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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Banking

German Government Investigates Itself Over UniCredit’s Shock Commerzbank Stake Purchase

The German government launched an internal probe to figure out how it was blindsided by UniCredit staking a major position in Commerzbank.

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Markets

Stock Prices in Half-Pennies Are in Your Future

The SEC voted unanimously to change market rules so that roughly 1,700 securities can be quoted in increments of $0.005.

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Banking

Regulators Point the Finger at Banks for Overdraft Fees, Fintech Records

Two US financial regulators told banks Tuesday to step up protections for consumers: for overdraft fees and tracking fintechs.

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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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