Finance Updates – Page 119

Private Credit’s Soaring Rise: $3–3.5T AUM & Risks Driving Regulatory Focus

Global Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private credit has expanded from about US$2 t...

It has delivered superior risk-adjusted retur...

Growth is driven by banks’ retrenchment, borr...

Rising systemic, liquidity, and underwriting ...

How Hedge Funds Are Reinventing Investment Vehicles to Serve Demand for Access, Liquidity & Lower Fees

Global Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Hedge funds are increasingly repackaging stra...

Product innovation includes liquid-alternativ...

Capital continues to concentrate in large mul...

Key risks center on fee compression, regulato...

Silver’s Tightrope: Navigating Risk While Eyes Remain Bullish on Industrial Demand

Global Risk Manufacturing

Alexander Campbell, a hedge-fund veteran who ...

He highlights near-term pressures from tax-dr...

Despite this, Campbell remains structurally b...

He suggests investors manage risk into early ...

Why Private Equity’s Dry Powder Isn’t Moving & How Continuation Vehicles Will Shape 2026

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

U.S. private equity is stuck with a large bac...

Higher interest rates and weaker IPO/M&A mark...

Firms are increasingly relying on continuatio...

In 2026, success will hinge on operational va...

Neptune Insurance IPO Raises $368M, Valuation Hits $3.1B on Flood Risk Tech

Americas Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Neptune Insurance, a Florida-based AI-driven ...

Including the fully exercised over-allotment,...

The stock gained around 12–24% on its first d...

Neptune’s asset-light MGA model, Triton AI un...

Mars Completes Kellanova Acquisition: $36B Snacking Powerhouse & Regulatory Tightrope

Global M&A Retail Trade

Mars has secured all 28 regulatory approvals,...

The combined Mars Snacking business will gene...

Kellanova adds several billion-dollar brands—...

The deal elevates Mars as a dominant snacking...

Banker-Athlete Ralf Etienne Eyes History in 2026 Winter Paralympics for Haiti

Americas FYI Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Ralf Etienne, a 36-year-old Bank of America i...

He lost his leg in Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, r...

To qualify, he must race across Europe and ac...

His bid highlights how immigration policy, li...

Barclays Taps Hiroshi Minoura as Chairman of Investment Banking Japan to Drive APAC M&A Growth

Asia M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Barclays has appointed Hiroshi Minoura as Cha...

Minoura brings 47 years of financial industry...

His mandate is to spearhead major strategic a...

The move is part of Barclays’ broader APAC in...

Why SoftBank’s $4B DigitalBridge Buy Signals a Bet on AI Infrastructure

Global M&A Information

SoftBank agreed to acquire DigitalBridge for ...

The deal gives SoftBank control of a $108 bil...

DigitalBridge will continue operating as a se...

SoftBank views the acquisition as core to its...

How Metalmark Capital’s 2018 Deal Transformed T. Parker Host’s Port & Logistics Strategy

Americas M&A Construction

Metalmark Capital made an undisclosed growth-...

The deal coincided with Host’s acquisition of...

Avondale is being developed as a multimodal l...

The partnership pairs Metalmark’s infrastruct...