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March 9, 2020 3:46 PM

In budget talks, House Speaker José Oliva says lawmakers will discuss how to prepare for a recession that may result from the economic impacts of COVID-19.

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By Jim Dobbs
March 9, 2020 2:12 PM

The outbreak and a free fall of oil and stock prices are rattling bankers at this year's ICBA gathering in Orlando, Fla.

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Brad Finkelstein
March 9, 2020 1:18 PM

Mortgage lenders could benefit from the surge in refinancing due to widening market spreads, and that could help offset damage to servicing rights portfolio valuations, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

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Andrew Coen
March 9, 2020 1:13 PM

S&P Global Ratings is postponing a March 31 forum on public housing bonds due to concerns about the outbreak of COVID-19.

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While the IRS levies a 40% estate and gift tax on the biggest fortunes, some of the wealthiest clients may consider the grantor retained annuity trust, or GRAT, to pass money to children and grandchildren tax-free.
By Ben Steverman
March 9, 2020 12:35 PM

The richer they are, the more options clients have to insulate themselves from the coronavirus and its effects.

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Steve Skancke
Gary Siegel
March 9, 2020 12:23 PM

The markets continue to sink on virus fears, as even a 50 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve last week didn’t turn the markets around. The Fed meets again next week and many see more easing, but will those efforts prevent recession?

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Some firms are promising to absorb external research costs for clients while others have registered as MiFID-compliant venues called systematic internalizers.
By Lu Wang
March 9, 2020 11:22 AM

Fund managers may be better equipped to weather the market storm than their passive peers because of their ability to quickly cut risk.

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“Pandemic planning presents unique challenges to financial institution management,” the FFIEC said in the interagency statement.
Kate Berry
March 6, 2020 6:30 PM

The agencies recommend steps banks should take to proactively prevent disruption of operations, minimize contact between staff and customers, and plan for how affected employees reenter the workplace, among other things.

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Aaron Weitzman
March 6, 2020 4:05 PM

As fear and uncertainty over COVID-19 rapidly grow, it has sent yields for both municipals and Treasuries to never before seen low levels — begging the question if we could see zero or negative yields here in the States?

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Yvette Shields
March 6, 2020 2:32 PM

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority updated its latest offering statement to warn of the risk posed to its bottom line as did two systems with upcoming deals.

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