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

UK Abolishes Cap on Bankers’ Bonuses

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday that it’s ending a cap on bonuses for bankers that’s been in place since 2014.

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M&A

Chevron’s Hess Acquisition Fuels Broader M&A Frenzy

On Monday, Chevron said it would acquire energy player Hess for $53 billion. It’s the latest megadeal in a wildly active industry this month.

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Finance

Private Equity is Slightly Broken

As recently as 2021, the industry set a record by generating $1.4 trillion via outright sales or IPOs of portfolio companies. (A person could live on…

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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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Personal Finance

Hiring Slowdowns Have MBA Grads Scrambling for a Plan B

With economic uncertainty looming over the finance industry, a handful of the most popular firms have cut back their MBA hiring efforts.

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Finance

Carl Icahn’s Big Bet Against Shopping Malls Hasn’t Exactly Worked Out

Wall Street legend Carl Icahn bet big and — so far — has lost big on a wager against US shopping malls by way of a risky derivative strategy.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

SBF’s Adventures in Wonderland

Experts weigh in on how the crypto king, Sam Bankman-Fried, got lost in the casino.

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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

Investment Funds Can’t Quit Climate Change

Despite conservative disdain for ESG initiatives, one research project found climate change remains a chief concern for asset managers.

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Power Corridor

Life After Epstein at America’s Top Bank

JP Morgan, the largest bank in America, with more than $3 trillion in assets, settles all Epstein lawsuits.

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Finance

Goldman Sachs Launches Platform for Third-Party ETFs

Goldman Sachs launched its ETF accelerator platform, intended to help smaller third-party funds enter the $10 trillion market.

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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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