Biotech’s Rebound Reality: Surging M&A Deals Meet Deep Retail Skepticism

From Lake Tahoe on the Adjusted for Risk podcast, the host welcomes back Adam Patti, CEO of VistaShares, to discuss how innovation in ETFs is bringing sophisticated strategies to retail investors and reshaping portfolio construction. Patti shares VistaShares’ focus on building a small set of differentiated products, noting the firm launched its first ETF in…

Born into a prosperous family in Vietnam, Kim-Ha Nguyen’s life changed dramatically when her family fled the country following the fall of Saigon. Arriving in the United States as a teenager with limited English, she watched her parents rebuild their lives through determination, sacrifice and an unwavering commitment to education. Those early experiences shaped the…

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will host a public meeting at the SEC Headquarters in Washington D.C. on Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. ET to discuss artificial intelligence technologies in the public markets and the SEC’s Regulation National Market System rules.  The meeting will also be webcast on the SEC website and consist of…

In 77 additional markets, families fall into the cost-burdened tier, devoting between 31% and 50% of income to housing. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, topped the severely burdened list, where 82% of a median-income family’s earnings are consumed by a typical home mortgage payment. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont followed at 71%, Urban Honolulu, Hawaii, at 70%, San Diego-Chula…

As part of the government’s Cladding Safety Scheme, funding will be made available to the highest risk buildings under 11 metres. Since major cladding issues are less common in lower-rise buildings, they are not covered by existing leaseholder protections. However, leaseholders face large bills to fix safety issues not of their doing. Dangerous cladding will be removed from…

The broader pullback from foreign securities totalled $30.6 billion for the month, with US government bonds also seeing a reduction of $5.1 billion – the sixth consecutive monthly divestment in that category, bringing the year-to-date total to $37.3 billion. Partial offsets came from purchases of US corporate bonds ($1.8 billion) and non-US foreign bonds ($3.3…