Financial Services

We have extensive experience providing audit, tax and advisory services to traditional banking, specialty finance, REITs, broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, credit card companies and asset management (including alternative investment and hedge fund) companies. We maintain working relationships with regulators, and our interaction with these organizations gives our Firm the technical and regulatory foundation that is critical to providing high-quality service to financial service companies. We bring an understanding of the nuances in every area of your industry, including regulatory compliance, information technology, operations and financial accounting and reporting.

Financial Services Industry Service Offerings

Our full range of services include audit, tax, business risk, consulting and transaction due diligence services. Squar Milner’s dedicated financial services industry professionals have extensive backgrounds serving a broad range of public and private financial institutions. Our Financial Services Industry practice is organized within three divisions to better serve our clients.

Types of Companies Served:

 

Specialty Finance		Banking		Asset Management
Consumer/commercial finance companies (utilizing Wall Street funding and managing liquidity through securitization REITs Leasing companies Credit card companies (front-end merchant acquirers) Opportunistic finance companies		Commercial banks Thrifts Mortgage banks Community banks Credit card banks Credit unions		Alternative investment funds Hedge funds Private equity Broker-dealers Registered investment advisors

 

The following are the primary service offerings for each sector within our Financial Services Industry practice:

 

Specialty Finance		Banking		Asset Management
Audit and assurance Tax compliance and consulting Internal control evaluation and studies (SOX 404) Portfolio valuation Securitization modeling and valuation of residual interests		Audit and assurance Tax compliance and consulting Internal control evaluation and studies (SOX 404/ FDICIA/ FAS 91) Commercial loan workouts Credit reviews & valuation (including analysis of impairment) for large, complex loans and loan portfolios Internal audit services Compliance with regulatory orders		Audit and assurance Custody audits Tax strategy/ planning and partnership/ K-1 return preparation Acquisition due diligence on portfolio companies Post merger integration