Finance Updates – Page 140

Private Equity’s Crucial Crossroads: Fundraising Drought, Aging Assets & Continuation Funds

Global Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private equity fundraising and exits have slu...

A massive backlog of aging portfolio companie...

GPs are increasingly turning to continuation ...

LPs are more selective, favoring simpler, tra...

VTB’s Push into UK Retail: Core Banking Choices, License Hurdles & Lessons from Marcus’ Finacle Rollout

Europe Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

VTB applied for a UK banking licence in 2017 ...

The bank’s technology choice reflects a focus...

Goldman Sachs’ Marcus similarly entered the U...

Across these cases, regulatory demands such a...

Inside the Wind-Down: VTB Capital’s London Arm Costs, Claims & Creditor Battles

Europe Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

VTB Capital’s sanctioned UK arm remains in ad...

Just 12 largely part-time London staff are be...

Administrators are handling 357 creditor clai...

Office closures, relocations and rising admin...

SMBC Nikko Faces Leadership Shift as Strategic Restructuring Intensifies

Asia Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The reported departure of “Brock” from SMBC N...

SMBC Nikko is undergoing major leadership cha...

The firm faces financial and reputational pre...

A planned 2027 strategic joint venture with J...

When Sanctions Meet English Contracts: Enforcing Arbitration & Choice-of-Law Clauses

Global Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Post-2022 Russian sanctions have triggered di...

In JP Morgan v VTB, the English Commercial Co...

Related cases involving VEB and RusChemAllian...

These rulings highlight the need for financia...

UK Court Blocks VTB’s £205M Recovery Claim Amid Sanctions & Insolvency Rift

Europe Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The UK High Court rejected VTB Bank’s challen...

VTB claimed the 2025 rule amendments unlawful...

Administrators led by Teneo value VTB’s claim...

The ruling highlights how sanctions-driven re...

CCMP Growth Raises $500M+ Middle-Market Fund Targeting 10%+ Growth Platforms

Americas M&A Retail Trade

CCMP Growth Advisors closed its fourth buyout...

The strategy focuses on North American middle...

The fund has already backed four platforms pl...

CCMP Growth aims to differentiate in a tough ...

Reverence Capital’s $500–600M Structured Credit Fund: Targeting Asset-Based Returns

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Reverence Capital is launching a structured-c...

The fund focuses on asset-based, yield-orient...

This strategy complements Reverence’s success...

The new credit platform aims to diversify Rev...

Richard Blum: Investment Triumph to Philanthropic Legacy—Business, Influence, and Scrutiny

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Richard C. Blum parlayed an $8 million acquis...

He built a powerful investment firm focused o...

Blum coupled wealth creation with philanthrop...

His overlapping roles as investor, UC Regent,...

VTB CEO Warns New Capital Rules Will Force Major Russian Banks to Raise Funds in 2026

Europe Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

VTB CEO Andrei Kostin says Russian banks’ mai...

VTB alone estimates it needs about 1.7 trilli...

Slowing economic growth, high interest rates,...

Shallow domestic equity markets without Weste...