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Avant Natural Resources has closed its second flagship fund at the hard cap with more than $1 billion in total equity capital commitments, continuing its strategy of aggregating and developing upstream oil and gas assets and related infrastructure in the Permian Basin. The close drew commitments from legacy investors in predecessor funds alongside new institutional …

KKR and SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, have announced the launch of Korea’s largest renewable energy platform, valued at approximately $1.3 billion. The platform consolidates renewable energy assets previously held across SK affiliates — including solar, onshore and offshore wind, and fuel cell projects — into a single integrated vehicle. …

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 …

Hightower Advisors has added three wealth management firms with over $5 billion in combined total client assets to its W-2 advisory platform, Hightower Signature Wealth.  The three practices, Chicago-based Private Vista, Valparaiso, IN-based Hightower Great Lakes, and Half Moon Bay, CA-based The McGuirk & De Nevi Group, boost Signature Wealth’s headcount to more than 40 team members across six locations.  In 2020, Hightower made an undisclosed …

Global M&A activity surged 41% year-over-year to $2.4 trillion in the first five months of 2026, putting the market on track for its second-highest annual total on record after a 2025 that saw deal value rise 40% to $4.9 trillion, according to Bain & Company. The resurgence is broad-based across sectors and geographies, driven by …

Executive Summary SpaceX’s record-breaking $25 billion investment-grade bond offering was initially hailed as another milestone in the AI infrastructure investment boom. With nearly $89 billion in investor orders, the transaction demonstrated that institutional appetite for marquee AI-related issuers remains exceptionally strong. Yet the celebration was short-lived. Record Demand Meets a Harsh Market Reality SpaceX made …

U.S. consumers raised their short- and medium-term inflation outlooks in June, pushing expectations to their highest levels in years even as anticipated gasoline prices fell to a four-year low. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s June Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Tuesday, showed that median inflation expectations at the one-year horizon rose 0.2 percentage …

A Massachusetts-based financial advisor has ditched Commonwealth Financial Network, where he oversaw about $600 million in total client assets, following its acquisition by LPL Financial, to join Cetera Financial.  Advisor Edward Duffy has joined Cetera with his firm, Braintree, MA-based Lexington Financial, along with advisors John Walsh and William Creesy. The team also includes Duffy’s son, Michael Duffy, and his daughter Megan Duffy.   The team …

Hightower Advisors has added three wealth management firms with over $5 billion in combined total client assets to its W-2 advisory platform, Hightower Signature Wealth.  The three practices, Chicago-based Private Vista, Valparaiso, IN-based Hightower Great Lakes, and Half Moon Bay, CA-based The McGuirk & De Nevi Group, boost Signature Wealth’s headcount to more than 40 team members across six locations.  In 2020, Hightower made an undisclosed …

Avant Natural Resources has closed its second flagship fund at the hard cap with more than $1 billion in total equity capital commitments, continuing its strategy of aggregating and developing upstream oil and gas assets and related infrastructure in the Permian Basin. The close drew commitments from legacy investors in predecessor funds alongside new institutional …

KKR and SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, have announced the launch of Korea’s largest renewable energy platform, valued at approximately $1.3 billion. The platform consolidates renewable energy assets previously held across SK affiliates — including solar, onshore and offshore wind, and fuel cell projects — into a single integrated vehicle. …

KKR and SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s SK Group, have announced the launch of Korea’s largest renewable energy platform, valued at approximately $1.3 billion. The platform consolidates renewable energy assets previously held across SK affiliates — including solar, onshore and offshore wind, and fuel cell projects — into a single integrated vehicle. …

Global M&A activity surged 41% year-over-year to $2.4 trillion in the first five months of 2026, putting the market on track for its second-highest annual total on record after a 2025 that saw deal value rise 40% to $4.9 trillion, according to Bain & Company. The resurgence is broad-based across sectors and geographies, driven by …

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 SpaceX’s record-breaking $25 billion investment-grade bond offering was initially hailed as another milestone in the AI infrastructure investment boom. With nearly $89 billion in investor orders, the transaction demonstrated that institutional appetite for marquee AI-related issuers remains exceptionally strong. Yet the celebration was short-lived. Record Demand Meets a Harsh Market Reality SpaceX made …

U.S. employers added 57,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.2% from 4.3% in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report also included sizable downward revisions to prior months. April payroll growth was revised lower to 148,000 from 179,000, while May payrolls were cut to 129,000 from …