This comprehensive guide is meticulously crafted to empower individuals like you with a detailed, practical roadmap, offering a strategic approach to take control of your financial future. We’ve harnessed insights from definitive sources, covering indispensable topics such as tax deadlines, year-end strategies, wealth transfer blueprints, trust planning tactics, and the art of strategic charitable giving.
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A Moody's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating would have far-reaching consequences, raising borrowing costs for the U.S. government, and eroding investor confidence in the U.S., potentially leading to a selloff of U.S. Treasuries and a weakening of the dollar.
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Tender offers continue to be a viable restructuring alternative for non-callable bonds that, if they were callable, refinancing would produce significant savings for the issuer. To better understand factors that contribute to a successful tender offer, we analyzed the results of tender offers published between January and September of this year for both taxable and tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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Building upon the foundation established in our inaugural exploration of responsible finance, the second installment in the Rockfleet series of white papers, titled "ESG Trends in Private Debt and Equity: Navigating the Seismic Shift," delves into the evolving landscape of ESG considerations within the U.S. private debt and equity markets. This paper unveils the intricacies of ESG integration, explores its profound impacts on investment performance, and provides insights into the costs and benefits for both issuers and investors.
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This first installment in our series of white papers embarks on an expedition into the realm of ESG in-vesting. Our voyage is dual-pronged, serving as a compass for both investors and issuers navigating the intricacies of sustainability-focused investments, shedding a spotlight on the perplexing issue of greenwashing. We dissect specific trends, celebrate noteworthy successes, and candidly examine regrettable failures spanning the multifaceted spectrum of U.S. municipal, private debt and equity, and public markets.
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In this primer, we provide an overview of the U.S. private capital markets, with a focus on the basics of venture capital, private equity, and private debt.
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Estate planning is the systematic development and updating of goals, policies, and procedures for all of the property you own. Estate planning isn’t just for older or wealth people. It isn’t complex and expensive. It can be as simple as having healthcare and financial powers of attorney, to having a will, to having a trust.
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Insider trading restrictions (e.g., blackout periods and exposure to material non-public information), can pose a significant challenge to directors and officers when selling corporate stock. Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allows for a Rule 10b5-1 plan, which is a passive investment scheme, meaning, plan holders relinquish direct control over transactions.
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