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Youngkin promises biz-friendly climate for Va.
Feb 24, 2022

Youngkin signs bill to conform tax code

This year’s tax season may be a little less complicated for businesses that were granted Paycheck Protection Program loans and Rebuild Virginia grants during the pandemic. A bill that Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law Wednesday will ensure that the aid granted through those programs won’t be treated as taxable inco[...]

DHG to merge with BKD, forming top 10 accounting firm
Feb 17, 2022

DHG to merge with BKD, forming top 10 accounting firm

The fifth-largest accounting firm operating in Virginia, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, is merging with Springfield, Missouri-based BKD CPAs & Advisors to form a combined top 10 accounting firm with $1.4 billion in revenue, the two firms announced Thursday. The “merger of equals” will be effective June 1, a company sp[...]

Blue Ridge Bank President and CEO Brian Plum. Photo by Norm Shafer.
Jan 20, 2022

Blue Ridge Bank, FVCbank merger called off

The merger of the parent companies of Charlottesville-based Blue Ridge Bank and Fairfax-based FVCbank has been called off, the companies announced late Thursday. Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. and  FVC Bankcorp Inc. mutually agreed to terminate the agreement, which was first announced in July 2021. The companies delayed the merger,[...]

Atlantic Union Bank names Maria Tedesco COO
Jan 18, 2022

Atlantic Union Bank names Maria Tedesco COO

Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bank has named Maria Tedesco its chief operating officer, effective immediately. It’s a new position for the bank. Tedesco will continue in her role as president as well. She joined the bank in 2018 and previously was chief operating officer for BMO Harris Bank’s U.S. retail and business[...]

Heavy hitters
Jan 13, 2022

Roaring ’20s repeat possible, Richmond Fed president says

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President and CEO Thomas Barkin said he could visualize another round of the “roaring ’20s,” he said Thursday during the Virginia Bankers Association/Virginia Chamber 2022 Financial Forecast event. Driven by investment and real estate appreciation, the nation has seen a 28% boos[...]

Fifth District economy has moderate growth, Fed says
Jan 12, 2022

Fifth District economy has moderate growth, Fed says

The Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) saw modest growth but was constrained by supply issues and labor shortages, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. The Beige Book is published eight [...]

Deloitte names first female Central Va. marketplace leader
Jan 5, 2022

Deloitte names first female Central Va. marketplace leader

Deloitte named Alison Rogish its new Central Virginia marketplace leader Wednesday, the first woman to hold the role. “It’s an honor to have been asked to serve as marketplace leader for Deloitte’s Central Virginia practice,” Rogish said in a statement. “I look forward to using my knowledge and experience to bu[...]

Former MUFG Americas head tapped as next Va. finance sec
Dec 22, 2021

Former MUFG Americas head tapped as next Va. finance sec

Stephen Emery Cummings, who retired in March as the president and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) in the Americas, has been chosen as Virginia’s next secretary of finance, Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. “Lowering taxes and restoring fiscal responsibility in Richmond is a primary focus of our [...]

Tysons-based MicroStrategy invested more than $2.2 billion to acquire 91,579 bitcoin, which rose to $5.94 billion in value as of mid-April. Photo by Stephen Gosling
Dec 1, 2021

MicroStrategy buys $414M more bitcoin in Q4

MicroStrategy Inc. bought $414.4 million worth of bitcoin — about 7,002 units — from Oct. 1 to Nov. 29, the Tysons-based business software company reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The company now holds about 121,044 bitcoins, for which it paid $3.57 billion total. The average purchase price [...]

“Congress is looking at ways to raise additional revenue and taxes and ultimately [may] discourage people from investing in IRAs,” says Jeff Grinspoon, managing director and partner of VWG Wealth Management at Hightower Advisors in Vienna. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Nov 19, 2021

Supersize means

Watch your nest egg, particularly if it is extra-large. As Congress scrambles to hike taxes on the wealthy and fund trillions of dollars in social spending, legislators see a potential goldmine in so-called mega individual retirement accounts. Mega IRAs, defined as individual retirement accounts containing at least $5 million, a[...]

The Motley Fool hires chief diversity and inclusion officer
Nov 17, 2021

The Motley Fool hires chief diversity and inclusion officer

Alexandria-based financial services company The Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has hired its first chief diversity and inclusion officer, the company announced Wednesday. Rachel Williams joined the company on Nov. 12. She will work on recruiting, leadership development, employee engagement and retention. Her focus will also include a[...]

Nov 9, 2021

Brown Edwards acquires Mitchell Wiggins

Roanoke-based accounting firm Brown Edwards LLP acquired tax, audit and business consulting firm Mitchell Wiggins on Nov. 1. With offices in metro Richmond and the Petersburg/Tri-Cities areas, Mitchell Wiggins will bring six partners and 47 team members to Brown Edwards. Brown Edwards will have an office in the former Mitchell Wiggins space in Richmond, with […]

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