Canada, UK to develop separate defense financing institutions

Keynote speech by Boris Vujčić, Vice-President of the ECB, at the tenth annual conference of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) Frankfurt am Main, 2 October 2026 It is a great pleasure to participate in this conference marking the ESRB’s 15th anniversary. As we know, the ESRB was established 15 years ago as the EU’s…

Former 1st Alliance executive John DiIorio won a key legal battle when the federal case against his company was dismissed last year but he still wants to demonstrate that bad faith assertions led to the charges. Processing Content Connecticut alleged licensing infractions in a case later escalated to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Although that…

The purported death of value investing is widely lamented, but the reality is something different. Value investing is alive, but value stocks have long lagged growth counterparts. Still, there’s a compelling case for buying discounted equities, particularly when the right strategy is deployed. The Invesco S&P 500 Pure Value ETF (RPV) accomplishes that objective. RPV…

“Homebuyer affordability improved slightly in August, as a decline in the median purchase loan amount helped offset the impact of higher mortgage rates,” said Edward Seiler, MBA’s associate vice president of housing economics and executive director of the Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA). He added a caveat: “However, conditions remain challenging, with 27 states…

Proprietary score data that influential government-related mortgage buyers recently revealed could give housing finance firms an edge in predicting loan performance, Bank of America researchers concluded in a new study. Processing Content “We think the providing of the agency score is a timely, robust addition to credit modeling, offering a consistent alternative,” Jeana Curro, Chris…

Mistakes & best practices around HNW properties Loeppky says that the principal residence exemption is a powerful tool that advisors and clients can use to navigate some tax issues around one property. However, the choice as to which residence to claim under that exemption is an important one, and it should be optimized based on…