Finance Updates – Page 180

SoftBank’s $4B DigitalBridge Deal Boosts AI-Infrastructure Play with 50% Valuation Premium

SoftBank will acquire U.S.-based digital infr...

DigitalBridge, which oversees roughly $108 bi...

The deal is a core plank of SoftBank’s AI and...

The acquisition, targeted to close in the sec...

Metalmark-Host Deal Marks Big Shift in Private Equity, Ports & Maritime Logistics

Americas M&A Construction

Metalmark Capital provided growth capital to ...

The partnership aligns with Metalmark’s strat...

Avondale Shipyard gives Host significant wate...

Undisclosed deal terms and future performance...

Feinstein, Allogene & the Ethics of Political Trades During the 2020 Pandemic

Americas Risk Health Care and Social Assistance

In early 2020, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husban...

Feinstein says her assets are in a blind trus...

The Department of Justice reviewed these and ...

The case underscores how even legally complia...

How Richard Blum’s $8M Circus Deal Funded a Global Poverty Legacy

Global FYI Retail Trade

Richard C. Blum helped buy Ringling Bros. cir...

He went on to found Blum Capital in 1975, bui...

Experiences trekking in the Himalayas led him...

Across his giving, Blum emphasized scalable, ...

Why Hedge Funds Are Loading Up on SPY, IVV & QQQ — Tactical Pivot or Structural Shift?

Americas Markets Information

Top hedge funds are increasingly using broad ...

Bridgewater’s outsized IVV stake, along with ...

QQQ has delivered the strongest year-to-date ...

This growing reliance on tech-heavy passive E...

Why Saba Capital’s Credit & Hedge Strategies Are Lagging While Closed-End Fund Activism Gains Ground

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Saba Capital’s $1.9bn flagship credit-disloca...

The firm’s $1bn tail-hedge fund has lost roug...

In contrast, Saba’s closed-end fund activism ...

The divergence highlights tension between Wei...

Toms Capital’s Target Play: Can Strategy and Cost Control Rescue the Retailer?

Americas Firms Retail Trade

Hedge fund Toms Capital has quietly built a s...

Target is mired in a prolonged slump, with mu...

Management is pursuing a turnaround via a 202...

Persistent margin pressure, weak discretionar...

Mecox Capital Partners Kicks Off Jan 2026 With Peter Borish & $50M Strategy

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Mecox Capital Partners, a new hedge fund back...

The Bridgehampton-based fund will run a discr...

Leadership includes CIO Richard Passer and Ch...

The launch highlights demand for boutique, hi...

Why Hedge Funds Are Turning Infrastructure Into Their Biggest Strategic Edge

Global Tech Construction

Hedge fund infrastructure has shifted from ba...

Firms are sharply increasing investment in cl...

Regulatory scrutiny and enforcement actions, ...

Phased modernization, outsourcing, and emergi...

RFM Raises $800M in First Year as Japan’s Market Reforms Ignite Foreign Capital Surge

Asia Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

New Japan-focused hedge fund RFM, launched in...

The fund’s rapid scale-up reflects a broader ...

Investors are being drawn by corporate govern...

Key risks include stretched valuations, risin...