Wilkin & Guttenplan PC has added Daniel Fiorentino, Thomas Hasard and Lauren Landolfi as principals at the East Brunswick-based public accounting firm. The promotions announced Wednesday by WilkinGuttenplan were effective Jan. 1. Fiorentino joined the firm in 2006. His main focus area is health care with specialty in providing tax compliance and planning, succession planning, ...

TD Bank and TD Equipment Finance and the Cumberland County Improvement Authority have partnered on a program exclusive to the county to help its municipalities lease equipment, at a fixed rate, without the burden of a full request for proposal process.

The stock market’s been on a roller coaster recently — thanks to a host of political and other issues — but inquiring minds want to know what’s ahead for the broader economy in 2019. Will it grow slowly, fast, or stall out? After flatlining for years, will interest rates continue to creep up, or will they leap ahead? And what does this all mean for business and individual borrowers? We asked bankers to unlock their knowledge vaults and share their thoughts about the New Year.

Highlands State Bank is now part of Lakeland Bank, bringing Lakeland’s total assets to $6.3 million, the bank said.

Professional services firm BDO USA LLP has named Jennifer Quaglino tax office managing partner for the company’s Woodbridge office.

On Wednesday, ConnectOne Bank completed its merger with Greater Hudson Bank, the bank’s parent company ConnectOne Bancorp Inc. announced.

Renault Properties LLC, a newly formed company, has taken over ownership of the Renault Winery & Golf resort following a sale agreement with OceanFirst Bank.

When an automobile dealer wanted to reduce its property and casualty insurance premiums, consultant Sheila Small advised the business about the ins and outs of setting up a captive insurance company, a kind of self-insurance strategy. The dealer wasn’t based in New Jersey, which isn’t very surprising since the state — which has been open to captives since early 2011 — was home to only about 23 captive insurers, according to an industry study released in March, a fraction of the number in states like Vermont, Utah and Delaware, which host 556, 414, and 381, respectively. That could change, however, under Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration.