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In its second quarter M&A report, Fidelity recorded just three RIA deals in April, yet activity spiked in June, with 14 deals across $20.6 billion in assets.
The PPP was designed to keep employees of small businesses on payroll during the pandemic. Out of almost 4.9 million loans, the number of “jobs retained” is zero for 554,146 and blank for 324,122. Seven loans list negative job numbers.
The names and addresses of loan recipients under $150,000 were not disclosed, but it may point to the amount of assistance that went to help smaller firms with lower profits and fewer employees.
One lawyer representing affected investors in suits against the company excoriated the loan, calling the move 'one of the most flagrant abuses of taxpayer dollars of this century.'