Banking & Finance

New Berlin-based insurance brokerage and business advisory firm HNI will launch a sales training program this June to train both new recruits and existing sales staff.

Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. today reported record net revenues of $1.1 billion in 2013, up 11 percent from $961 million in 2012.

Milwaukee-based ARI Network Services will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market closing bell on Monday, April 14.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. has agreed to acquire Waseca, Minn.-based Brown Printing Co. for $100 million.

As speculation builds toward a pending sale of the Milwaukee Bucks to a new group of investors, a prominent commercial real estate developer and project manager in Brookfield has filed federal documents to initiate a private offering for $450 million.

Racine-based Johnson Financial Group plans to open a new Johnson Bank branch at 1555 W. Mequon Road in Mequon.

Milwaukee-based fraternal benefits organization Catholic Financial Life has reported record growth in 2013.

U.S. Bank Wealth Management has named Alex Kramer its Milwaukee market leader for the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank.

Waukesha-based First Federal Bank of Wisconsin and Milwaukee-based Bay View Federal Savings and Loan Association have announced they plan to merge.

Wisconsin businesses should be on the lookout. A proposed change to the U.S. Tax Code will severely impact their bottom lines.