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"That puts us well on our way to hitting our ambitious goal of $25 billion awarded to MWBEs by 2026," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

"With this year's budget, we're creating a more future-ready Miami-Dade, building for today and investing in tomorrow," Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.

Virginia Wong, a partner in Nixon Peabody's public finance group, talks with Chip Barnett about effective mentorship and building successful teams. (15 minutes)

Suzanne Shank has been chosen as chair of the 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference, the Detroit Regional Chamber announced.

From the battlefield to the boardroom, military veterans are making their mark in the financial services industry today. Hear their stories in this special podcast featuring Academy Securities, AmeriVet Securities, Bancroft Capital, Drexel Hamilton, Mischler Financial Group and Roberts & Ryan. Chip Barnett hosts. (45 minutes)

Tishelman, a 40-year market vet, comes to Siebert from UBS Financial Services, where he was a managing director and head of issuance strategies and municipal sales.

Public finance veterans Marvin Markus and Mark Liff join Siebert as managing directors to focus on expanding the firm's infrastructure and higher education practices.

"As we continue to strengthen our national platform, I am delighted to have Gary serving as president of the infrastructure and public finance department," Suzanne Shank said.

Los Angeles' debt manager says the mandate will not change the already inclusive processes it uses to hire financial teams to work on the city's debt.

The Chicago Transit Authority and the Port of Long Beach are among the first public agencies to sign the Equity in Infrastructure Project's pledge.

Apollo will make an equity and credit investment that will significantly increase SWS’s underwriting capacity for municipal and corporate debt, as well as equity offerings, the firms said.

“The firm was founded on the principle that there should be a high performing investment banking firm wholly owned by women and minorities," says president and CEO Suzanne Shank.

About 84% of minority- and women-owned business enterprises still do not have access to city government spending, according to the latest report.

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.

SWS Capital Management, which manages the Clear Vision Impact Fund, has hired a Detroit-based analyst/investor.

The New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority and the Ivy League university named Ramirez Asset Management, in their first collaboration with an MWBE firm.

AmeriVet Securities appointed Mercedes Elias and Michael Naidrich as Co-CEOs.

Nearly 40% of the fees it pays for bond sales go to women-owned, minority-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned investment banks.

The NYC comptroller will hold six webinars as part of the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises University series as Siebert Williams Shank's affiliated Clear Vision Impact Fund announced it has received $100 million in capital commitments from big business.

The philanthropic arm of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. announced donations to support Howard University and Spelman College.