The 10 Principles of Effective Asset Based Lending by Donald F. Clarke

Online, April 17, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Tuesday, June 10, 2014, 5:00 pm (registration begins 4:30pm)
CPE credits available for this education event. Reception follows at 6:15pm at Fort Lauderdale Yacht Club, 1725 SE 12th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

$45 for CFA members (and affiliate group members); $65 non-members and day of event; bank employees seeking CPE credits $25 with ID.

Visit www.cfa.com/florida for more information and registration. Also register at http://tinyurl.com/FloridaCFAEvents

Don Clarke, President and Chairman of Asset Based Lending Consultants, Inc. (ABLC) headquartered in Hollywood, FL, is an accomplished banker, consultant and educator. Mr. Clarke is a member of CFA's faculty and conducts events annually on aspects of asset based lending including underwriting, due diligence, portfolio management and deal structuring. Formed in 1988, ABLC has regional offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Miami, and is a corporate financial consulting firm with most major US banks as clients. ABLC provides technical assistance on corporate loans and in 2013 assisted banks on loans aggregating over $8 billion worldwide.

Clarke is a senior instructor and member of the CFA Field Examiners' School, being recipient of the prestigious "Excellence in Education Award". Over a 25-year period Mr. Clarke has taught over 5,000 students globally on secured lending disciplines.

He is also President of Don Clarke Seminars that conducts seminars internationally for major financial institutions such as Lloyds Bank, National Westminster Bank and Barclays Bank in London, Bank of Ireland (Dublin) and General Electric Capital (London and Sydney). These seminars cover asset based lending policies and procedures, with focus on account management, field examinations, underwriting, financial statement analysis, collateral analysis and operations.

Recognized as an expert in asset based lending disciplines, Don has been often quoted and published in financial magazines. He served on the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University and was formerly Vice President, Chief Financial and Credit Officer, of Southeast Bank Leasing Company (subsidiary of Southeast Bank) from 1986-1988 where he was responsible for managing over $130 million in leased assets,