Private-Credit Warning Signs Flash After Blue Owl Unloads $1.4 Billion in Assets
The sale raises fears that the industry's efforts to court individual investors will suffer.
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White House Offers New Details on Its Push to Ban Housing Investors
President Trump wants to prohibit investors that own more than 100 homes from buying more, potentially banning hundreds of investment firms.
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Why Risk-Loving Options Traders Are Flocking to Prediction Markets
Simple "yes" or "no" wagers on finance, sports and politics are drawing in the day traders who feasted on complicated stock-option plays.
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Klarna Swings to Loss Despite Jump in Revenue
Klarna swung to a loss in the fourth quarter despite reporting a jump in revenue as it more than doubled its number of banking customers.
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Zurich Insurance Earnings Rise on Growth Across Business Lines
Net profit rose 17% in 2025 to $6.80 billion as the insurer delivered record annual earnings across all of its businesses.
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Elizabeth Warren Has Questions About the Shake-Up Inside the Fed's Banking Regulator
Letters to the Fed's Michelle Bowman seek information about banking oversight changes and a planned new report on SVB's failure.
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Fed's Miran Now Sees a Less Accommodative Rate Path
Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran dialed back his calls for how deeply the Fed should cut rates this year, telling an interviewer that recent data have reflected a stronger economy than he had expected.
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Fed Minutes Reveal Little Appetite for Rate Cuts
Some officials favored more neutral language-pushing back against the prospect of reducing interest rates.
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Soundcore Closes Fund III at $450 Million Cap
The lower-midmarket investor has already made five major commitments from the new pool.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on housing affordability in Canada, U.S. pending home sales and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.
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The Federal Reserve Wants to Change How You Shop for a Mortgage
Washington is aiming to get banks back into the mortgage market.
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Moody's Posts Higher Profit, Revenue
Moody's logged higher profit and revenue in the fourth quarter, as the company said efforts to scale new technologies across its business were paying off.
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Mediobanca Shares Rise After Monte dei Paschi Outlines Delisting Plan
Shares in Mediobanca rose after majority-owner Banca Monte dei Paschi di Sienna said it would delist the Italian investment bank from Milan's stock exchange.
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