Central bankers need to speak up about economic barriers prompted by racism and the need for inclusion and diversity, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said, a response to critics who see the work as a distraction from the Fed’s main goals. 

Public sector workforce challenges and diversity, equity, and inclusion are priorities for the new president.

Some firms are voluntarily self-reporting potential supervisory and suitability rule violations.

Experts discuss the proliferation of chief diversity officers across the industry and what it may mean for future progress in diversity.

The forum is urging its members to contribute to scholarship funds to honor the memories of Robert Rosenberg, Carey Gabay, Ned Flynn and Alan Anders.

Jennifer Johnston, director of research, municipal bonds, at Franklin Templeton, talks with Chip Barnett about whether a “Great Migration” from cities like New York and San Francisco is really taking place or is it just an urban myth. (19 minutes)

Compliance input and advisory group submissions are due by Dec. 13th

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans to request comment on its supervision rule within the next month.

If commuters continue to work from home more often than in the office, their normal spending patterns on things like coffee and lunch will shift and impact business districts, neighborhoods and ultimately tax revenues.

A California Public Finance conference panel asked what the municipal bond industry can do better for women and minorities.

Despite BLM, #MeToo and other movements for equality and justice, employers don't understand enough about the impact of neglecting DEI on company health.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, BlackRock, Lord Abbett, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Vanguard have partnered with Loop Capital and Siebert Williams Shank to send a survey to issuers on racial equity and inclusion.

The pandemic is changing the game for performance management. It's time to evolve the financial services model.

Hopes that the pandemic has been curbed have dimmed as infections and hospitalizations are on the rise again due to the introduction of the extremely dangerous Delta strain. For some companies, this has disrupted their plans to bring remote employees back to their offices or institute a "hybrid" arrangement.

Having earnestly settled with every major constituency, it is time for the Board to do the right thing by abandoning unnecessary pension cuts and freezes.

Municipal issuers with the biggest threats from physical climate risk also have the largest liabilities for carbon transition.

Other post-employment liabilities are more material problems for one in ten state and local governments, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The governor and the legislature are at odds on how to make the increases, which could affect more than half of the workforce.

BlackRock and Wells Fargo are pushing their return-to-office plans back by a month into early October.

New York's governor denied allegations by state Attorney General Letitia James' office that he engaged in unwanted groping and comments of a sexual nature.