Franklin, with preliminary assets under management of $712.3 billion, including $63.4 billion of tax exempts, has suffered net outflows since 2014.

Our guest, Eden Perry, the new head of public finance at S&P, describes her vision of the rating agency's role and her goals for her tenure. Criteria changes, surveillance, multi-notch downgrades, and diversifying the staff are all front and center. John Hallacy hosts.

Annie Seelaus, CEO at R. Seelaus & Co., discusses the strategies she advises clients to take, given the recent political and Fed uncertainty, and what her firm is doing to empower women in the financial services industry. Aaron Weitzman hosts.

The bill would require at least one gender diverse and one racially or ethnically diverse candidate to be interviewed for Fed regional bank president vacancies.

Keeping the U.S. economy near full employment is lifting pay for unskilled workers and helping ease inequality in the country.

The NYC comptroller’s report shows 80% of certified MWBE firms are still not receiving any business from the city.

Piper Jaffray’s Renee Vancho discusses how the firm has altered its recruiting process in an effort to boost minority hiring.

Hiring a diverse workforce isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s good for business, according to panelists at the Bond Buyer’s Public Finance conference.

The organization chose Karen Daly, Emily Brock, and Lori Schreckengost to receive the annual awards.

The ruling may trigger the renegotiation of almost all public sector contracts, though severability clauses prevent immediate wage and benefit reductions.