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NexPoint has fully subscribed its NexPoint Marina DST offering, completing fundraising just months after the Delaware statutory trust launched in March. The offering is backed by a portfolio of two full-service marina properties acquired for approximately $38.7 million, with total capitalization of about $42.7 million. The portfolio includes Eufaula Cove Marina on Lake Eufaula in …
Warren Equity Partners Manager, L.P. has closed Warren Equity Partners Fund V, L.P. and Warren Equity Partners Fund V-A, L.P. with approximately $2.8 billion in total capital commitments, expanding its infrastructure solutions platform to $9.6 billion in assets under management. Fund V surpassed its initial $2.25 billion target in less than a year and closed …
Latest Crypto Stories
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 …
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PGIM has agreed to acquire the remaining 25% stake in Deerpath Capital, completing its ownership of the lower-middle-market direct lender and further expanding its private credit platform. The transaction follows PGIM’s acquisition of an initial 75% interest in Deerpath in May 2023. Upon closing, Deerpath’s lower-middle-market lending business will be fully integrated with PGIM’s existing …
Private equity-backed acquirers continued to reshape the registered investment adviser (RIA) landscape during the first half of 2026, driving a surge in mergers, acquisitions and recapitalizations that has positioned the wealth management industry for another record year of consolidation, according to Berkshire Global Advisors’ midyear Wealth Management M&A Report. A total of 225 transactions involving …
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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 …
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 …
Latest Financial Advisory Stories
Private equity-backed acquirers continued to reshape the registered investment adviser (RIA) landscape during the first half of 2026, driving a surge in mergers, acquisitions and recapitalizations that has positioned the wealth management industry for another record year of consolidation, according to Berkshire Global Advisors’ midyear Wealth Management M&A Report. A total of 225 transactions involving …
The headlines about private credit defaults and BDC redemption queues have been loud enough to rattle advisors and clients alike. Christy Loop thinks the noise is obscuring the signal. As senior director and head of U.S. Wealth and Strategic Initiatives at WTW, a firm that advised on $27.5 billion in wealth assets as of Q4 …
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Warren Equity Partners Manager, L.P. has closed Warren Equity Partners Fund V, L.P. and Warren Equity Partners Fund V-A, L.P. with approximately $2.8 billion in total capital commitments, expanding its infrastructure solutions platform to $9.6 billion in assets under management. Fund V surpassed its initial $2.25 billion target in less than a year and closed …
TECfusions, an AI infrastructure company focused on designing, building, and leasing next-generation data centers, has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company Apex Treasury Corp. in a business combination that would take TECfusions public on Nasdaq under the proposed ticker symbol TECF at a pre-money equity valuation of $4 billion. Concurrent with the announcement, …
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Private equity-backed acquirers continued to reshape the registered investment adviser (RIA) landscape during the first half of 2026, driving a surge in mergers, acquisitions and recapitalizations that has positioned the wealth management industry for another record year of consolidation, according to Berkshire Global Advisors’ midyear Wealth Management M&A Report. A total of 225 transactions involving …
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has signed a $16 billion lease-and-lease-back agreement involving its domestic and export pipeline network with a consortium of institutional infrastructure investors led by Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR, marking the largest foreign direct investment in Kuwait’s history. The transaction, executed through KPC’s wholly owned subsidiary Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), establishes a newly …
Latest Leadership Stories
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 …
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 …
Latest Markets Stories
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 …


















