Banking & Finance

Global View Capital Advisors of Waukesha has launched its Senior Initiative, a team of experts to help seniors and families that are caught in the “sandwich generation.”

Northwestern Mutual has announced the promotion of three executives in Milwaukee.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $8.0 million, or 1 cent per share, compared with net income of $234 million, or 34 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. will reach another financial milestone in 2013 with its largest dividend payout ever.

Wauwatosa-based Waterstone Financial Inc. reported third quarter net income of $8.4 million, 27 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $206,000 or 1 cent per share, in the same period a year ago.

Menomonee Falls-based Assisted Living Concepts Inc. reported a net loss of $4.0 million in the third quarter, compared with net income of $5.8 million in the same period a year ago.

RedPrairie, which has an office in the Town of Brookfield, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Scottsdale, Ariz.-based JDA Software, creating one of the largest global software companies with combined revenues of over $1 billion.

The performance by the equity markets in October was in line with expectations as the presidential election cycle made its presence felt.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Central Cal Transportation, a Fresno, Calif.-based provider of intermodal transportation and related services.

Baird Capital Partners, the buyout fund of Baird Private Equity, announced its portfolio company Digi-Star LLC of Fort Atkinson has acquired RDS Technology of the United Kingdom.