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Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and Nuveen Real Estate have formed a $400 million equity joint venture to finance approximately $1.3 billion of development costs across Catalyst’s national pipeline. The venture will fund most of Catalyst’s contracted ground-up developments from 2026 through 2028, focusing on high-growth U.S. markets. Planned property types include medical offices, specialty health …
The Federal Reserve banks of Dallas and New York plan to launch a pilot survey examining lending conditions in the rapidly expanding U.S. private credit market. The voluntary survey will seek information about credit availability, lending activity and changes in underwriting standards across direct lending. The regional Fed banks said the findings could provide insight into private credit’s implications …
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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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AlphaCore Wealth Advisory has acquired an eight-person wealth management practice, which oversees roughly $700 million in client assets, expanding the firm’s presence in the Northeast market. Summit, NJ-based Brave Family Advisors, founded in 1992 and led by founder Brett Haire and president Scott Morrison, offers wealth planning, investment management, tax, and family office services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Brave Family Advisors’ team includes four advisors and an additional office in Tiverton, Rhode Island. As part of the acquisition, Brave Family Advisors will gain access to AlphaCore’s in-house tax strategies, trust and estate planning, …
Summit Financial Holdings has acquired two registered investment advisory firms, adding $520 million in total client assets and expanding the firm’s footprint into Georgia and Oregon for the first time. Summit’s first addition, Kamal Capital Group, established in 1984, oversees roughly $170 million in assets under management and is led by CIO and managing partners Danny Kamal and COO Rob Kamal. The firm offers wealth management services, focusing on retirement planning for airline pilots and ultra-high-net-worth families, including aviation professionals and corporate …
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The Treasury Department left its longer-term debt issuance plans unchanged in its latest quarterly refunding announcement, offering bond investors near-term predictability even as federal borrowing needs continue to rise. The decision avoids adding supply pressure to longer maturities after Treasury yields increased in recent months. Treasury will sell $125 billion of securities next week, consisting …
The Federal Reserve banks of Dallas and New York plan to launch a pilot survey examining lending conditions in the rapidly expanding U.S. private credit market. The voluntary survey will seek information about credit availability, lending activity and changes in underwriting standards across direct lending. The regional Fed banks said the findings could provide insight into private credit’s implications …
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AlphaCore Wealth Advisory has acquired an eight-person wealth management practice, which oversees roughly $700 million in client assets, expanding the firm’s presence in the Northeast market. Summit, NJ-based Brave Family Advisors, founded in 1992 and led by founder Brett Haire and president Scott Morrison, offers wealth planning, investment management, tax, and family office services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Brave Family Advisors’ team includes four advisors and an additional office in Tiverton, Rhode Island. As part of the acquisition, Brave Family Advisors will gain access to AlphaCore’s in-house tax strategies, trust and estate planning, …
Summit Financial Holdings has acquired two registered investment advisory firms, adding $520 million in total client assets and expanding the firm’s footprint into Georgia and Oregon for the first time. Summit’s first addition, Kamal Capital Group, established in 1984, oversees roughly $170 million in assets under management and is led by CIO and managing partners Danny Kamal and COO Rob Kamal. The firm offers wealth management services, focusing on retirement planning for airline pilots and ultra-high-net-worth families, including aviation professionals and corporate …
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Merit and EdgeTunePower Inc. (ETP) have formed a strategic partnership to deliver integrated power infrastructure solutions for hyperscale data centers, independent power producers and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms, as demand for AI-driven electricity capacity continues to grow. The collaboration combines Merit’s controls engineering expertise with EdgeTunePower’s capabilities in power system studies, electromagnetic transient …
A coalition of energy, infrastructure and utility companies plans to invest $100 billion to transform the U.S. Department of Energy’s former Paducah enrichment site in western Kentucky into one of the nation’s largest data center and energy campuses, advancing the growing buildout of AI infrastructure while repurposing federal land. The privately funded project, led by …
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Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and Nuveen Real Estate have formed a $400 million equity joint venture to finance approximately $1.3 billion of development costs across Catalyst’s national pipeline. The venture will fund most of Catalyst’s contracted ground-up developments from 2026 through 2028, focusing on high-growth U.S. markets. Planned property types include medical offices, specialty health …
The Federal Reserve banks of Dallas and New York plan to launch a pilot survey examining lending conditions in the rapidly expanding U.S. private credit market. The voluntary survey will seek information about credit availability, lending activity and changes in underwriting standards across direct lending. The regional Fed banks said the findings could provide insight into private credit’s implications …
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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 …
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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The Treasury Department left its longer-term debt issuance plans unchanged in its latest quarterly refunding announcement, offering bond investors near-term predictability even as federal borrowing needs continue to rise. The decision avoids adding supply pressure to longer maturities after Treasury yields increased in recent months. Treasury will sell $125 billion of securities next week, consisting …
Executive Summary Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s communication strategy was put to a stern test following the central bank’s decision to leave its key policy rate unchanged last week, triggering a sharp sell-off at the long end of the Treasury curve. The 30-year yield surged past 5.20%, its highest close since 2007, while the 2s10s …

















