Finance

Investments

Retirement-Platform Giant Turns On Private Markets Tap

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Retirement plan provider Empower is making private market investments available to participants with help from some Wall Street titans.

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M&A

Will M&A Activity Ever Turn Around This Year?

According to Dealogic, just 1,603 deals have been signed this year through Friday, down 19% year-over-year.

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Finance

As Nvidia Reports Earnings, Magnificent Seven Investors Rethink Their Bets

Hedge funds are still all in on the AI boom that drove the Magnificent Seven’s gains, they just think it’s creating value elsewhere now.

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Banking

JPMorgan Expands Its Bet on Private Equity to the Tune of $50 Billion

Moody’s analysts predict, as of last week, that the private credit market will double to $3 trillion by 2028.

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Private Equity

Private Equity, Sports and Games Sidestep Frozen M&A Pipelines

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Dealmaking among private equity firms and in the sports and video games sectors has gone full steam ahead amid a global M&A freeze.

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Markets

Coca-Cola Sees Glass Half Full Even as Trade War Drains Fizz From Pop Sales

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Coca-Cola was one of several companies whose earnings last week flashed positive signs, despite the hail of uncertainty around tariffs.

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Finance

Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities Has Some Tips for SEC

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Top of the list is a warning over the rise of 24-hour trading, just as the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange pursue it.

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