The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Finance Abuse Unit’s recent and relatively novel pursuit of firms accused of violating the limited offering exemption has securities lawyers expecting more focus on that area in the coming year, even likening it to one of the most significant muni enforcement initiatives of the past decade. In September, the
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The municipal bond market shrank, retail continues to access it, and broker-dealer holdings have grown, the latest Federal Reserve data show. Fed data show the outstanding universe of munis shrinking in the third quarter in terms of both par basis and market value, said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics. The value of
The Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project has been awarded $1.6 billion in federal funding grants, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday. The approval of the funds will let the improvement project move into the construction phase in 2023. Kentucky and Ohio were seeking the grants under the Infrastructure Investment and
In this article SJR.B-CA RCI.B-CA 2015-HK LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Shaw Communications (SJR) – Canada’s Competition Tribunal dismissed an attempt by the country’s competition watchdog to block the $26 billion acquisition of the telecom company by rival Rogers Communications (RCI). Shaw surged 10.1%
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Oct. 7, 2022. Source: NYSE (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Despite this year’s market havoc, investors are feeling fairly optimistic going into 2023, according to a new CNBC Delivering Alpha investor survey. Four out of 10 predict that the S&P 500 will rise 6% to
Sudeban, the Venezuelan banking watchdog, is currently working on a mechanism to review crypto-related transactions in real-time to control the influence these have on the stability of the exchange market. Analysts have recently linked the situation in peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto markets to the recent drop in the value of the bolivar. Venezuelan Government to Monitor
China is increasing monitoring of Covid-19 variants as an unprecedented wave of coronavirus rips through its population, raising alarm around the world and triggering new restrictions on travellers from the country. In recent days, Chinese researchers and officials have begun uploading genome sequence data from hundreds of coronavirus samples to Gisaid, a global online database
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In this article RSX RSXJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia November 25, 2022. Alexander Shcherbak | Sputnik | Reuters VanEck is liquidating its Russia-centric exchange-traded funds after the ongoing war in Europe has
In this article LUV CALM NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration the Netflix logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen, with graphic representation of the stock market in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — The streaming
Municipals were weaker in spots Thursday as outflows from mutual funds lessened. U.S. Treasuries were firmer five years and out and equities rallied. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 60%, the five-year at 64%, the 10-year at 68% and the 30-year at 91%, according to Refinitiv MMD’s 3 p.m. read. ICE Data Services had the
The Army Corps of Engineers approved a wetlands work permit for the land in Georgia where electric vehicle maker Rivian plans a 16-million-foot battery and vehicle production plant. Over the last few months, the Corps and federal and state environmental agencies led a review of Rivian’s plans for a factory on 2000 acres of rural
Republicans are set to challenge a controversial Federal Highway Administration memo outlining how states should spend their IIJA money after the Government Accountability Office ruled that the memo ventures into the realm of policy-making and is thus subject to Congressional review. Penned by former acting FHWA administrator, and current deputy director, Stephanie Pollack, the memo
Nicola Sturgeon’s iron grip on the Scottish National party is starting to loosen, with signs of internal dissent in Edinburgh and Westminster, as she also faces questions about her strategy for securing an independence referendum. Eight years after she became Scotland’s first minister, Sturgeon is no closer to securing a plebiscite, while her plan to
Data transparency has been a focal point for the crypto industry, but the FTX fiasco has shown that centralized exchanges (CEX) are not transparent enough. So far, crypto analytics firms are apparently not capable of tracking transactions to prevent collapses like FTX. All Bitcoin (BTC) transactions are available publicly on-chain, which enables tracking such transactions
With record inflation, rising interest rates and crashing stocks, this year didn’t leave the real estate market unscathed. In March, Forbes contributor Mike Maher asked the pressing questions: Will the housing market continue to bubble? Will it burst? Is there even a bubble? By December, the answer was here: The steeply rising home prices brought
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