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Axonic Capital has completed its first proprietary securitization, GSF-AXMF1 (AXMF1), under the firm’s five-year fixed-rate permanent financing program, marking a significant step in the growth of its multifamily lending platform. The securitization includes more than $400 million of multifamily loans spanning 47 properties across 22 states. The portfolio carries a weighted average loan-to-value ratio of …

Brookfield is repositioning its Brookfield Real Estate Income Trust (REIT) to capitalize on what it sees as an emerging recovery across global real estate markets, while expanding access to higher-growth sectors for individual investors. The evergreen vehicle will increase allocations alongside Brookfield’s flagship real estate strategies, targeting sectors including housing, logistics, grocery-anchored retail, self-storage, and …

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 …

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has launched a new referral arrangement with Galaxy Digital designed to help eligible clients more efficiently integrate digital assets into traditional investment portfolios. The program allows qualified Morgan Stanley clients to lend cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ether and Solana, to Galaxy and receive shares of exchange-traded products with exposure to spot digital …

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. has launched the RBC BlueBay Enhanced Income Fund, a closed-end interval fund aimed at expanding investor access to alternative credit markets through collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). The actively managed fund will primarily invest in equity and junior debt tranches of CLOs, with additional flexibility to allocate to other structured …

Fox Corporation has agreed to acquire streaming platform Roku in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $22 billion, marking one of the largest media deals in recent years and significantly expanding FOX’s presence in connected television and digital advertising. Under the terms of the agreement, Roku shareholders will receive $160 per share, consisting of $96 …

Kevin Warsh has chaired his first Federal Open Market Committee meeting, and he wasted no time making clear this is a different central bank. The FOMC held the federal funds rate at 3.50%–3.75% on Wednesday, the fourth consecutive meeting without a move. The decision was unanimous and widely expected. What wasn’t fully priced in was …

The Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged for a fourth consecutive meeting, maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 3.5% to 3.75%, in line with market expectations. The decision was unanimously approved by the 12-member Federal Open Market Committee, marking the first vote without dissent since June of last year and signaling a …

LPL Financial has welcomed the three-advisor team behind Soundview Wealth Management — Michael Stevenson, David Johnson and Nikko Gronhovd, CFP — to its broker-dealer and registered investment advisor platform. The team reported serving approximately $600 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets and joins LPL from D.A. Davidson. Soundview serves a multigenerational client base, …

LPL Financial has added another financial advisory team from MassMutual, where they managed about $1.5 billion in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets.   Dallas-based Spectrum Wealth Strategies is led by advisors Randy Black, Jonathan Bomar, Truman Blocker, Landon Vaughan, Weston Poulos, Billy Geiler, Jeff Cummins, and Jaime Galvan.  The team, which has joined LPL’s broker-dealer and RIA model, also includes associate advisors Stephen Luna and Matthew Galvan and has …

I Squared Capital and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation are launching a $3 billion investment platform to develop critical energy infrastructure across South and Southeast Asia, marking the largest single project investment in DFC’s history. The platform will be backed by $1.5 billion from I Squared-managed vehicles and an additional $1.5 billion from DFC, …

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is pressing forward with its private markets buildout, committing $970 million across seven funds spanning real estate, energy and infrastructure, and private equity. The $31 billion real estate portfolio absorbed $460 million across three mandates despite posting a 3.5% loss in 2025. BDT & MSD Real Estate Capital Partners …

Institutional investors are entering a new era of infrastructure investing marked by steadier allocation growth, resilient returns and shifting geographic and sector preferences, according to the 2026 Institutional Infrastructure Allocations Monitor released by Hodes Weill & Associates and Cornell University’s Brooks Center for Infrastructure. For the first time since the survey launched, more than half …

Kevin Warsh has chaired his first Federal Open Market Committee meeting, and he wasted no time making clear this is a different central bank. The FOMC held the federal funds rate at 3.50%–3.75% on Wednesday, the fourth consecutive meeting without a move. The decision was unanimous and widely expected. What wasn’t fully priced in was …

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 …

Kevin Warsh has chaired his first Federal Open Market Committee meeting, and he wasted no time making clear this is a different central bank. The FOMC held the federal funds rate at 3.50%–3.75% on Wednesday, the fourth consecutive meeting without a move. The decision was unanimous and widely expected. What wasn’t fully priced in was …