The staff in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Divisions of Investment Management and Corporation Finance issued guidance recently to address questions about federal securities laws and poole...
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The board of directors of Partners Bank of California, a community bank, recently promoted President and Chief Banking Officer Michael Chambers to president and CEO, effective immediately. He also ser...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments that would give public companies the option of filing semiannual reports in lieu of quarterly reports. Currently, public companies a...
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State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management recently announced the launch of the State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund, a tokenized private liquidity fund designed to ena...
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is advocating for a bill that seeks to limit the beneficial ownership information reporting requirements. Specifically, the bill, S.4419, woul...
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently updated the environmental review requirements for multifamily housing. The changes revise the Multifamily Accelerated Processing ...
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A group of 53 state bankers associations recently sent a comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency urging the agency to strengthen its proposed rule implementing the GENIUS Act. ...
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The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed the Community Bank and Trust - West Georgia of LaGrange, Ga. The department appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiv...
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The Investment Company Institute (ICI) is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to modernize its Recordkeeping Rule to better reflect the realities of the 21st Century. In a letter to the ...
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Columbia Bank is launching its Franchise Banking Team, an initiative designed to strengthen the bank's capabilities to support franchisors and operators with banking relationships. James Short and ...
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