predict the crisis of 2008. The current financial and economic crisis doesn’t have any precedent in the past.

The Financial Crisis of 2008 became an experience that the American people will not forget any time very soon. The country took a direct hit to the financial sector during the crisis due to several changes that had taken place. Banks and financial investment companies were two of the many types of businesses that suffered. The consumers began to be fearful when it came to working with banks and financial investment companies. As a result of the crisis, new regulations were put in place to keep everything regulated. The regulations of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act were made to monitor and track the financial firms and enforce regulations to keep from

Major profits made in both 2007 and 2008 allowed the bank to establish itself as one of the most powerful in the world. Nonetheless, the years’ following the crisis is a different story. Although no such losses were made, the bank encountered scandal after scandal, from a probe of energy trading practices to the London whale trading scandal and an investigation into whether the firm bribed Chinese officials by hiring their children (IRWIN, 2013) and additionally to the $13bn law suits from the department of justice for misleading investors about toxic Mortgage Backed Securities which later facilitated together with other lending practices the housing market crisis; and the worst financial crisis after the great depression in the

“Experience, according to the proverbial wisdom, is a great teacher, also we should learn from our mistakes, Or, if you prefer, good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment” (Greenberg, Alan). A firm understanding of the events that lead up to the financial crisis of 2008 is an essential learning lesson to all Americans, the recession experienced in the United States was felt globally. The collapsed of Bear Stearns was the beginning of a financial disaster that would take years to offset. The fall of Bear Stearns was so important to the financial history of the American economy, Professors at Harvard University developed a case study and in 2009 and began to teach the case study jointly to first year finance and corporate leadership

The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was one of the worst economic downturns the United States has faced since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It affected the banking industry by causing banks to squander money on mortgage defaults, bringing interbank lending to halt, as well as affecting credit being provided to consumers. Another effect was that it caused certain businesses to essentially run out or come to an end. Many companies had to take advantage of bailouts, but the economic was still in disarray. The financial crisis also affected the country in the long-term by bringing about new regulatory programs such as Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Singh, 2015).

In 2008, the financial industry dominated the market. Bankers were giving themselves hefty bonuses with which they purchased yachts, vacation homes, jets, cars, etc. “Finance is supposed to be a service industry, an aid to the business of genuine wealth creation,” says Sean Corrigan, who oversees more than $8 billion as chief investment strategist at Diapason Commodities Management in Lausanne, Switzerland. “Once we accord banks the sort of overblown importance they have enjoyed this past quarter of a century, we become hostage to the megalomania of their executives and head traders.” (Gilbert, 2010)

In July 2010 the SEC reached its largest-ever settlement with a financial institution when Goldman Sachs was fined US$550 million for committing fraud by misleading investors about mortgage securities before the US housing market collapsed in 2007.

Date: May 2011 Disclaimer This publication has been prepared as a general overview of the Banking Industry in Australia and does not constitute and is not intended to constitute financial product advice as defined under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwth). Nothing in this document should be construed as a recommendation or statement of opinion intended to influence a person in making an investment decision. The information is made available on the strict understanding that the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) is not providing professional advice. While all care has been taken in the preparation of this publication, Austrade expressly denies liability for any loss or damage of any nature (including but

The purpose of this research paper is to examine the service marketing triangle and how it relates to the role of service employees in banks and financial institutions. Using academic journals and articles, this paper addresses the different aspects of the service triangle, including external marketing, internal marketing, and interactive marketing and the significance of adapting this strategy for bank service employees. By using this strategic framework, bank management will be able to monitor and understand the service employee’s role in the overall success of the bank.