Finance Updates – Page 53 – Finance Updates

How Regulation Has Mitigated—but Not Eliminated—Run Risk in Money Market Funds

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Money market mutual funds arose in the 1970s ...

Crises in 2008 and 2020 exposed run and liqui...

SEC reforms in 2014 and especially 2023 tight...

MMMF assets have reached record highs above $...

December 2025 Stakes Rise: Investors Push More into Real Estate in Alternatives

Americas Markets Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

Institutional allocators deployed about $10.9...

Real estate targets dipped slightly to roughl...

Investor conviction in real estate is improvi...

Institutions are tilting toward core/core-plu...

Private Equity in 2026: Navigating Dry Powder, Exits & Valuation Risks for Growth

Americas Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private equity enters 2026 with a large backl...

Firms hold substantial dry powder, but fundra...

Continuation vehicles have surged to around o...

With rates, inflation, and regulation creatin...

How Private Equity & Alternative Assets Are Reshaping Wall Street Power

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private equity and alternative asset firms ha...

These firms now command trillions in assets a...

Operating under lighter regulation and with o...

At the same time, slower exits, higher rates,...

Jim Cramer Bets Big on Goldman Sachs: Strong Earnings, Investment Banking Lead Growth

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Jim Cramer calls Goldman Sachs a favorite and...

Goldman’s latest quarter showed about $15.2B ...

Cramer argues Goldman’s valuation remains rea...

Key risks are cyclicality in deal and trading...

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

Americas M&A Information

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...

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...