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U.S. Bancorp’s $1B BTIG Deal Boosts Equity Capital Markets & M&A Game

Americas M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

U.S. Bancorp will buy investment firm BTIG fo...

Signed Jan. 12, 2026, the deal is expected to...

The acquisition brings U.S. Bank in-house equ...

U.S. Bank expects minimal 2026 EPS impact and...

Trilantic Europe’s Fundraising Breakdown: €925M Fund VI, €375M ETI Fund & the €700M Target Question

Europe Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

No public disclosure confirms that Trilantic ...

Its latest confirmed flagship close, Trilanti...

The dedicated Energy Transition (ETI) fund cl...

Trilantic reports roughly €2.4–€2.9 billion i...

CCMP Growth Closes $500M+ Fund IV Targeting Consumer & Industrial Buyouts

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

CCMP Growth Advisors closed its fourth fund, ...

Under new leadership, the firm is emphasizing...

The fund has made four platform investments a...

Insiders contributed over 10% of commitments,...

Oracle Valuation Hinges on AI & Cloud Growth Amid Debt and Margin Headwinds

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

KeyBanc reiterates Overweight on Oracle and a...

Its model values the core applications/databa...

Execution risk is rising as cloud/AI capex is...

Despite strong net margins, operating margin ...

ATI Soars with A&D Momentum: KeyBanc Targets $132 on Margin Gains & Material Tailwinds

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

KeyBanc raised ATI’s price target to $132 fro...

A&D now represents about 70% of sales, helpin...

Growth in jet engines, defense, and airframes...

Key risks include raw material volatility, de...

KeyBanc Downgrades CrowdStrike: Investing in AI/Data Leaders Like Snowflake & Okta

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

KeyBanc downgraded CrowdStrike to Sector Weig...

The firm still likes CrowdStrike long term fo...

KeyBanc prefers Snowflake, Datadog, Dynatrace...

Survey checks suggest 2026 security budgets g...

Metalmark-HOST Growth Equity Deal: History, Strategy & Maritime Infrastructure Impact

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Metalmark Capital made a minority growth-capi...

The Host family retained control and financia...

Avondale’s docks, waterfront and planned rail...

The thesis offers Metalmark asset-backed expo...

Reverence Capital’s Bold Move into Private Credit: Strategy, Challenges & Opportunities

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Reverence Capital is launching or scaling a p...

The firm has built a deep former-Goldman cred...

It is targeting opportunities created as bank...

Key unknowns include exact focus, leverage an...

Feinstein’s Allogene Stock Sales Spark Debate Over Blind Trust, Insider Risk

Americas Markets Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Richard C. Blum, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s late...

The sales around roughly US$21.72 and US$24.2...

Feinstein said the trades were handled withou...

The episode continues to fuel calls for tight...

Richard C. Blum: Investing in Value, Philanthropy, and Global Impact

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Richard C. Blum made his name as a value inve...

He turned wealth into sustained anti-poverty ...

As a UC Regent, he pushed fiscal oversight an...

His philanthropy was shaped by deep ties to t...