Three sizable creditors of collapsed local lender Live Well Financial are attempting to force the Chesterfield-based firm into bankruptcy liquidation as they seek to recoup more than $130 million. Flagstar Bank, Mirae Asset Securities, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Live Well on Monday in Delaware… Read more »
Michael Schwartz
Live Well Financial fights back against laid-off employee
A recently shuttered local lender claims it was within its rights when it abruptly sent its entire workforce packing with no advance notice.
Deal sealed for acquisition of longtime local insurance firm
A Southside insurance company is under new ownership for the first time since it was spun off from Markel in the mid-1990s.
Former exec sues Henrico-based Carpenter Co. for $18M; trial date set
A local executive is battling one of Richmond’s biggest privately held companies, claiming his efforts to thwart attempted price-fixing cost him his job and damaged his reputation.
Developers fetch nearly $5M for newly built Monument Ave. apartments
In a deal that tested their theory that the Richmond multifamily market may be approaching its peak, a group of local developers has sold their newest development for $323,000 per unit.
Live Well Financial CEO sued for repayment of $80M in loans
A bank in Michigan is going after the head of a recently shuttered Chesterfield-based mortgage company, as it looks to recoup collateral on tens of millions of dollars’ worth of allegedly defaulted loans.
New law firm launches in Shockoe Slip
A partnership born out of the state attorney general’s office has led to a new downtown law firm.
SunTrust to move parts of Richmond mortgage hub to N.C. as part of BB&T deal
Fallout from the pending $66 billion marriage of banking giants BB&T and SunTrust is beginning to emerge in Richmond, as one side prepares to relocate executives to a new shared mortgage headquarters in Greensboro.
So long Union Bank & Trust, hello Atlantic Union Bank
“There are literally thousands of touch points,” a bank executive said of the nearly endless list of items that had to be changed out to make way for the new moniker. The changeover also includes a new name for the bank’s holding company and a new stock ticker symbol.
Chicago-based investment bank makes first push into Richmond
Armed with an experienced local deal broker and UVA grad, an investment banking firm from the Windy City is planting its flag in Richmond for the first time.