Capital Telephone Seminars

Basel III Regulatory Update ...he Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's proposals for capital and liquidity requirements for banking institutions, were formally endorsed by the G-20 in November 2010, and the regulatory authorities of member countries are now working to implement these new requirements. The U.S. bank regulatory agencies have expressed strong support for the Basel III Accords. However, the Dodd-Frank Wall  more...

Fundamentals of SBA Lending: Documenting, Closing and Funding the SBA Loan BenefitsAs credit standards have tightened, government guaranteed loans have provided strength to credit facilities. Small business administration loans give lenders the opportunity to make loans with the backing of the SBA, but they can be complicated for the bank. The live audio conference will walk you through the details you need to know to prepare successful SBA loans. If an SBA loan is not  more...

Conducting Successful HR Audits ...capital is an organization's most important asset - it's certainly one of its largest expenses. It also exposes organizations to material risks. Yet many of the management techniques and assessment tools used to manage and assess other assets and processes of the organization have not been applied to HR. That is changing. As the implications and risks of misaligned, mismanaged and unlawful  more...

Collaborative Delivery Method Fundamentals ...ners looking to maximize the value they receive for their capital dollars are looking to more collaborative project delivery approaches to deliver their capital construction projects. This live audio conference will help those responsible for evaluating and selecting the most appropriate project delivery method. This will begin with an understanding of the basic fundamental project delivery  more...

Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits: Using Tax Incentives to Develop and Invest in Historic Properties ...ntive, strategies for monetizing the HTCs to bring needed capital into projects, as well as information of how best to use HTCs for both large and small projects. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to describe tax exempt issues and potential stumbling blocks. - You will be able to identify how to find investors for your project. - You will be able to explain investing in historic tax  more...

Creating Successful Employee Surveys ...ger enough. Enhancing the value and productivity of human capital depends on aligning employment policies and practices with organizational strategies and objectives. Employee contentment should not be confused with organizational success. Thus it is critical that the employee survey also help your organization identify opportunities to align its HR management activities with its strategic and  more...

Bankruptcy Section 363: Purchasing Distressed Assets ...ublic and private companies, the limited access to growth capital for potential sellers and the build up over the last couple of years of 'dry powder' at investment funds present a perfect combination of increasing buy-side demand and seller-side supply creating conditions for a frothy future market for distressed sales and acquisitions. You will come away with a command of the process and  more...

Commercial Ground Leases: A Conceptual Framework ...sing. It enables users to get onto a property without the capital outlay of a purchase, and it creates cash flow for the owner. However, many potential ground lessees, especially big box operators, begin their negotiation with well developed letters of intent and lease forms that are aggressively tenant-friendly. Unless the property owner or his counsel has experience with ground leasing, he  more...

GASB 51: Accounting Standards for Intangible Assets ...o whether and when intangible assets should be considered capital assets for financial reporting purposes. An absence of sufficiently specific authoritative guidance resulted in inconsistencies in the accounting and financial reporting of intangible assets among governments, particularly in the areas of recognition, initial measurement, and amortization. This audio conference will help you  more...

Using Human Capital Analytics to Maximize the Value of Your Workforce BenefitsMeasuring and maximizing the contribution people make to the bottom line is a critical issue for organizations, and analytics are the key to those insights. The challenge is using analytics to understand where making a change would improve engagement and performance. This audio conference addresses how to integrate the business and HR perspectives when conducting human capital analytics,  more...

SBA Loan Guarantees: Current Purchase Issues and Complexities ...stration's government guaranteed lending programs to keep capital flowing to America's small businesses. While the many benefits of the programs may be appealing to lenders an understanding of the guaranty purchase process and the pitfalls which lenders fall victim to, resulting in discounts and denials of these same loan guarantees, is more important now than ever. As the oversight standards  more...

Commercial Loan Stress Testing Fundamentals ...anging economic conditions on asset quality, earnings and capital. This teleconference will benefit those who are beginning to incorporate the concepts of stress testing into their loan portfolio administration practices. You will learn how to apply stress testing techniques to your commercial and commercial real estate portfolios, and integrate stress testing into your enterprise risk  more...

Real Estate and Land Valuation in Depressed Markets ... You will be able to review real estate market cycles and capital markets. - You will be able to discuss sources and uses of market data and information. - You will be able to explain applications of market analysis and highest and best uses. - You will be able to identify valuation issues in litigation, bankruptcy, and property tax assessment. This teleconference is designed for attorneys,  more...

International Employment Assignments: Understanding the Compliance Risks BenefitsWhether a company is sending employees to the U.S. to work in its U.S. branches, subsidiaries or affiliates, or sending U.S. citizen employees abroad to work in foreign entities, the risks of failing to comply with U.S. and foreign employment and immigration laws are enormous. Attorneys who counsel these companies and human resource executives who implement company policy must be aware of  more...

Sale Leaseback Transactions Today: Monetizing Real Estate Assets ...chilly borrowing environment require a re-thinking of how capital and debt are used in your business. Monetizing real estate assets by sale-leaseback transactions may free up needed capital to invest in your business, particularly if the real estate is undervalued. This teleconference will help you understand when and where sale-leaseback transactions on real estate assets may be better than  more...

