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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 6, 2023 / Community First Fund was founded by Black and Latino community visionaries with a dream to provide much-needed capital to low-income entrepreneurs and community organizations serving the poor in South Central Pennsylvania. These leaders created comm...
ALBANY, GA / ACCESSWIRE / March 30, 2023 / Today, Albany Community Together, Inc., a leading network for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), announced it has received a $1 million grant from Truist Foundation. The grant will help Albany Community Together, Inc., in partnership ...
ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / March 28, 2023 / Today, Truist Foundation announced a $1 million grant to Emory University Goizueta Business School's Start:ME Accelerator program , the largest gift in the program's 10-year history. Start:ME is a free, 14-week accelerator training program aimed...
A sharp sell-off to start the year has pushed down municipal bond valuations and muni closed-end funds to discounts, presenting an attractive entry point for investors seeking tax-exempt income. Muni CEFs borrow money at short-term interest rates and invest the proceeds in muni bonds ...
Rating agencies reported that upgrades outpaced downgrades in 2021. The decline in the stock market produced concern that pension funding may decline, and the rise in inflation may reduce benefits. The shorter bonds can be sold to take advantage of large outflows from mutual funds...
Interest rate volatility prompted another month of negative total returns. Below-average issuance was counterbalanced by a slowdown in demand. November could provide opportunities ahead of seasonal strength in December and January. For further details see: Muni Seasonal ...
Rising interest rates drove negative total returns. Supply and demand dynamics turned less seasonally favorable and acted as a headwind. More attractive valuations could provide near-term opportunity. For further details see: Munis Remained Tethered To Rates In September...
Modestly negative performance in August capped a robust summer seasonal period. Issuance exceeded expectations, resulting in less of a supply/demand imbalance than is typical. We maintain a defensive posture into the historically less favorable month of September. For furthe...
The US House Ways and Means Committee released their new 881-page tax proposal –there's some tricky stuff in it. If passed, the new top Federal rate in the US will be 46.4 percent, while the top capital gains tax rate appears it will be 31.8 percent from my calculations. NY...
While they may have become more common over the last 10 years, municipal defaults and bankruptcies still remain rare overall. The five-year all-rated cumulative default rate of municipal bonds throughout the study period (1970-2020) was unchanged at 0.08% and still remains very low. ...
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With Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 28, 2024 / As we prepare for another busy hurricane season - expected to be one of the most active in years - Truist Foundation President Lynette Bell connects with American Red Cross Pres...
CHARLOTTE, NC / ACCESSWIRE / June 24, 2024 / Truist Latest round of funding supports 11 nonprofit organizations nationwide Truist Foundation announced philanthropic funding for 11 nonprofit organizations working to pilot emerging solutions or scale existing successful initiatives into ne...
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 14, 2024 / This quarterly newsletter showcases how Truist Foundation supports Truist Financial Corporation's purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities through strategic investments in a wide variety of nonprofit organizations centered around tw...