January 2026 – Page 57 – Finance Updates

Bain Capital Fund XIV Raises $14B: What It Reveals About PE Strategy & LP Alignment

Bain Capital closed Fund XIV at $14 billion, ...

With Europe VI and Asia V (both 2023), Bain’s...

The firm will invest across five core sectors...

Bain says it will deploy capital selectively ...

How Sanctions—not Brexit—Sealed the Fate of VTB Capital’s London Unit

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

In 2016, VTB Capital floated scaling down Lon...

VTB Capital Plc remained in London until sanc...

The UK unit entered administration in late 20...

Recent reporting centers on legal and credito...

CCMP Growth IV Closes USD 500M+ Fund for U.S. Industrial & Consumer Growth Firms

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

CCMP Growth Advisors closed its first fund si...

Fund IV targets North American middle-market ...

The fund is over half deployed across four pl...

Leadership succession is positioned as contin...

WOW!’s $1.5B Take-Private Deal: New CEO Frank van der Post to Lead Fiber-Focused Transformation

Americas M&A Wired Telecommunications Carriers

WOW! named Frank van der Post CEO effective J...

DigitalBridge and Crestview completed the tak...

The new owners and CEO plan to invest in netw...

Van der Post brings fiber-broadband and comme...

Telecom Firm Faces Leadership Shake-up Amid Take-Private Push & Fiber Expansion Hurdles

Americas M&A Wired Telecommunications Carriers

DigitalBridge and Crestview Partners closed a...

Frank van der Post, former Breezeline preside...

WOW! is prioritizing fiber expansion after pa...

Operationally, legacy video/phone revenues ar...

DigitalBridge Series H Preferred Near 9% Yield Amid SoftBank Deal—What Investors Should Know

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

DigitalBridge’s Series H preferred (DBRG.PR.H...

SoftBank will buy the common at $16/share in ...

Series H is a 7.125% cumulative, perpetual, c...

Key risks are delisting/loss of SEC reporting...

Why SoftBank’s DigitalBridge Deal Signals a Major Shift in AI Infrastructure

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

SoftBank agreed to buy DigitalBridge in an al...

The offer implies a 15% premium to the Decemb...

DigitalBridge will remain a separately manage...

SoftBank frames the deal as an AI-infrastruct...

BRIDGE Housing Pioneers $71.5M Non-Profit Bonds to Fuel Affordable Homes

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

BRIDGE Housing and KeyBank/KeyBanc issued $71...

The 12-story, 222-unit transit-oriented Portl...

BRIDGE’s AA- rating drove 4x oversubscription...

The deal pairs public bonds with LIHTC equity...

Lightshift Secures $75M KeyBanc Facility to Boost East Coast Battery Storage Portfolio

Americas Firms Utilities

Lightshift Energy secured a US$75 million Key...

The facility combines a term loan, constructi...

A flagship project is a 16 MW/52 MWh battery ...

The deal follows prior financings (US$100 mil...

Enphase Energy’s Turnaround Potential: Valuation Boosts Amid Regulatory & Tariff Headwinds

Americas Firms Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

KeyBanc upgraded Enphase to Sector Weight, ar...

After a ~53% drop in 2025, ENPH trades around...

Headwinds persist from China-related tariffs ...

Upside hinges on executing new products and f...