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  • BKD
    In the last few years several local firms have been acquired, like the Hnake group, by national firms such as BKD.
  • Grant Thornton San Antonio
    Grant Thornton is one of the large national firms occupying the size ladder below the Big Four.l
  • Padgett Stratemann is now RMS
    As San Antonio becomes a bigger player in Texas Business, more national firms are entering this market. A national firm does not start from zero. RMS (http://rsmus.com/) purchased Padgett. This gives the buyer a large client base to start with. Typically the local partners have made a handsome profit on their time at the firm. But seeking to recoup the investment, the buyer typically raises fees knowing some business will be lost. RMS has re located from North Loop 410 to 1604 and 281. Renee Foshee, a tax expert with the firm, is the current SA CPA Society President.
  • Turner Cleveland PC
    Terry Cleveland has addressed our students. Two of our graduates are employed with at this firm.
  • weaver CPA
    Weaver is one of the largest Texas based Accounting Firms.
  • Hill and Ford CPAs
    Kim Ford has addressed our students. She has expanded her practice from tax and write up to forensic investigation and court testimony.
  • Fisher Herbst and Kemble P. C.
    Bruce Howard who was on our Business Advisory Council was the Officer Manger for this firm.
  • Ridout Barrett CPAs
    Tony Ridout has visited and addressed our students many times. We have placed graduates with Ridout for several years.

Financial Consulting Firms

  • Aventine Hill Partners, Inc.
    Beth Hair CEO founded Aventine in San Antonio in 2009. The firm now has offices in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston. She formerly was with RGP.
  • Resource Global Professionals
    Susan Hough has been to campus and spoken to our students. She is the San Antonio Manager of RGP. RGP and Aventine are not CPA firms. Instead they offer contract specialists for firms needing specific tasks such as compliance or Controllerships.

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  • Foreign Affairs
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    The Institute for the Study of War advances an informed understanding of military affairs through reliable research, trusted analysis, and innovative education. We are committed to improving the nation’s ability to execute military operations and respond to emerging threats in order to achieve U.S. strategic objectives. ISW is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy research organization.
  • Stratfor
    This Austin, TX based site was begun by an ex Texas State Professor.

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January 18, 2016

Billions on Showtime

Monday Jan 18, 2016

The new Showtime Series Billions   

features a battle of wills between a billionaire Hedge Fund Manager and the US Atty General for the Southern district of New York.

Click the link for the factual background and you can watch the premier episode. I did and wondered if all the sophisticated talk about trading would

put off the average viewer. But I believe our students can learn form this program particularly if they follow up and investigate what the characters are discussing. For example,

what is a block trade?

In the first show an attorney from the SEC wants the Atty General to prosecute and insider trading case. But the Atty General has had like 81 straight successful prosecutions. He gets to pick and choose the cases he pursues. So unless it is just a slam dunk can't miss, he will not prosecute. I saw this as a Bankruptcy Trustee. One might get the impression watching most tv and movies that

all these Federal employees are ready to jump into action at the slightest suggestion of trouble. It is just the opposite, it is CYA time all the time and unless they are assured of success nothing happens. Recall Coleen Rowley's comments about no one at the FBI connecting the dots of student at flight schools only wanting to learn to take off in a plane....

Sunday Nights on showtime at 9 PM CST

Posted at 06:51 AM in A & M San Antonio |

Comments

John

Dang I just downgraded my cable this month. Will have a recap of each episode?

Posted by: John | January 20, 2016 at 09:15 AM

Dennis Elam

Showtime made the first episode free to grab some interest in the series. Fox used to post 24 but Fox was not as pay for view as showtime. We will see what showtime does after this next weekend but I am guessing one has to subscribe. My wife is a huge Ray Donovan fan so we have it.

Posted by: Dennis Elam | January 20, 2016 at 09:32 AM

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