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WT Realty Group has agreed to go public through a merger with FortuneX Acquisition Corp., giving the integrated real estate services platform an implied equity value of approximately $600 million. Under the agreement, FortuneX will move its corporate domicile from the Cayman Islands to Delaware and become the public holding company, expected to be renamed …

Avila Real Estate Capital has secured $390 million in new capital and co-investments, expanding its capacity to finance residential land and lot development. The commitments came from two unidentified institutions—a large insurance company and a major university endowment—and raised Avila’s total commitments and co-investments above $750 million. The private real estate credit platform has financed …

Tether and London-based Fasanara Capital have launched StableFund, an evergreen private credit vehicle backed by $400 million in sponsor co-investment and designed to raise as much as $3 billion from outside institutional investors. The fund will invest in short-duration, asset-backed credit opportunities sourced through Fasanara’s global fintech lending network. Its strategy will focus on financing …

Asset-tokenized platform Securitize has launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund, marking it as the first high-yield bond fund with investment manager Neuberger Berman.  The fund aims to attract risk-adjusted returns by investing primarily in high-yield and fixed-income investments across public blockchain networks such as Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui.  The move comes as …

Apella Wealth has added a California-based wealth management firm that oversees about $384 billion in assets under management, bolstering the firm’s presence in the Bay Area market.  San Rafael, CA-based Longview Financial Advisors, which was founded in 2018, is led by founder Tim Harrington and offers wealth management services, including financial planning to high-net-worth clients, …

Merit Financial Advisors has added a financial advisor from Commonwealth Financial Network, where they managed $888 million in assets under management, and expands the firm’s footprint in the greater Chicago market.  Advisor Tim Brennan and his team spent nearly 27 years with the Commonwealth’s affiliated firm Pinnacle Financial Group, which he co-founded, according to registration …

U.S. finance chiefs remain broadly optimistic about the economy, but the outlook is diverging by company size as smaller firms face greater difficulty covering costs and financing growth, according to a survey released Wednesday. The third-quarter CFO Survey, conducted by Duke University and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta, collected responses from 517 …

Executive Summary The Federal Reserve’s quarter-point increase to a 3.75% to 4% target range began its first tightening campaign since July 2023, with policymakers signaling that at least one more increase may be needed before year-end. Past hiking cycles have ranged from modest adjustments to the aggressive inflation-fighting campaigns of the 1970s and early 1980s. …

Apella Wealth has added a California-based wealth management firm that oversees about $384 billion in assets under management, bolstering the firm’s presence in the Bay Area market.  San Rafael, CA-based Longview Financial Advisors, which was founded in 2018, is led by founder Tim Harrington and offers wealth management services, including financial planning to high-net-worth clients, …

Merit Financial Advisors has added a financial advisor from Commonwealth Financial Network, where they managed $888 million in assets under management, and expands the firm’s footprint in the greater Chicago market.  Advisor Tim Brennan and his team spent nearly 27 years with the Commonwealth’s affiliated firm Pinnacle Financial Group, which he co-founded, according to registration …

Battery Global Advisors has closed its inaugural Digital Infrastructure Fund with $208.5 million in commitments, exceeding its $150 million target. The fund invests at the corporate layer of the digital infrastructure value chain, backing data center and related platforms rather than financing only individual facilities. It targets businesses with contracted revenue, secured power access and …

Carlyle has closed its second infrastructure credit fund with approximately $2.3 billion in commitments, exceeding its $2 billion target. Carlyle Infrastructure Credit Fund II is more than three times larger than its $643 million predecessor. The fund attracted institutional investors from North America, Europe and Asia. CICF II provides directly originated, privately negotiated financing to …

Family offices are directing more new capital toward public equities while retaining private investments and preparing for leadership transitions, according to Citi Wealth’s 2026 Global Family Office Report. Nearly half of respondents increased their public equity exposure this year, making stocks the leading destination for new capital. Global developed-market equities ranked highest for future net …

Executive Summary The Federal Reserve’s quarter-point increase to a 3.75% to 4% target range began its first tightening campaign since July 2023, with policymakers signaling that at least one more increase may be needed before year-end. Past hiking cycles have ranged from modest adjustments to the aggressive inflation-fighting campaigns of the 1970s and early 1980s. …

Tether and London-based Fasanara Capital have launched StableFund, an evergreen private credit vehicle backed by $400 million in sponsor co-investment and designed to raise as much as $3 billion from outside institutional investors. The fund will invest in short-duration, asset-backed credit opportunities sourced through Fasanara’s global fintech lending network. Its strategy will focus on financing …

Vestmark has been tapped by Vanguard to provide an expanded source of model portfolios to registered investment advisors, as asset classes and service preferences continue to be growing factors for clients.  Vanguard has launched the Vanguard Custom Model Portfolios, which aims to provide advisors with customized portfolios through the firm. Through its partnership, Vestmark will …

U.S. finance chiefs remain broadly optimistic about the economy, but the outlook is diverging by company size as smaller firms face greater difficulty covering costs and financing growth, according to a survey released Wednesday. The third-quarter CFO Survey, conducted by Duke University and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta, collected responses from 517 …

Executive Summary The Federal Reserve’s quarter-point increase to a 3.75% to 4% target range began its first tightening campaign since July 2023, with policymakers signaling that at least one more increase may be needed before year-end. Past hiking cycles have ranged from modest adjustments to the aggressive inflation-fighting campaigns of the 1970s and early 1980s. …