Rising Refinancing Risk as Bond Sales Surge, OECD Says
Rich-country governments will have to sell $14.5 trillion in bonds just to replace securities that are maturing, and new borrowing will likely bring total issuance to a record $18.3 trillion.
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Bank of Canada Urges Regulators to Play Catch-Up on Private-Credit Risk
Global authorities must step up their surveillance of lending by nonbank players like hedge funds and institutional investors to minimize risks to financial stability, says Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem.
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Record Numbers of Workers Are Raiding Their 401(k) Savings
A divergent economy has given people record retirement savings and more need to dig into them.
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A Blackstone executive made a revealing comment about the state of private credit
A Blackstone executive made a revealing comment about the state of private credit. Analysts are now reverse engineering its implications.
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Kraken Becomes First Crypto Firm to Win Access to Fed's Core Payments System
The decision means the industry is a step closer to becoming integrated into the mainstream financial system.
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A-CAP's Problems Mount. Annuity Provider Gets Downgraded as Federal Probe Swirls.
The challenges are building for annuities specialist Advantage Capital Management. AM Best recently downgraded the insurance group, which is also facing ties to a federal securities probe.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on Metro Bank, Klarna, LendingTree and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.
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Berkshire Provides Scant Fourth-Quarter Financials. Investors Need to Do Their Own Calculations.
Berkshire's longstanding approach is to mainly provide full-year information.
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Savant Acquires $3.9 Billion Massachusetts Advisory Firm. It Has $42 Billion in Assets Now.
The addition of Heritage Financial is Savant's largest deal to date and adds three offices in the Bay State.
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Blackstone Played Down Private-Credit Risks. Now It's Been Hit.
Outflows topped inflows by a record $1.7 billion in Blackstone's huge $82 billion private-credit fund in its latest quarter.
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Thoma Bravo to Acquire WWEX Group as Its Push for Software Deals Accelerates
The private-equity firm plans to combine it with Auctane, its shipping and fulfillment portfolio company.
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A Small Shop in Ohio Has One of the Fiercest Activist Investors
Ancora made a last-minute push for Warner Bros. Discovery to entertain Paramount's bid.
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Midmarket Firm Torch Key Sets Up Shop With GCM Grosvenor's Support
Founded by alums of One Rock and Gores Group, Torch Key invests in the food and beverage and industrial sector.
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