Banking & Finance

Brookfield-based Ridgestone Bank has been honored with the 2014 Wisconsin SBA Volume Lender Award.

Joel Nettesheim, principal and co-leader of the Business Advisory Services Group at SVA Certified Public Accountants, has been named a Five Star Certified Public Accountant Award winner.

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino has promoted Sheryl Schnering to chief financial officer.

Glendale-based global diversified industrial company Johnson Controls Inc. announced that has formally launched Yanfeng Automotive Interiors. It is a joint venture between Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (HASCO), which is the component group of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and Johnson Controls.

In their Mid-Year Update, Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. chief investment strategist Bruce Bittles and investment strategist William Delwiche describe the current economic environment as neutral, but see the possibility of a shift toward bullish in the second half of the year.

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino has promoted Sheryl Schnering to chief financial officer, according to an announcement the casino made on Tuesday.

Racine-based Twin Disc Inc.’s board of directors has elected Jeffrey Knutson as chief financial officer and treasurer.

Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp. Monday completed its $9.1 billion acquisition of Integrys Energy Group.

Milwaukee-based Artisan Partners has added another fund, the Artisan Developing World Fund.

Greece’s expected default today on its International Monetary Fund loan payments and the resulting meltdown of its financial system and economy are dire, but they probably won’t have a huge negative impact on the U.S. economy, analysts say.