Peapack-Gladstone promotes chief risk officer
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. announced recently that the senior vice president and chief risk officer for its Peapack-Gladstone Bank subsidiary has been promoted to executive vice president and chief risk officer for the bank.
Timothy E....
EisnerAmper exec: It’s time to rethink measuring people on firms’ bottom line
As much attention as it gets, David Bookbinder knows that business leaders tend to look at employee engagement, or anything else under the umbrella of what’s termed human capital, as “soft issues” — distinct...
Spencer Savings Bank, Wawel complete merger
Spencer Savings Bank, based in Elmwood Park, announced recently that it has wrapped up its merger transaction with Wawel Bank.
Each shareholder of Garfield-based Wawel will receive $3.92 per share, which adds up to about...
Accounting firms find some high-wealth clients will come out ahead despite loss of property...
About that assumption of how changing the SALT deduction is going to raise everyone’s taxes in New Jersey — especially high-wealth individuals with the highest property tax bills.
As it turns out, that may not...
Growth of cannabis industry means accounting firms face difficult decision
Marc Silverman describes the decision to take up cannabis-involved clientele at WithumSmith+Brown P.C. as starting with a lot of debate.
Endless research was done on the legalities of doing accounting work for those in the...
Investment firm fights to make sure urban community gets piece of cannabis action
LaQuay Laun Juel is passionate about making sure the urban African-American community gets a fair shot at profiting from the cannabis industry for one simple reason: It already is.
Juel, speaking at ROI-NJ’s recent interactive...
Freehold insurance brokerage teams up with national agency
Ash Brokerage, an Indiana-based insurance brokerage agency, has acquired Zenith Marketing Group, the Freehold-based full-service brokerage said Tuesday.
The acquisition deal resulted from a longstanding relationship between the firms, the two businesses said in a...
Where condors dare: Founder of wealth management firm enjoys life on the edge
When he was younger, he always was captivated by the businessmen on the mountain.
“These guys always had the money and the time to ski in some of the best places in the world,” Ken...
CBRE arranges $4M sale of 3 Montclair sites
CBRE announced Friday it has arranged the $4 million sale of a three-property portfolio in Montclair on behalf of JPMorgan Chase Bank.
The properties included 475 Bloomfield Ave. (the former bank branch); 483 Bloomfield Ave....
BB&T names Rhodes to lead region that includes N.J.
BB&T announced that Travis Rhodes has been named president for its Delaware Valley Region, which includes BB&T Community Banking markets in New Jersey, Philadelphia and surrounding Philadelphia.
Rhodes, who currently serves as regional corporate banking...
