Thursday 19 December 2019

SEC proposes allowing more investors access to private companies

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SEC proposes allowing more investors access to private companies

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed changes to its decades-old definition of a professional investor in order to allow more Americans to buy shares in private companies.

Fund investors pull back from U.S. stocks as year-end nears

U.S. fund investors started closing the books on 2019 by withdrawing more than $10.9 billion from mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold domestic stocks last week, the largest pullback since early October, according to Investment Company Institute data released on Wednesday.

YOUR MONEY - Don't die yet: new U.S. law will muddle estate plans

It is not often that a spending bill in Congress will make regular Americans run to their financial planners for emergency help before the holidays. But the Senate is poised to pass a spending bill on Friday that includes a huge swath of long-anticipated retirement changes, collectively referred to as the SECURE Act.

Presidential Material: Life Lessons with Bellamy Young

The United States may not have had a woman president quite yet, but on TV it certainly has. One of those was Mellie Grant, the character played by Bellamy Young on the Shonda Rhimes hit "Scandal" before it ended last year.

How can Generation Z compete with robots? Focus on the human touch

It sounds counterintuitive, but members of Generation Z will have to focus on human connections if they want to compete with robots for the jobs of the future.

Sustainable investors face squeeze as larger firms move in

Specialized fund managers who pioneered green investing for decades are missing out on some of the spoils as the sector goes mainstream and large firms move in.

YOUR MONEY: Year-end money moves for your ETFs

Tax-loss harvesting is all about finding losers in your investment portfolio to offset winners so you pay less tax.

U.S. banking regulators unveil proposal to update low-income lending standards

Two U.S. banking regulators unveiled a proposed overhaul to community lending standards on Thursday, kicking off a contentious policy fight over the proper way to ensure banks are supporting lower-income borrowers where they do business.

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