How can advisors help their clients plan for divorce?

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Offering perspective in a difficult moment Even if clients don’t have a marriage contract or any kind of documents planning for their possible divorce, Britton says that a financial plan can also help them manage in that moment. Those without a financial plan aren’t able to even reckon with questions around how the divorce affects […]

dtcpay Adopts Bloomberg’s B-PIPE to Bolster Treasury FX Trading | LeapRate

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Bloomberg has announced that dtcpay, a Singapore headquartered payment company, has adopted its flagship real time market data feed, B-PIPE, to support treasury foreign exchange spot trading. The tool gives dtcpay access to high quality FX data, enabling transparent pricing and improved cost management as the firm handles FX exposures stemming from multi currency payment […]

Have CCPs got better at absorbing shocks?

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Extreme market shocks are becoming less exceptional. Since the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, global markets have been rattled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs of April 2025 and, most recently, the US war on Iran. Central counterparties (CCPs) have had to manage the fallout from each episode, as clearing members found […]

Warren probes Pentagon program to hire highly paid private sector workers

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Alex Wong | Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren is raising concerns about the Defense Department‘s plan to recruit private sector professionals to improve contracting and capital allocation, warning in a letter shared first with CNBC that it could present “significant conflict […]

Montgomery County Approves 18-Month Data Center Moratorium

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Montgomery County lawmakers on Tuesday halted development of large data centers, the latest in a growing wave of moratoriums happening in the D.C. metro area and across the U.S. Bisnow/Emily Wishingrad The Montgomery County Council office building in Rockville The county council voted unanimously to institute an 18-month pause on permits for data centers that demand at least […]

Mortgage Applications Plunge As Surging Interest Rates Deter Buyers

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Mortgage applications fell last week as rising oil prices drove interest rates higher, deterring would-be homebuyers, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. For the week ending on July 24, MBA’s Market Composite Index—a measure of total mortgage loan application volume—plunged 6.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. The seasonally adjusted Refinance index plummeted […]

"Pause" Ends in Iran, But Probably Not For The Fed

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The big news over the weekend was that the U.S. and Iran paused hostilities–something that led to 2 solid days of gains in the bond market. But in the overnight session, the pause ended as multiple attacks were reported on both sides. Oil rose predictably and bond yields did the same. One “pause” that’s less […]

Montreal asking rents fall, with double-digit declines in some neighbourhoods

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Seven of the 10 neighbourhoods tracked by liv.rent recorded year-over-year declines in July.

Laureate Education earnings on deck: Can enrollment fuel profit rebound?

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Laureate Education earnings on deck: Can enrollment fuel profit rebound?

InvestFi Raises $20 Million to Help Credit Unions Reclaim Deposits

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Credit union service organization (CUSO) InvestFi raised $20 million for its embedded investing platform that enables American credit unions and community banks to offer their customers digital investing directly within online banking. The company’s platform supports investing directly from checking or savings accounts, allowing financial institutions to offer a digital investing experience that doesn’t require […]