Commercial banking

The Dallas-based firm, which was acquired last year by Texas Regional Bank, is expanding its underwriting reach in Texas and other states aided by new hires.

The recovery of local governments and utilities from hurricanes Helene and Milton continues but the outlook for next season and beyond is troubling.

Daily report for January 30, 2025

Dave Werry is the co-founder, president and COO of Well. With a background spanning two decades of experience in different verticals of the healthcare industry, including at Aetna as VP, Head of Consumer Health Products and Transformation and Global Head of Biotech at PPD, Dave believes every individual deserves access to a trusted health partner. Dave received his B.A. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Economics and Political Science before graduating with an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Even with the possibility of inflation and fiscal policy-induced headwinds, there is much to be optimistic about in the muni market, despite some possible near-term turbulence, said GW&K strategists.

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain extended the bankruptcy's litigation stay to March 24 as mediators expressed hope about progress on a deal.

Joseph R. Mason is a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an academic affiliate at the BVA Group. Dr. Mason was previously a professor of finance and the Hermann Moyse, Jr./Louisiana Bankers Association chair of banking at Louisiana State University, a senior financial economist at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. He holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Legislation to create an education savings account program that would cost an initial $1 billion and serve nearly 100,000 students advanced out of a committee.

Two public electric utilities in Los Angeles County received negative outlooks from S&P citing costs, liabilities, and litigation stemming from wildfires.

Billy Angelo is the managing partner of Angelo & Associates, a CPA firm focused on businesses in the professional services sector. He has been in the accounting industry since his graduation from the University of Delaware, and currently lives in New Providence, New Jersey with his wife and four children.

MSRB Chair Warren "Bo" Daniels stressed the importance of issuer feedback as beta testing for the modernized EMMA website continues.

The ruling came as the White House issued follow-up guidance saying only affect a portion of federal funds would be affected and that the pause could be as brief as a day.

McGrorry and Palacios have been at Ramirez for over a decade, but their working relationship predates their time at the firm.

Bond proposals are included in recent budget proposals from the Minnesota and North Dakota governors, as the region's 2026 spending plans begin to take shape.

Daily report for January 29, 2025

Amy Marcum is manager of client implementation at Insperity.