BKD said its combination with Dixon Hughes Goodman will create a top 10 national professional services firm. BKD’s local office is the fourth-largest accounting firm in the Indianapolis area, according to IBJ research.
Costs for 30-year loans hit a more than two-year high of 3.69% last week, rising about 20% just since Christmas. Further increases are expected as the Federal Reserve, trying to curb inflation, hikes its benchmark rate.
Lisa Schlehuber has served as CEO of Indianapolis-based Elements Financial since 2005. She’ll retire from the role in April, the credit union announced Wednesday.
German American, which has 78 locations in 33 Indiana and Kentucky counties, said it plans to open a loan production office in Greenwood this quarter. It will be the bank’s first physical presence in this market.
With high inflation squeezing consumers and businesses and unemployment falling steadily, the Fed also said it would phase out its monthly bond purchases, which have been intended to lower longer-term rates, in March.
Stocks extended their three-week decline on Wall Street and put the benchmark S&P 500 on track to a so-called correction—a drop of 10% or more from its most recent high.
An IRS worker shortage and an enormous workload from administering pandemic-related programs will combine to cause taxpayers pain this filing season.
High Alpha launched Castiron in October. The startup offers a platform for culinary artisans to sell their products, connect with customers and run their businesses.
J. Kevin Ryan, CEO of Indianapolis-based Financial Center First Credit Union, is set to retire after 40 years in the industry, the credit union announced Tuesday.
The former owner of the five-store local chain said he made the switch to reward employees, who also will benefit from significant state and federal tax advantages.
Monument Microcap Partners has also added three partners and two other employees, plus a branch office in the metro Detroit area.
Navient, a major student loan collecting company, agreed to cancel $1.7 billion in debt owed by more than 66,000 borrowers across the United States and pay over $140 million in other penalties to settle allegations of abusive lending practices.
TechPoint, the state’s not-for-profit tech accelerator, said the state saw more than $958 million in venture capital investment last year, which is nearly triple the previous record set in 2019.
In 2021, investors more than doubled the amount of cash they handed out to startups, according to new data from research firm CB Insights.
On Wednesday, the government is expected to report that consumer prices jumped 7.1% over the past 12 months, which would be the steepest such increase in decades.
The market kept setting new highs all year despite plenty of challenges, including rising inflation, global supply chain disruptions and outbreaks of more contagious variants of the COVID-19 virus.
During Chris LaMothe’s tenure, Elevate Ventures has grown to 16 funds with $150 million in assets under management and has invested nearly $125 million in about 450 startups
The funds from the Emergency Capital Investment Program, which was created this year, will go to 186 community-based financial institutions.
Indiana bankers cite federal COVID-19 relief measures as a big reason—but not the only one.
The company, which offers cloud-based software and other products for call-center operators, has a significant presence in Indianapolis but it’s unclear how the recent investment might affect local operations.
