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Saba Capital, led by Boaz Weinstein, is planning a new investment vehicle focused on public and private business development companies (BDCs). The move follows recent tender offer activity in Starwood Real Estate Trust and Blue Owl Capital (Blue Owl II), where Saba acquired $10 million in aggregate face value across 190 trades, with most purchases …
Hunterbrook Capital disclosed a short position in Hamilton Lane, alleging that a significant portion of valuation gains in the firm's Global Private Assets Fund are driven by immediate markups on secondary purchases rather than underlying company appreciation. The short seller also highlighted a 2025 fee structure change and accounting adjustments …
JPMorgan and two Kuwaiti banks have joined HSBC in underwriting a $6 billion loan syndicate to back prospective buyers of a stake in Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s crude oil pipeline network. The bid process for the asset, valued at about $7 billion, has been delayed amid regional conflict and investor requests for assurances on potential volume di…
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump publicly urged Disney and ABC to terminate Jimmy Kimmel following a mock White House Correspondents' Dinner sketch that included jokes about the first family. The president labeled the routine a "despicable call to violence," while the first lady described the monologue as "corrosive" and demanded…
Domino's Pizza shares plunged after the company reported U.S. same-store sales growth that fell short of Street estimates and reduced its annual domestic sales forecast. CEO Russell Weiner cautioned that winter weather, softer consumer sentiment linked to rising fuel prices and heightened promotional activity across rivals may lead to similar chall…
Royal Bank of Canada has recruited three senior traders to strengthen its credit trading platform. The hires establish new leadership for single-name credit-default swaps, electronic trading strategy for US credit, and add a director in high-yield trading. Two of the appointees will be based in New York and several will join in June.
Over 580 Alphabet AI researchers have signed a letter delivered to CEO Sundar Pichai asking Google to decline requests to run classified US defense workloads on its AI systems. The group cites risks associated with concentrated power and AI error, and their protest comes amid a Pentagon legal dispute with Anthropic and renewed interest in alternati…
Jain Global will return all investor cash and transition to managing assets exclusively for Millennium Management under a new agreement, people familiar with the matter said. The move follows the firm’s first full year of trading and occurs as hedge funds face heightened market volatility tied to geopolitical tensions.
Bank of America’s screening process has flagged 67 equities with potential exposure to the build-out of artificial intelligence data centers, totaling roughly $5.5 trillion in combined market capitalization. The screen emphasizes Buy-rated companies connected to power supply, electrical and water infrastructure and transition metals. The portion of…
The European Commission issued guidance to Alphabet's Google on how it should grant access to certain Android capabilities for rival search and AI services under the Digital Markets Act. The measures target functionality currently tied to Google’s Gemini AI on smartphones and tablets and aim to enable third-party AI services to perform tasks within…
Amazon has struck a multi-year agreement with Harpo Entertainment to give its Wondery podcast unit exclusive distribution and advertising rights for The Oprah Podcast in both audio and video formats. The deal expands the program's release schedule, brings content to Amazon music and video services, and includes rights to several Oprah-branded prope…
EU competition regulators have given Alphabet's Google guidance on how to allow rival online search engines and AI developers access to Android capabilities currently used by Google's Gemini AI, under the Digital Markets Act. The Commission is soliciting feedback before making a final compliance decision by the end of July, and warned that breaches…
American Airlines said it will raise $1.14 billion through two aircraft-backed securities to finance new aircraft deliveries, refinance loans on existing planes and support general corporate needs. The financing comes as U.S. carriers face higher jet fuel costs and are trimming capacity and profit expectations; S&P assigned investment-grade ratings…
Germany's major indices closed mixed on Monday. The DAX edged down 0.14% as gains in software, food & beverages and media stocks were offset by losses in telecoms, construction and technology. MDAX finished higher by 0.34%, while TecDAX retreated 0.31%. Commodity and currency moves included higher crude oil and lower gold futures, with the DAX vola…
French equity benchmarks closed lower on Monday as losses in Consumer Services, Technology and Healthcare sectors pressured the market. The CAC 40 finished down 0.19% and the SBF 120 slipped 0.20%. Select large-cap names outperformed while several tech and telecom names led decliners. Commodity moves included higher crude oil and lower gold, while …
Belgium's benchmark BEL 20 finished higher, rising 0.24% at the close in Brussels, driven by advances in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors. Market breadth favored gainers, and commodity and currency markets showed mixed movement during the same trading session. Major individual movers included Argen-X, Azelis Corporate Serv…
U.K. shares closed lower on Monday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 retreating 0.54%. Losses were concentrated in the Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors. Decliners outpaced advancers on the London Stock Exchange, while commodities and currency moves showed mixed direction.
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 finished marginally higher on Monday, rising 0.01% at the close in Madrid. Gains were concentrated in chemical, petroleum & plastic, financial services & real estate and consumer goods sectors, with Indra A, Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA and Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente among the session's best performers.…
Portugal's benchmark PSI index finished Monday's session up 0.59% in Lisbon, supported by strength in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors. Teixeira Duarte, EDP Renovaveis and Ibersol SGPS were the session's largest gainers, while Corticeira Amorim, Nos SGPS and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA posted the biggest declines. Commodity an…
Netherlands stocks closed lower on Monday as declines in Technology, Telecoms and Oil & Gas weighed on the AEX, which finished the session down 1.15%. A narrow majority of listed issues rose, but several large-cap names recorded notable losses. Commodity markets saw crude and Brent oil rise while June gold futures slipped.
Italian equities closed marginally higher on Monday, with the Investing.com Italy 40 finishing up 0.01%. Gains were concentrated in Financials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors, while several large-cap names moved in opposite directions. Market breadth was narrowly positive and commodity markets showed strength in crude oil and Brent, while gold fe…
Sweden's equity benchmark OMX Stockholm 30 ended Monday's session down 0.69%, with Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials among the heaviest-hit sectors. Market breadth favored losers, and notable moves in oil and gold were recorded alongside modest currency changes for the krona against the euro and dollar.
Finnish equities ended Monday's session with modest gains, as sector strength in Telecoms, Consumer Services and Healthcare pushed the OMX Helsinki 25 up 0.20%. Hiab and Nokia were among the session's strongest performers, while Elisa and KONE recorded the largest declines. Market breadth favored decliners, and commodity and FX benchmarks showed mi…
Goldman Sachs expects the U.S. Treasury to increase its short-term borrowing estimate when it publishes financing numbers on May 4, forecasting $185 billion of marketable borrowing for Q2 versus the $109 billion indicated in February. The bank sees no change to coupon or TIPS auction sizes this quarter, implies negative $121 billion net bill supply…
Salesforce and its workspace messaging app Slack have initiated legal action against Microsoft at the High Court in London, alleging anticompetitive conduct linked to the bundling of Teams with Microsoft Office. The case, filed April 23, follows a 2020 complaint to the European Commission and an agreement last year in which Microsoft agreed to offe…
