Commercial banking

Cris Cicala is a partner in Stinson LLP's New York City office. A corporate, finance and banking attorney with more than two decades of both domestic and international experience, Cris focuses his practice on providing corporations, financial institutions, private equity and credit funds, real estate developers, media companies and entrepreneurs with practical and strategic legal advice.

Owen Wheatley is the lead partner on banking and financial services at ISG.

Mortgage rates rose this week as investors priced stronger than expected inflation and jobs affecting Fed moves into the 10-year Treasury.

Global yields rose on Thursday as markets around the world adjusted to central banks keeping interest rates higher for longer, with the US two-year yield briefly exceeding 5% for the first time since November.

Griffin was a managing director at J.P.Morgan Securities, where he ran the global primary collateralized loan obligation (CLO) business.

A pool of open-end vehicle fleet lease and loan contracts for cars, trucks and other vehicles provide the revenues to the bonds.

Randell Leach is the CEO of Beneficial State Bank, a state-chartered, federally insured and for-profit bank whose economic rights are majority-owned by the nonprofit Beneficial State Foundation, which is in turn permanently governed in the public interest.

Jason Walker is cofounder at Thrive HR Consulting, a minority-owned HR advisory that provides value-based HR support for mergers and acquisitions, C-Suite executive coaching, employee relations, DEI and belonging, performance management, employee engagement, and talent acquisition.

Alia Mahmud is a regulatory affairs practice lead at ComplyAdvantage, a leader in financial crime intelligence.

Kevin Pierce is VikingCloud's chief product officer and has been with VikingCloud since 2016. Kevin leads the company's global product development, service delivery, consulting, and managed security testing teams as they leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver next-generation cybersecurity. During his nearly 30 years in the technology space, Keven designed and built highly scalable cloud systems for secure data exchange, supply chain optimization, and cybersecurity in multiple industries. He also co-founded two technology companies that each grew to hundred-million-dollar valuations prior to exit.

The Federal Reserve Board governor and frequent regulatory critic says it would be appropriate for the U.S. to deviate from the agreed-upon international standards to reflect "unique characteristics" of the American banking system.

There are four risk events that could stop cash flow into SMB 2024-R1's deal—missing overcollateralization targets, a stymied principal distribution and the deals do not exercise an optional clean-up call.

Jim Wesloh is the president and founder of Procas, a provider of financial solutions for government contractors.

Caitlin Frederick, CFA, CFP, is the director of financial planning and a wealth advisor with Ullmann Wealth Partners.

She also assists clients who utilize the firm's Divorce Advisory Services. Frederick is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and co-author of "Move Forward Confidently: A Woman's Guide to Navigating the High-Net-Worth Divorce."

Wednesday's report adds to evidence that progress on taming inflation may be stalling, despite the Fed keeping interest rates at a two-decade high.