Economy & Rates

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Interest Rate Update

3 min readInvestors grew increasingly concerned about the risk of recession in late June. Stock markets were particularly volatile on Thursday with the S&P giving up 0.9% on the day and 21% over the first half of the year, marking the worst performance since the 1970s. The DJIA declined 0.8% and the Nasdaq retreated by 1.3% as…

LIBOR No More

LIBOR No More

6 min readLIBOR entered its next phase on January 1st, 2022. The date marked when no new financial contracts could be priced off LIBOR, which underpinned more than $200 trillion in loans , contracts, and derivatives as of the end of 2020. LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate) will still be published as a reference rate for…

Lights, Camera, Agenda: Biden’s Regulatory Cast

Lights, Camera, Agenda: Biden’s Regulatory Cast

6 min readStepping into office with leading and supporting roles open across the government’s top financial regulators, the Biden administration was given a unique opportunity to reshape the financial regulatory landscape. Nominating four members to the seven-member Federal Reserve Board and promoting another to a key position, the Biden Administration has already made an outsized impact on…

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Interest Rate Update

2 min readThe Fed appears likely to increase its overnight rate target at the March 15th-16th FOMC meeting. In addition to many other Fed officials who have expressed a willingness to tighten monetary policy to contain inflation pressures, Fed Chair Powell reinforced the hawkish tone at his Senate nomination hearing earlier this month. Throughout most of 2021…

Healthcare Debt Financing: Choosing the Right Lender

Healthcare Debt Financing: Choosing the Right Lender

1 min readIn this webinar, Stefan Spazek and special guests Bill Wickline, who leads the national life sciences practice for Bridge Bank, and Robert Lake, leader of the national life sciences group at Runway Growth Capital, discuss debt financing for growing companies in the healthcare sector. Watch a recording (10/27/2021) of Capital Advisors Group’s webinar, Healthcare Debt…

ESG Rules of the Road

ESG Rules of the Road

1 min readESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing principals have been discussed for more than a decade, but they have only recently gained traction in the fixed income world. In this webcast, Ray Facinelli, EVP-Director of Business Development, and Pate Campbell, an analyst with the Capital Advisors Group credit research team, discuss what institutional cash investors need…