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Citi Squeezed in Debt Market as JPMorgan, Wells Lure Deposits Bloomberg, Oct 20, 2008  The Wachovia bid “demonstrated Citigroup’s willingness to do deals,” says David Kaytes, managing director at consulting firm Novantas LLC who works with …        |         Savers Feel Pinch of Tight Credit The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008  Last fall, the “crunch wasn’t in full swing … and banks believed they could still lend the money out or buy some other debt obligations,” says David Kaytes, managing director of Novantas LLC, a management-consulting firm. Now, amid rising loan losses and tighter underwriting …        |         Bank Brokerage: A Bright Spot Amid Subprime Woes Banking Wire, Jan 7, 2008  "As far as I can see, and I’ve spoken to private bankers and independent advisors as well, those advisors who are providing long-term advice are seeing no impact at all,” says Alistair Jessiman, managing director of Novantas, a financial services consulting firm in New York. …        |         Scaling Back? Not on the Ad Budgets Financial-Planning, Nov 10, 2008  “capital positions are advertising noticeably more than others,” says Les Dinkin, a managing director in the New York consulting firm Novantas LLC. …        |         Life is a Bank Bank Investment Consultant, Oct 28, 2008  Novantas’s Jessiman predicts that there will be a tremendous growth in guaranteed products, even if they aren’t exactly in annuity form …        |         Exporting Growth Strategies: To Successfully … Best’s Review, Feb 1, 2008  By 2020, the number of middle-class households in India and China is projected to at least quadruple the count of the corresponding US market segment. Moreover, customers in emerging markets. Contributor Sam Radwan is managing director in the Chicago offices of Novantas LLC.        |         Year of the Bull: Despite a Lurking Bear Market, … Bank Investment Consultant, Jan 1, 2008  Bank advisory units have perhaps their greatest opportunity to gain relevance by teaming up with the commercial side, says Alistair Jessiman, managing director at Novantas, a consulting firm in New York City. “Where commercial banking is 30% of revenue and wealth management is 5%, …        |         Banks Boost Customer Fees to Record Highs Myrtle Beach Sun News, Nov 12, 2008  “… so they’re looking to generate earnings to recapitalize and pay the government back,” says Sherief Meleis, managing director at Novantas LLC, …        |