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In New York City and elsewhere, financial institutions are taking stock of their office-building security protocols following the killing of four people, including an investment bank executive, in Midtown Manhattan. Security experts say that layers of protection are essential in all office buildings.

The former Goldman Sachs executive was reportedly shot accidentally by a Las Vegas man targeting the National Football League.

The judge in the case said the former associate needed to go to prison in order to send a message to others in the financial industry.

The embattled German payments company filed for insolvency, while its former COO is either on the run or looking for the missing $2 billion; the giant asset manager is looking to hire more college graduates rather than poach junior bankers.

ECGS urges investors to oust the chairman and three executives; financial companies using AI to help adults manage their elderly parents’ finances.

Joe Baratta, Blackstone’s global head of private equity, said that he was drawn to the Sacramento, Calif., company because he believes its technology offers lenders a more efficient way to find customers.

Nonbanks are originating more commercial mortgages on fixer-uppers in response to a sharp drop in the cost of funding in the securitization market. These deals are said to be "vastly different" than other CRE instruments that sustained big losses in the crisis — so far.

Stephen Sanger is expected to leave as nonexecutive chairman; Barry Rodrigues, a former Citigroup and American Express executive, will join the British bank in November.