Laura Miller

1 day ago | slate.com | Laura Miller

Books By “She has a Puerto Rican grandmother” was a fact occasionally cited in 2020 during the controversy over Jeanine Cummins’ third novel, American Dirt.

1 day ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Laura Miller

In a speech at the Crypto Task Force Roundtable on Tokenisation on Monday (12 May), Atkins said it is "a new day at the SEC" – where policymaking "will no longer result from ad hoc enforcement actions". Instead, the regulator will use its existing rulemaking to set "fit-for-purpose standards for market participants", Atkins explained, as he suggested a scaling back of regulatory investigations and a more open approach.

1 day ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Laura Miller

The latter reached its lowest level since 2017 in 2025's opening quarter, a period marked by regulatory and policy uncertainty and geopolitical turbulence. Gravis' Albane Poulin: The case for private credit over high yield bonds Europe remains the leader in the GSS Bond market, with over $109bn in bonds issued in the first quarter of 2025 alone, though this is a decrease from the $150bn issued during the same period last year.

1 day ago | investmentweek.co.uk | Laura Miller

Speaking at an event in London yesterday (12 May) under the banner ‘Strengthening the UK-China financial partnership', chair Ashley Alder said "financial cooperation is on the rise" between the two countries. Markets breathe a sigh of relief at 'tentative' US-China trade agreement He gave the example of China exploring how to mobilise retail investment to strengthen its pension system and meet the changing needs of the population. "In this shared challenge lies shared opportunity," Alder said.

4 days ago | sheenmagazine.com | Laura Miller

Before the spotlight of The Jennifer Hudson Show, before the grant awards and glowing media features, DeAnna Taylor sat alone in her car — not to drive anywhere, but to stop. To be still. To breathe. That pause, brief and silent as it was, became a revolution. In 2016, Taylor was stretched impossibly thin.