Private equity

On paper, the deal was a no-brainer: a $15 billion debt financing that would net banks hefty fees and kick off a year of mega-acquisitions even as central banks tightened the spigots on their pandemic support. Yet eight months after agreeing to finance the leveraged buyout of Citrix Systems, Wall Street is now staring at a very different picture.

Mizuho Financial Group, the large Japanese bank, has agreed to buy U.S.-based Capstone Partners to expand in the business of helping private equity firms raise funds.

Industry experts weigh in on the future of wealth management.

Morgan Stanley’s $7 billion purchase of Eaton Vance marks the latest wager that finding a big partner is critical to survival in the asset management industry.

Fintechs are facing unique challenges in the pandemic. There might be a resurgence in funding on the horizon, but startups are looking to see what they can do now to weather the storm.

The Main Street Lending Program is off to a slow start, while the PPP is extended five weeks to distribute the remaining $130 billion in loans; the European regulator is softening its stance to allow more deals.

The agencies will give the industry another month to submit feedback on the so-called covered fund portion of the rule "in light of potential disruptions resulting from the coronavirus.”

With International Women's Day on Sunday, March 8, shining a spotlight on female leadership, it's a good opportunity to highlight the 42 dealmakers on Mergers & Acquisitions' 2020 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A

In another rollback of the bank trading ban, the federal agencies unveiled a plan to allow financial institutions to invest in multiple companies through certain fund structures.

Regulators already finalized a rollback of the proprietary trading ban section of the rule but signaled then that their overhaul was not finished.

PE firms have made investments in only seven banks in 2019, compared with 21 last year. Here's what's driving the slowdown.

By turning to investors outside traditional banking, private-equity firms are finding it easier than ever to get loans to finance their buyouts of corporations that are nowhere close to being profitable.

The agencies handed banks a significant victory when they finalized revisions to the Dodd-Frank proprietary trading ban, but officials also plan to re-propose changes to the “covered funds” section of the rule.

A centerpiece of her “economic patriotism” bill is to transform private equity firms, which she said will buy a company and bleed it dry before “walking away enriched even as the company succumbs.”

Chime, Chart IQ, Starling Bank and several other startups have raised millions of dollars from venture capital and private-equity firms this year. Here's what they plan to do with their haul.

While the Small Business Investment Companies program has reported disappointing results since its 2015 peak, participating funds are getting more looks from curious bankers.

Tech-focused private equity firm Francisco Partners is leading a take-private deal of Verifone Systems Inc., a world leader in payment and commerce solutions.

Independent Bank Group said the firms had become shareholders after it bought Carlile Bancshares last year.

The company could use proceeds from the planned offering to add branches and make bigger loans.

The company has registered shares that three private equity firms have held since early 2010.