Tag: Banking & Finance

AAM Bullish On ?Everyman?

As it celebrates it?s 20th anniversary, Arvest Asset Management is the largest broker dealer in Northwest Arkansas and has between $5 billion and $6 billion in assets.

Financial Adviser Offers Three Wealth Management Tips

Mike Eldredge, a financial adviser for Beall Barclay Wealth Management, has three valuable tips for his high net-worth clients as they approach retirement.

Duo Offers Zing at ING

Gail Stein and James Hammons started as competitors, but are now partners at ING Financial Partners in Rogers.

Charitable Gift Annuities Grow in Popularity

Giving to charity, getting a tax break and locking in an additional stream of income all at the same time is a tempting combination that some financial advisers say has made charitable gift annuities a leading planned giving vehicle.

Precious Metals and Jewelry are Alternative Long-Term Investments

No one is going to become an instant millionaire by investing in jewelry or precious metals. No one is going to go broke, either.

Advisers Say Business Is Stable Despite Rates

Northwest Arkansas banks are competing for deposits with higher rates, but is the environment biting into the wealth management business?

Bank of America Targets Rich Clients

Bank of America Corp. has launched a new managed investment advisory account that will allow wealthy clients access to a wide range of investments in a single account.

Benefits and Costs Changing in 2007

Adjustments are made to both government payments and certain benefit costs each year based on the cost of living of the previous year.

Arkansas Venture Forum Announces Speakers

The Arkansas Venture Forum?s fifth annual Venture Conference announces three nationally-known entrepreneurs as keynote speakers.

Springdale Arvest Relocates Private Bank

Arvest Bank-Springdale relocated its private bank department to a remodeled 5,000-SF branch on S. Thompson Street in mid-October.

FNB Tops Deposit List

As of June 30, First National Bank of Fort Smith holds the top spot for the deposit market share in Crawford and Sebastian counties.

AAM Ranks As Largest Broker Dealer in NW Arkansas

Arvest Asset Management is the largest broker dealer in Northwest Arkansas when ranked by the number of licensed agents within the six-county market.

True Alliance

Five Morgan Keegan brokers start their own company AdvisorAlliance.

Deposits Deepen

The number of bank branches in Arkansas increased by 75 with 12 in Benton County and eight in Washington County.

Lending Landing

ENG Landing looks to open Fayetteville office by Dec. 1.

Building Reputation that Lasts (Commentary by Elise Mitchell)

We should all harbor a healthy fear of a gathering storm that could test our personal levee system and risk the loss of our own reputation.

Several Arkansas Banks Caught in Cashier?s Check Scams

Scam artists are keeping banks busy with counterfeit cashier?s checks.

Studies Show Student Cheating Trend

Corporate scandals have garnered their share of headlines, but cheating isn?t just for the pros. Business professionals in training are also being scrutinized.

Arkansas? 2Q ROA Fourth in District

Arkansas banks had a return on their average assets of 1.18 percent in the second quarter of 2006.

Accounting Chair Named ?Influential?

Karen Pincus, chair of the accounting department at the Sam Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, is named to Accounting Today?s 2006 list of ?Top 100 Influential People in Accounting.?

Doula Alliance of Arkansas appoints executive director

St. Bernards Healthcare to take over management of Mississippi County Hospital System

Honored Anthony building houses University of Arkansas wood, housing research

UA survey shows more Arkansans suffer from depression