Banking & Finance
Trading begins for Artisan Partners shares
Milwaukee-based Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. held an initial public offering this morning with shares priced at $30 on the New York Stock Exchange. The share price quickly rose to $36.
Braeger program provides non-traditional auto financing
Glendale-based Braeger Auto Finance Group LLC is providing financing to automotive dealers focusing on low-income and minority consumers who do not qualify for traditional auto financing.
Bank index cites moderate economic growth in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin economy is expanding at a moderate pace, but has struggled to gather any sustained momentum given cooling factory activity, according to the State Monitor report released by BMO Capital Markets Economics.
Waterstone Mortgage opens West Allis office
Waterstone Mortgage Corp. is expanding into the greater Milwaukee area with a new office in West Allis.
HY Connect acquires Chicago marketing firm
HY Connect, an independent marketing and communications firm with offices in Milwaukee and Chicago, has acquired lonelybrand, a digital marketing agency operating in Chicago.
Former reporter to lead Wisconsin Angel Network
Dan Blake, project manager for a California electronic medical records installation at Epic Systems, will leave his post and join the Wisconsin Technology Council as the director of its Wisconsin Angel Network in mid-March.
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MGIC absorbs higher losses
Milwaukee-based MGIC Investment Corp., the nation's largest private mortgage insurer, reported a fourth quarter net loss of $386.7 million, compared with a net loss of $135.3 million in the fourth quarter for fiscal 2011.
Minnesota credit union acquires Ladish Community Credit Union
TruStone Financial Federal Credit Union of Plymouth, Minn. announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Ladish Community Credit Union (LCCU) of Cudahy.
The boards of directors of both organizations unanimously approved a merger of the two credit unions.
The boards of directors of both organizations unanimously approved a merger of the two credit unions.
Sequester is ‘stupid, stupid, stupid’
Lawmakers in Washington have done what previously seemed unthinkable: They have allowed sequestration to mindlessly cut spending across the board rather than agree to a coherent deficit-reduction plan.
Cleary Gull expands team
Cleary Gull Advisors in Milwaukee has hired Brady Endl and promoted Charles Batchelor and Mike Peters.