Finance Updates – Page 124

Penn Launches $10M Fund to Fuel Faculty Spinouts & Boost Philly Tech Growth

Penn has launched a $10 million StartUP Fund,...

The fund offers up to $250,000 per startup vi...

It fills a pre-Series A funding gap for unive...

The fund enters a rebounding but still tight ...

University of Utah’s $500M Private Equity Deal Could Redefine Athletic Revenue Models

Americas M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The University of Utah is creating Utah Brand...

Utah keeps majority ownership and full contro...

Otro Capital holds a minority stake, shares i...

This first-of-its-kind public university priv...

PAG’s High-Stakes Play in China’s Distressed Malls: Risky Move, Big Upside

Asia Risk Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

PAG has doubled down on China’s distressed co...

Starting from a $2.8 billion minority stake i...

In 2025, PAG spearheaded a roughly 45 billion...

The bet depends on a slow recovery in Chinese...

Why Private Equity Pros Are Fleeing Big Firms for Smaller, Specialized Funds

Global Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Mid-level professionals are increasingly leav...

Higher interest rates and weak exit activity ...

Smaller and specialist funds often offer fast...

Performance data showing smaller and sector-f...

Why Private Markets Are Surpassing Banks in Wealth, Power & Risk

Global Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private equity and alternative-asset executiv...

Private credit has surged to roughly $3–3.5 t...

Non-bank financial institutions now control o...

Banks, regulators, and investors are scrambli...

Why Paramount’s $108B Bid Backed by Ellison, RedBird Faces Regulatory & Deal Risk

Americas M&A Information

Paramount and Skydance have launched a hostil...

Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity ...

Foreign investors, including Saudi Arabia’s P...

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is expected to...

J.P. Morgan PEG Closes $1.44B Fund GPE XII, Outpaces GPE XI with Strong Co-Investment Demand

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity...

GPE XII is about 12–13% larger than predecess...

The fund will be heavily U.S.-focused (around...

PEG now manages roughly US$36 billion in priv...

Stone Point’s New Evergreen Fund: Private Equity for Retail Investors with Trident X Edge

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Stone Point Capital is piloting a roughly $1 ...

The vehicle will feature lower minimums, quar...

Trident X, which closed in July 2025 at $11.5...

The move opens new retail distribution channe...

NYCEDC Launches $25M Catalyst Fund II to Boost Impact Investing & Diverse Private Equity in NYC

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

NYCEDC has launched NYC Catalyst Fund II with...

The fund targets managers backing diverse ent...

NYCEDC aims to leverage its $25 million commi...

NYC Catalyst Fund II builds on the first $40 ...

J.P. Morgan PEG Closes Fund XII at $1.44B, Raising Small-Mid Market Stakes

Global M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity...

The fund continues PEG’s global strategy acro...

PEG now oversees US$36 billion in private equ...

The oversubscribed close and rising fund size...