Finance Updates – Page 112

How MetLife’s PineBridge Deal Supercharges Its Global Asset Management Push

Global M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

MetLife Investment Management closed its acqu...

The transaction excludes PineBridge’s private...

Consideration is $800M cash upfront plus up t...

Brian Funk will lead the combined business as...

Amundi Restructures Leadership: Strengthening Private Markets & Region-Focused Strategy

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Amundi is reshuffling senior leadership effec...

Key appointments aim to accelerate private ma...

Distribution is also a priority, with new CEO...

The moves build on a December 2024 reorganiza...

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Leads Hedge Funds in 2025: Big Wins, Big Questions

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha surged about 33–34% ...

D.E. Shaw’s flagship Oculus and Composite fun...

Balyasny and Point72 gained about 16.7% and 1...

Strong performance drew allocator interest an...

SEC Tightens Oversight: What Advisers Must Do on Testimonials, Ratings, & Disclosures

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The SEC’s Division of Examinations flagged wi...

Common issues include disclosures that are mi...

Advisers also often lack a reasonable basis a...

The SEC signaled continued exam focus and pos...

2024 M&A Market Sees $3.2T Deal Value Surge Despite 14% Drop in Volume

Global M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Global M&A value rose about 10% in 2024 to ~U...

Kirkland & Ellis led legal advisors by 2024 d...

Goldman Sachs remained the top global bank M&...

Rankings skew heavily U.S.-centric, with Fres...

Perella Weinberg Extends Reach: Building Out GP-Led Secondaries & Continuation Funds

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Perella Weinberg Partners is acquiring GP-led...

Founder Jonathan Costello and about 15 Devon ...

The move targets a fast-growing secondaries m...

PWP is pursuing the expansion despite lumpy r...

Investment Banking in Late-2025: Megadeals, IPO Revival & PE Shake-Ups Forecasted for 2026

Global Forecast Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Global M&A value rebounded in 2025 to roughly...

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan gained share in ad...

Tech, healthcare, financials, and infrastruct...

For 2026, expectations are cautiously positiv...

Bitcoin Sinks 30% Since October: What Moves Could Trigger a Bounce Back

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

Bitcoin ended 2025 around $87,000–$90,000, ro...

Large holders sold about 161,294 BTC (~$15B) ...

2026 outlooks diverge from a pullback toward ...

Key drivers to watch are Fed policy and infla...

Investment Banks Reshape Power: Leadership, Stratified Sectors & AI in Deals

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

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Major banks are seeing notable senior-banker ...

Firms are reallocating sector focus toward AI...

U.S. bulge-bracket banks are expanding Managi...

How AI Summaries & Budget Cuts Are Reshaping Journalism Funding

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Google is piloting AI-generated article overv...

Separately, a California local-news funding d...

These moves highlight rising tension among pl...