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Almanac Realty Investors has committed $250 million in growth capital to AmCap Ventures, backing an expansion of the real estate operator’s grocery-anchored and necessity-based retail strategy across major U.S. metropolitan markets. The commitment is the first deployment from Almanac’s $1 billion Horizon Fund, a customized investment vehicle established with Australian Retirement Trust. Almanac, the private …

American Healthcare REIT has priced a 13.25 million-share common stock offering at $53.75 per share, creating potential gross proceeds of approximately $712.2 million to support its planned $873 million acquisition of a Kensington Senior Living portfolio. The Irvine, California-based real estate investment trust structured the offering through forward sale agreements with Morgan Stanley, Citibank and …

OpenWorld Ltd. and Blockchain.com have entered a strategic partnership to expand real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and institutional access across global digital asset markets. As part of the agreement, Blockchain.com has also made a strategic investment in OpenWorld. The multi-year collaboration will integrate Blockchain.com’s trading, liquidity, and balance sheet capabilities directly into OpenWorld’s tokenization and advisory …

Galaxy Digital has made a strategic investment in Digital Prime Technologies, the institutional digital asset technology firm behind Tokenet, a lending platform developed in partnership with EquiLend. The investment extends an existing relationship: Galaxy participated as a launch client when Tokenet went live in May 2026. Tokenet applies securities lending workflows, risk controls, and lifecycle …

Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire NEOS Investments for up to $2.25 billion, expanding its lineup of options-based funds as investors increasingly use active ETFs to generate income and manage market risk. The consideration will include cash and equity and is contingent partly on performance and service commitments. NEOS managed $30 billion across 19 systematic, …

Mendota, Ill-based Tri-County Financial Group and HBT Financial will be merging in a stock-and-cash deal valued at about $204.6 million.  As part of the merger, the combined company will have roughly $8.3 billion in assets under management, $6 billion in total loans, and about $7.1 billion in total deposits.  Additionally, the deal is expected to …

U.S. producer prices were unchanged in July as declining goods costs balanced out increases across services and construction, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Producer Price Index for final demand remained flat on a seasonally adjusted basis after edging down 0.1% in June and advancing 0.5% in May. Over the …

Executive Summary Japan and the United States recently jointly intervened to support the yen after the currency weakened to nearly ¥164 per dollar, its lowest level in roughly four decades. The operation briefly drove the yen to ¥155.20, its strongest level since May, before it surrendered part of the gain and settled near ¥157.50. The …

Nitrogen Wealth, an artificial intelligence-backed wealthtech platform, has launched a new product that centers on providing advisors with expanded access to tools to address a wide variety of clients’ coverage concerns.  Nitrogen’s latest tool, Insurance Center, is part of its Coverage Number and is designed to serve as an assessment tool that gathers client data …

Savvy Advisors Inc. has expanded its wealth management network with the additions of Blue Barn Wealth and Paragon Private Wealth Management, adding roughly $550 million in combined assets under management. The hires come amid accelerated growth for parent company Savvy Wealth, Inc., which has secured more than $4 billion in recruited assets in 2026, lifting …

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence has intensified concerns that energy-hungry data centers will raise electricity bills for households. Michael Underhill, chief investment officer at Capital Innovations, argues that the evidence points elsewhere. Research cited by Underhill suggests large, consistent electricity users can lower average rates by spreading fixed grid costs across a broader customer …

Thermal battery developer Antora Energy has closed an oversubscribed $550 million Series C funding round to expand its manufacturing capacity and accelerate commercial project deployment across the United States. Co-led by G2 Venture Partners and Eclipse, the round drew new investments from Ribbit Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Activate Capital, John Doerr, Westly Group, StepStone Group, and …

American entrepreneurship maintained a record-setting pace into the second half of 2026, with 553,918 new businesses formed nationwide in July, according to a report released by Registered Agents Inc. The total represents the strongest July on record for business creation, up 6% from July 2025 and 21% from July 2024. Through the first seven months …

U.S. producer prices were unchanged in July as declining goods costs balanced out increases across services and construction, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Producer Price Index for final demand remained flat on a seasonally adjusted basis after edging down 0.1% in June and advancing 0.5% in May. Over the …

U.S. employers unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July, falling far short of the 88,000 gain projected by economic consensus, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The drop was compounded by sharp downward revisions to prior months. May payroll additions were revised down by 66,000 to 63,000, while June figures were …

Executive Summary Inflation expectations have fallen sharply following last week’s benign CPI and PPI prints, yet the market continues to price a meaningful probability of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve — a disconnect that appears mispriced. On balance, the Fed will likely look through the near-term energy spike and hold rates steady …

American Healthcare REIT has priced a 13.25 million-share common stock offering at $53.75 per share, creating potential gross proceeds of approximately $712.2 million to support its planned $873 million acquisition of a Kensington Senior Living portfolio. The Irvine, California-based real estate investment trust structured the offering through forward sale agreements with Morgan Stanley, Citibank and …

Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire NEOS Investments for up to $2.25 billion, expanding its lineup of options-based funds as investors increasingly use active ETFs to generate income and manage market risk. The consideration will include cash and equity and is contingent partly on performance and service commitments. NEOS managed $30 billion across 19 systematic, …