Land Banking, Off-Balance-Sheet Financing and Joint Ventures in Residential Development ... industry to mitigate the risk of land ownership, control capital requirements, and avoid the negative impact of carrying acquisition assets and liabilities on balance sheets. This teleconference is intended to provide those involved with the residential real estate development industry a detailed review of the risks and benefits of such acquisition devices for both home-builders and land  more...

Developing Storm Water Utilities and Impact Fee Programs ...water runoff due to aging infrastructure, ever-increasing capital needs and unfunded federal mandates to manage water quality. Storm water programs that are supported primarily by the general fund must compete annually with other programs and funding is often unreliable and insufficient. Due to the recent recession, tax revenues are down and are expected to be lower in the future. Successful  more...

Top Sales and Use, Credits and Incentives Tips to Improve Your Bottom Line ...ompanies to sustain corporate activities and fund working capital, capital improvements, acquisitions, research and development, etc. This teleconference will focus on unprecedented tax credits and economic incentives currently offered by state and local jurisdictions to stimulate business investment and the indices that may trigger such benefits. This program will also focus on commonly  more...

Real Estate Income Tax Issues ...rships and LLCs holding real property. You'll learn about capital gains strategies, like-kind exchanges, tenancies in common, how to structure transactions when some partners want cash and others want tax deferral, and recent regulations, all within the context of current real estate investment and disposition transactions. Attend this teleconference and stay apprised of these tax developments,  more...

FASB Statement 157 - Fair Value Update on Corporate Asset Valuation ...recedented volatility in the financial services industry, capital markets, and global economy. While implementing changes mandated by FAS 157 (ASC 820) has been challenging for many companies - the rule aims to make it easier to communicate value to shareholders. This teleconference will provide an overview of FAS 157 (ASC 820) guidelines, including the definition of fair value, defensive  more...

Buying and Selling Claims in Bankruptcy ...hts on trading for passive investment to gain a return on capital versus purchasing to own or control the company by leveraging debt claims into equity and the debtor's responses thereto. There will also be a discussion of the emerging role of hedge funds and private equity firms in claims trading, and the advantages and disadvantages of serving on creditor committees while trading in claims.  more...

Green Leases: Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Agreements ...arbon credits and tax credits, and the responsibility for capital costs for the retrofitting of buildings. Such negotiations will challenge the representatives of the parties - this teleconference will assist you in meeting this challenge. LEED is a registered trademark of U.S. Green Building Council and this event is not sponsored by or affiliated with U.S. Green Building Council. Attorneys,  more...

Affordable Housing: Finance and Development, How to Maximize the Available Resources ...d a downturn in the general economy. As a result, finding capital and equity to build affordable housing has become more and more difficult as investors sit this one out while the market stabilizes. This teleconference will highlight the issues, problems, causes, recent trends, what can be done and what is being done to address and stabilize the affordable housing market. It will also discuss  more...

Cash Is King: Effective Cash Flow Management BenefitsA balance sheet is often described as a snapshot of your financial situation at a single point in time. (Think of it as the balance in your personal checking account.) An income statement summarizes revenue, expenses and net income for the entire year or other period of time. Both of these financial statements are important tools to measure the success of your business but do little to  more...

Working Capital Management: Effective Policies and Techniques BenefitsLiquidity is top of mind for executives and they are looking at all sources of incremental free cash flow within their organizations. One area that is on everyone's list of sources is working capital, but most companies fail to reap the full opportunity that is available to them. What are leading companies doing to effectively drive cash flow from working capital? This teleconference will  more...

Managing Construction Projects ... be daunting, especially during the initiation phase of a capital project. Getting your arms around a complex project and then delivering on the benefits is a challenging, yet rewarding, endeavor. This teleconference will introduce the process-based procedures utilized to manage construction projects. We will explain the five project management process groups of initiating, planning, executing,  more...

Conservation Easement Tax Incentives ...capital remains difficult for individuals and businesses to obtain to meet their working capital and business expansion needs. However, many businesses are unaware that they may already be holding valuable tax assets that can be utilized to generate positive cash-positive and provide significant tax benefits. This teleconference will help persons responsible for determining available sources of  more...

IRS Form 1040 - Schedule D Update nUnited States taxpayers are experiencing many challenges in our current economic environment that will have major effects on their tax returns. The collapse of the housing market, home foreclosures and worthless securities has affected most taxpayers. Preparing the 1040 Schedule D is challenging for even the most efficient tax professional. By attending this teleconference, you will be reminded  more...

Investing IRAs and Qualified Plan Rollovers in Real Estate, Franchises, Start-Ups and Other Private Investments - Techniques and ...e to view IRAs and qualified plan rollovers as sources of capital. This raises significant policy and enforcement issues for government regulators, especially with the advent of large Roth IRA's. By attending this teleconference, you will learn the common investment scenarios in this area, the rules that apply to them, and the associated issues, uncertainties and risks. This teleconference will  more...

Capital Improvements for Condominium and Homeowners' Associations .../lot owners of their responsibility to support a planning capital maintenance program. The final step is to develop a financial planning model to support the cost of maintenance. The end result will be all about maintaining the highest possible level of property values. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to distinguish different legal requirements. n- You will be able to prepare Board  more...

Aging Building Management: Best Practices in Development Long-Term Capital Plans ...capital outlay is spent on facilities and related infrastructure. How can an organization ensure it is most effectively leveraging this investment to support operations today and meet the needs of the future? n nOptimally managing capital assets requires detailed information about the condition of an organization's facilities and major building systems. Each facility or department must use  more...