Banking & Finance

Many think of their business and personal wealth as one and the same, but in our opinion that is a risky approach to financial planning.

ZBB Energy Corp., a Menomonee Falls-based developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms and hybrid vehicle control systems, today announced it has entered into an agreement in which Aspire Capital Fund LLC, a Chicago-based limited liability company, has committed to purchasing up to $10 million of ZBB Energy common stock over the next two years.

Northern Trust Corp. today announced it has received no objections from the Federal Reserve Board to its proposed 2013 capital plan.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average will need an afternoon rally to extend its longest winning streak since 1996.

Company owners interested in learning more about the process and prospects of buying or selling businesses are invited to attend the annual BizTimes M&A Forum, which will take place Friday, May 3, at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.

There’s been a lot of talk about reforming the Federal Tax Code in the Fiscal Cliff and Sequester debates and now it appears that Wisconsin may be getting in on the act. Gov. Walker’s budget included a very modest reduction in the Wisconsin income tax rates and it appears that the legislature wants to go further.

Brookfield-based Advantage Federal Resourcing has been acquired by Florida workforce solutions company STS Technical Services.

ABC Supply Holding Corp., the parent company of Beloit-based American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement to redeem all of the shares held by its minority shareholders, an investor group led by Advent International.

In its 2012 financial statement, released today, Sheboygan-based property and casualty insurance firm Acuity reported that its assets under management reached an all-time high of $2.75 billion and policyholders’ surplus finished the year at a record $1.125 billion.

Milwaukee-based Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. held an initial public offering last week with shares priced at $30 on the New York Stock Exchange. The share price quickly rose to $36.