Finance Updates – Page 126

Fact Check: Claims of Richard Blum’s Recent Death Are False and Misleading

Americas FYI Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Richard C. Blum, investor, philanthropist, an...

Blum served as a UC Regent from 2002 and was ...

A newly circulating article incorrectly impli...

The piece appears to recycle 2022 material wi...

How Hedge Funds Are Ramping Up AI: Strategies, Risks & Key Infrastructure Bets

Americas Tech Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Top hedge funds like Citadel, Balyasny, Two S...

Some firms are launching dedicated AI vehicle...

Capital is heavily concentrated in AI infrast...

Executives highlight unresolved risks around ...

Where Bill Ackman’s Big Bets Lie: Uber, Howard Hughes & His 5 Key Holdings

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square runs a highly c...

Ackman is turning Howard Hughes into a Berksh...

Uber, a new top holding bought in early 2025,...

This concentrated strategy seeks outsized ret...

Private SaaS Rebound: ARR Growth Nears 20%, Retention Rising & Profits by 2026

Global Tech Information

Private SaaS companies see ARR growth reaccel...

Retention and efficiency are improving, with ...

AI has moved from experimentation to executio...

The competitive edge is shifting to SaaS comp...

a.k.a. Brands Q3 FY2025 Performance & Strategy Ahead of KeyBanc Consumer Conference

Americas Firms Retail Trade

a.k.a. Brands (NYSE: AKA) will participate in...

Recent results show modest net sales growth f...

Growth initiatives focus on expanding Princes...

Key risks include declining international sal...

Pilot Flying J Acquires Controlling Stake in Maxum Petroleum, Bolsters Fuel Logistics

Americas M&A Utilities

Pilot Flying J is acquiring a controlling int...

Maxum distributes over 1.3 billion gallons of...

Western Petroleum, a 200-million-gallon regio...

Maxum will operate as an independent, standal...

How Sonoco’s $550M Tegrant Deal Shaped Its Packaging Strategy & Divestitures

Americas M&A Retail Trade

Sonoco agreed to acquire protective-packaging...

The deal added roughly $440 million of Tegran...

Tegrant brought three key businesses—Protexic...

In 2025 Sonoco sold the ThermoSafe unit for u...

How Metalmark Capital Scaled Collagen Matrix: PE’s Role in Medical Device Growth

Americas M&A Health Care and Social Assistance

Metalmark Capital completed a majority invest...

At the time, Collagen Matrix offered over 30 ...

The partnership provided capital and sector e...

Metalmark later exited via a 2019 sale of Col...

NovoDynamics Taps Metalmark’s Howard Hoffen to Lead Dental AI’s Push into Broader Healthcare

Americas Firms Health Care and Social Assistance

NovoDynamics has appointed Metalmark Capital ...

The company’s dental AI claims-review platfor...

Metalmark’s middle-market, healthcare-focused...

This board addition positions NovoDynamics fo...

Host-Metalmark Deal Unpacked: Strategic Moves, Outcomes & Future of Terminal Logistics

Americas M&A Construction

Metalmark Capital made a strategic, likely mi...

The partnership combined Metalmark’s infrastr...

Host preserved family-controlled ownership, w...

By 2023, Host agreed to sell Avondale Global ...