Financial Updates – Page 35 – Financial Updates

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

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 Banking

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 Banking

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 Banking

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 Launches $100M Tokenized MMF on Ethereum: Opportunities & Risks

Americas Tech Banking

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launched MONY, a...

MONY is a conservative 506(c) private fund fo...

Investors can subscribe and redeem in cash or...

The fund rides a rapidly growing tokenized MM...

Stanley Black & Decker Target Raised to $78 by Goldman Sachs Amid Margin Gains

Americas Firms Industrial

Goldman Sachs nudged its Stanley Black & Deck...

Other brokers remain more optimistic, with se...

Operationally, SWK is improving margins via c...

Management is targeting adjusted gross margin...

Why Few MBB Consultants Move into Banking: Realities of Career Transitions

Americas Firms Banking

Only about 3% of McKinsey, Bain and BCG leave...

Most ex-consultants join large, usually priva...

Transitions from MBB into banking are concent...

Both perception gaps about deal experience an...

Wealthfront’s $14 IPO Mirrors U.S. IPO Surge—Strong Day-One Gains, Regulatory Clouds

Americas M&A Banking

Wealthfront plans a December 2025 Nasdaq IPO ...

The 2025 U.S. IPO market has rebounded, with ...

Average first-day returns for 2025 U.S. opera...

Despite the rebound, longer-term IPO performa...

Warner Bros. Discovery takeover fight: Paramount’s $30 vs Netflix’s $27.75 per share

Americas M&A Media

Warner Bros. Discovery faces competing bids: ...

Paramount’s bid, backed by Ellison, RedBird, ...

Netflix’s narrower bid excludes WBD’s linear ...

WBD’s board is running a broader strategic re...

Why 2025 Sees M&A Deal Counts at a Low While Megadeals Push Overall Value to Decade Highs

Americas M&A Banking

M&A deal counts in 2025 are at their lowest i...

Q3 2025 alone saw about $1.26 trillion in meg...

Large, well-capitalized firms—especially in N...

This tilt toward fewer, bigger deals heighten...