Finance Updates – Page 139

H1 2025 Private Equity: Fundraising Surges, IPOs Stall, Trade Sales Rule Exit Routes

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Global private equity fundraising rebounded i...

Exit activity, especially IPOs, remains the m...

Capital is concentrating in large, establishe...

Future fundraising strength hinges on improve...

Perella Weinberg Acquires Devon Park Advisors to Lead Surge in Private Equity Secondaries

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

Perella Weinberg Partners is acquiring Devon ...

Devon Park’s 15-person team, led by founder J...

The deal is a strategic bet that demand for c...

PWP’s revenue has recently fallen sharply and...

Why Warner Bros Discovery Rejected Paramount’s Higher Bid in Favor of Netflix’s Deal

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to an $82.7 bil...

Paramount Skydance responded with a larger $1...

Paramount amended its proposal with Larry Ell...

WBD’s board still deemed Netflix’s lower-pric...

Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Kicks Off STB Review Amid Key Regulatory Risks

Americas M&A Transportation and Warehousing

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have forma...

The stock-and-cash deal, overwhelmingly appro...

The companies project about $2.75 billion in ...

The merger faces significant regulatory and p...

Unity’s Futures Potential: Balancing Growth and Risk in Derivatives Strategy

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

The article argues that futures are increasin...

Unity Software is highlighted as a potential ...

Futures’ obligation-based structure and unlim...

Key uncertainties include Unity’s path to pro...

Lowenstein Bolsters Crypto, Derivatives Practice with Ryne Miller to Navigate U.S. Regulation

Americas Firms Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Lowenstein Sandler has launched a Commodities...

The firm is targeting rising demand for legal...

Regulatory shifts, including CFTC pilots on d...

This move positions Lowenstein to capture mor...

Oil & Metals Under Pressure: How Trade Wars, Recession Fears & OPEC+ Output Are Shaping 2025

Global Markets Utilities

Oil prices fell about 3% to a four-year low, ...

China’s imposition of 34% tariffs on U.S. goo...

Growth-sensitive commodities including copper...

OPEC+ plans to increase output, forecast down...

AI Advances Push Down Long-Term Bond Yields as Consumption Growth Expectations Dim

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

Releases of major generative AI models since ...

The pattern implies bond investors are revisi...

Short-term yields barely move, suggesting mar...

Forecasting platforms like Metaculus grow mor...

Asia Markets Kick Off 2026 with Mixed Moves Amid Thin Liquidity, AI & Policy Risks

Asia Markets Information

Asian trading was thinned by New Year holiday...

Among open markets, the Hang Seng fell, Shang...

Low liquidity and partial global closures, in...

Looking into early 2026, investors are focuse...

Why You’re Seeing Bloomberg’s “Unusual Activity” Block: What It Means & How to Fix It

Global FYI Other Information Services

Bloomberg is blocking access because its syst...

Triggers include VPNs or proxies, shared or p...

To regain access, you typically must complete...

If issues persist, changing networks or IPs, ...