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Hamilton Lane has closed $3.8 billion in total commitments for its Direct Equity strategy in and alongside Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund VI, nearly doubling the $2.1 billion raised by its predecessor fund. EO VI seeks to provide investors with diversified exposure to middle-market buyout opportunities through Hamilton Lane’s global Direct Equity platform, which has …

As institutional capital continues to recalibrate across real assets, hospitality is re-emerging as a nuanced, operations-driven opportunity set. Unlike other asset classes, hotel performance is deeply tied to execution at the property level, placing third-party operators at the center of value creation. Aimbridge Hospitality, the world’s largest third-party hotel operator, sits at the intersection of …

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 …

Peachtree Group, an investment management firm, has partnered with Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions to expand its reach of alternative investment offerings to investors.  Through Goldman Sachs’ custody solutions platform, RIAs will gain access to Peachtree’s investment products, to provide high-net-worth and affluent clients with“streamlined” access to Peachtree’s real estate and credit products.  Additionally, Peachtree’s investment vehicles are accessible through alternative investment platforms, including iCapital, SEI …

Carson Group has acquired a Kentucky-based wealth management firm, bolstering the firm’s footprint in the Northern Kentucky market.  Covington, KY-based FFR Wealth Team, which is led by managing partners and wealth advisors Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Scott Reynolds, manages about $201 million in assets.  As part of the acquisition, FFR Wealth Team, which initially started its affiliation with Carson as an independent office in 2018, has …

Houlihan Lokey has agreed to acquire Intrepid Financial Partners, an investment bank focused on advisory services across the energy sector. Intrepid Investment Management, the firm’s separate investment management business, is not included in the transaction and will continue operating independently under its existing name. Founded in 2015 by Hugh “Skip” McGee III and Christopher Winchenbaugh, …

U.S. wholesale inflation followed the example of consumer price inflation in June with a monthly decline. The Producer Price Index for final demand fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in June after rising 1.1% the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Analysts had expected the June figure to be in line …

Executive Summary The war in Iran has scrambled traditional views of safety in fixed income, pushing investors out of long‑duration Treasuries and broad investment‑grade benchmarks and into floating‑rate, senior‑secured credit. From February 28 through early July, the Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN) returned just over 3% on a total‑return basis, compared with losses of about …

Amplify, an AI-backed RIA growth platform, has teamed up with Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions to launch a new integration, which aims to provide growth-minded RIAs with broader access to custody services.  Through the partnership, Amplify has launched Custody Command Layer, a solution designed for independent RIA firms, enterprises, and platforms, which will enable RIAs to scale their firms and to offer more tailored services to clients.  Additionally, Amplify has embedded Goldman’s custody capabilities, which include account opening, trading, funding, …

Carson Group has acquired a Kentucky-based wealth management firm, bolstering the firm’s footprint in the Northern Kentucky market.  Covington, KY-based FFR Wealth Team, which is led by managing partners and wealth advisors Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Scott Reynolds, manages about $201 million in assets.  As part of the acquisition, FFR Wealth Team, which initially started its affiliation with Carson as an independent office in 2018, has …

Funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners have agreed to acquire Dresser Utility Solutions from private equity firm First Reserve. The acquisition represents the first investment from Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V, a vehicle the firm is currently raising. Its predecessor fund closed in February 2025 with $5.6 billion in total commitments. Founded in 1880 …

KKR has agreed to acquire the U.S. and Canadian operations of EDF Power Solutions from EDF Group, France’s state-owned utility, in a transaction valuing the equity interest at approximately $4.2 billion, with potential additional payments of up to $390 million. The deal, funded through KKR’s Global Infrastructure strategy, marks the firm’s second acquisition of U.S. …

U.S. wholesale inflation followed the example of consumer price inflation in June with a monthly decline. The Producer Price Index for final demand fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in June after rising 1.1% the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Analysts had expected the June figure to be in line …

Webull Corporation has launched Webull Institutional, a new platform designed to provide brokerage infrastructure, trading technology and investment services to financial institutions, including brokers, registered investment advisors, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, fintech companies and banks. The platform enables institutional clients to build and scale investment offerings through a suite of brokerage services, application programming …

Figure Technology Solutions is making a bold move to expand its blockchain-based capital markets platform, announcing a $717 million agreement to acquire Kiavi, an AI-powered lending platform serving residential real estate investors. The deal includes a joint venture with Sixth Street to purchase loans off Kiavi’s balance sheet. Kiavi has spent 13 years building a …

Moomoo is expanding its cryptocurrency trading business into Texas while introducing a new feature that allows U.S. users to transfer digital assets directly between external wallets and their platform accounts. The global investment and trading platform said Texas-based investors can now trade 52 cryptocurrencies through Moomoo Crypto with zero commissions and transaction fees as low …

Executive Summary The war in Iran has scrambled traditional views of safety in fixed income, pushing investors out of long‑duration Treasuries and broad investment‑grade benchmarks and into floating‑rate, senior‑secured credit. From February 28 through early July, the Invesco Senior Loan ETF (BKLN) returned just over 3% on a total‑return basis, compared with losses of about …

The Schwab Trading Activity Index rose to a multi-year high of 59.12 in June, up 7.33% from 55.08 in May, as retail investors on the Schwab platform used mid-month market pullbacks as buying opportunities. Net buys outpaced net sells by more than two to one, with the heaviest buying concentrated during the market retreats in …