Intesa Bids $35 Billion for Monte dei Paschi
The approaches pit Intesa and BPM against each other for control of their domestic rival, continuing a wave of dealmaking activity in Italy's banking industry.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on Intesa Sanpaolo, DBS Group, Hong Leong IB and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services
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For a Select Few, IPOs Are Winners. Good Luck to Everyone Else.
Buyers who get the offer price historically have seen the biggest returns, and SpaceX isn't likely to be different.
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Hunter Point Capital Raises $4.3 Billion for General Partner Financing
The firm plans to use the money to provide financing to asset managers and the funds they oversee.
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Property Insurers Are Piling Into Private Assets, as Other Investors Hit Pause
Illiquid assets are a fixture in life-insurer portfolios. But property insurers have sudden payouts for hurricanes or wildfires, making illiquidity a riskier proposition.
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Stock Funds Are Up 11.5% This Year Thanks to Tech Rally
May's tech-fueled rally adds to a turnaround for investors. Plus: A Financial Flashback, the 10th anniversary of Brexit.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on the Italian banking sector, U.K. banks and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.
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JPMorgan, Citi and Big Banks Plan New Tokenized Deposit System to Answer Crypto
The new network could help banks contend with a wave of new competition from stablecoins and crypto firms.
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Blackstone Investors Ask to Pull $4.4 Billion From Private-Credit Fund
The fund capped client redemptions at 5%, an about-face from Blackstone's decision to pay out all requests earlier this year.
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Commerzbank Asks Regulator to Review UniCredit Offer Support Levels
The move escalates a tussle between Commerzbank and its largest shareholder, with less than two weeks left for UniCredit's offer to buy the stake in the German bank it doesn't already own.
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Canadian Government Plans $360 Million Tech Growth Fund in Effort to Drive Sovereign AI Industry
The fund, part of the Canadian government's new national artificial-intelligence strategy, aims to support promising AI companies.
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Partners Group Warns Evergreen Funds Will Slow Assets Under Management Growth
The company expects overall assets under management growth to be dragged by demand from investors to get money back from a flagship private markets platform.
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