July 12, 2022—Business owners may find that placing their private business interests into a trust can be an advantageous estate planning technique. However, after successfully leading their companies for many years, they may be reluctant to turn over control of their most prized assets.
Moving your capital markets transactions to a new trustee can not only be faster and easier than you think, but also provide you with competitive advantages There is an unusually high level of uncertainty in today’s global capital markets. From interest rates, inflation, and geopolitical problems to regulatory/tax proposals and the move to new reference rates, issuers need to successfully manage an overload of questions.
July 1, 2022 — As the Federal Reserve (Fed) has turned ever more hawkish with each meeting there has been, appropriately, sharp focus on the accelerated pace of rate hikes. The policy-making Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Fed raised its short-term interest rate by 0.75% at the June 15, 2022 meeting and raised expectations for future hikes, further driving the debate over whether the U.S. economy will tip into recession as a result.
