Commercial banking

Randy Nail has been with HoganTaylor for 15 years and currently serves as the firm's CEO. Most recently, he led the firm's financial institutions practice utilizing his nearly 20 years of experience providing financial institution clients with a wide variety of assurance and business consulting services. 

Louis C. Grassi, CPA, CFE, is the managing partner and CEO of Grassi. He began his career in 1977 and has extensive experience in tax, accounting and consulting.

Steve Heathcote has been CEO of PrimeGlobal since 2019. His extensive background in the accounting profession includes undertaking the COO role at the U.K. Financial Reporting Council, a senior management position at KPMG and over 10 years as a key member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants executive team.

Squire Patton Boggs attorney Michael Cullers believes the 10th Amendment may pose an obstacle.

If the MSRB pursues a pre-trade transparency initiative—though its necessity is debatable given the private sector has already addressed this need—it should leverage existing tools and services used by market participants.

Unemployment remained relatively stable amid declining consumer confidence and an emerging trade war, which have roiled markets.

Lawmakers have until late this month to decide on a mix of cuts and taxes acceptable to the governor to close a $16 billion shortfall over the next two budgets.

Daily report for April 04, 2025

"With the initial announcement proving to be more aggressive than expected, the market responded overwhelmingly negatively," said Principal Asset's Seema Shah.

As the market absorbs the effects of the tariff rollout industry analysts are predicting a heavy dose of uncertainty in several key sectors of the municipal bond market.

Lowell M. Smith Jr. is chief compliance officer and co-founder of IRALOGIX.

His previous experience includes working for the ERISA enforcement agency in the U.S. Department of Labor. He created a TPA compliance practice and consulted on products, procedures and technology for clients of Universal Pensions, now Ascensus. He is a published author and a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Paul Tyler is Head of Enterprise Marketing and Marketing Innovation at Zinnia, previously serving as CMO at Nassau Financial Group where he led branding strategy, digital initiatives, and built direct-to-consumer channels for insurance products. With deep expertise in financial services marketing and digital transformation, Paul brings a practical perspective on how advisory firms can leverage technology to enhance client engagement while maintaining the human connection that's essential in financial services.

Tolling on the Belle Chasse Bridge is expected to start Tuesday.

At noon Thursday, muni yields had been bumped up to 12 basis points, depending on the curve, while UST yields rallied, with yields falling 13 basis points on the short-end.

Alpine School District, which will be split into three systems, wants to sell up to $238 million of lease revenue bonds to finance school construction.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there are about 3,200 announced projects that are awaiting formal grant funding agreements, 950 of which were announced right before President Donald Trump took office.

Parity Plus gives muni issuers increased transparency and resources to determine market demand prior to a bond sale.

The law cuts the individual income tax rate to 3% by calendar year 2030, with triggers that may drive future annual decreases until it ultimately falls to zero.