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Freddie Mac appoints financial attorney as general counsel

Freddie Mac announced the appointment of a new general counsel, whose hiring comes amid ongoing speculation about the future of the government-sponsored enterprises.  The GSE this week named Matthew D. Abrusci executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. With a career across banking, capital markets and securities law, Abrusci joins Freddie Mac after recently […]

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Fed’s Bowman: ‘Serious risk’ of labor market deterioration

Al Drago/Bloomberg Key insight: Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman signaled that she is onboard for notable short term interest rate cuts if the labor market picture continues to worsen. Expert quote: “The recent data, including the estimated payroll employment benchmark revisions show that we are at serious risk of already being behind the

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Marathon’s Richards sees coming bonanza for LBOs, private credit

Mergers and acquisitions and private markets will rebound when the next Federal Reserve chair is appointed, according to Marathon Asset Management LP Chairman Bruce Richards. Bringing down financing costs will boost transaction activity, increasing distributions to investors in private equity and making it easier for companies to repay their debts, he said in an interview

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