Coronavirus

Wells Fargo V3 by Bloomberg News
By Hannah Levitt
March 9, 2020 3:46 PM

The employee “is at home while their health is being closely monitored by their doctor and public health authorities,” a spokeswoman for the bank said.

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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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Allan S. Roth
March 9, 2020 3:35 PM

There is quite a bit of data indicating planners timed the markets poorly during the financial crisis. Let's not make the same mistakes again.

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Sarah Wynn
March 9, 2020 2:33 PM

Richard Li, a pubic debt specialist for the city of Milwaukee, compared disclosing COVID-19 to disclosing a hurricane hitting localities on the Atlantic coast.

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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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By Glen Fest
March 9, 2020 2:00 PM

The Structured Finance Association has canceled its Canadian industry conference in May, while IMN has called off a CRE CLO confab scheduled in NY this week.

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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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