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Deon Crasto is a principal product manager at Velocity Global, where he leads global payments and risk. He previously led product teams at Checkr, Livongo and Ondeck Capital. Crasto holds a master's degree in information management from the University of Maryland — College Park and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai.

HPS founders Scott Kapnick, Scot French and Michael Patterson will lead a new private financing solutions business unit with BlackRock as the company seeks to offer the full range of public fixed-income and alternative credit funds.

Helen Mason is senior managing director and Denver market leader at Riveron.

Cheri Wheeler is the vice president and senior consultant at Kelly Benefits Strategies.

Signe Svanfeldt is the lead nutritionist at Lifesum.

Brian Price, CPA, QKA, is the CEO of Autire Technologies. He has over 30 years of audit experience across a range of specialized audits, and served as a member of the AICPA's Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center's Executive Committee.

The market retraced an opening selloff, with longer-dated benchmarks outperforming the front end.

As the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Financial Health Network, Heidi Johnson leads the application of behavioral insights to design and deliver effective financial health solutions. She established the Financial Health Network's applied behavioral insights practice, driven by a desire to work directly with businesses creating products and services that touch people's financial lives each day.  

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller, a Trump appointee, said that while recent inflation readings are concerning, monetary policy would remain restrictive even if the central bank cuts interest rates by another quarter-point this month.

Trent Sorbe joined First International Bank & Trust (FIBT) in 2023 as the institution's first chief payments officer. He previously held senior positions at four nationwide payment card issuers as well as the FDIC.

Jaspaul Saini is a principal analyst in Celent's North American insurance practice. He is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in leveraging data analytics and emerging technologies to drive digital transformation in the insurance industry. Jaspaul's areas of expertise include: enterprise data strategy, cloud data platforms and modernization, master data management and data governance, business intelligence (BI) and advanced analytics, insurance core systems transformation, martech, technology assessments and roadmaps.

His previous roles have included head of the data and analytics practice at Exavalu, insurance solutions principal for HCL; data consulting director at EY and Capgemini; and AVP of data and business technology integration at Zurich North America.

Jaspaul has a MSc in IT from the University of Warwick (UK) and a Bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Birmingham City University.

Small Business Act 7(a) loans will secure the notes. Interest will be repaid through subordination and interest will be repaid on a pro rata basis.

Alex Boand is the managing director of correspondent group sales at Pennymac

Abbie Tidmore is the Senior Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer of Pennymac

Underwriting league tables of asset-backed securities through November 28, 2024

Issuance volume of asset-backed securities for the year through November 28, 2024

Amid challenging times for loans in CLOs, Sculptor Capital Management sees refi and reset surge likely to continue well into 2025.

The renewables firm also plans to raise as much as $500 million by February via banks or a private placement in the offshore market.

Catastrophe bonds come with risk and unique advantages as some call the asset class "the holy grail" of investments.

The economist, who runs Roubini Macro Associates, is positioning for a curve steepener, a popular Treasuries trade where the gap between long- and short-dated yields widens.