Piper Sandler Expands Fixed Income Platform with New Distressed Debt and Special Assets Group
Industry veterans John Mori and Eric Friel to lead new group Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR), a leading investment bank, is pleased to announce the additions of John Mori and Eric Friel as managing directors to lead a new group that will focus on distressed…
Visa Announces Expiration and Results of Class B-1 and B-2 Stock Exchange Offer
Visa (NYSE:V) announced that its Exchange Offer for Class B-1 and B-2 common stock expired on May 8, 2026. The Exchange Offer allowed each participating holder of Class B common stock to exchange their shares of Class B common stock…
ICE Mortgage Monitor: April Home Prices See Strongest Monthly Rise in Nearly Two Years
Lower rates and improved affordability earlier in the year supported price gains across 90% of markets Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today released its…
College for Financial Planning—A Kaplan Company Launches Certificate Pathways for Career Skills and Potential Degree Credit
The College for Financial Planning—a Kaplan Company is announcing new undergraduate certificate offerings designed as a powerful on-ramp for career-entry professionals seeking foundational expertise to enter the financial services job market. These programs are built to develop career-ready skills and…
Global Payments Signs Exclusive Agreement with CKE Restaurants
Partnership Brings Innovative Genius Point of Sale and Commerce Enablement Solutions to Hardee’s® and Carl’s Jr.® Restaurants Across U.S. Global Payments® (NYSE: GPN), a leading payment technology and software company that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes worldwide, announced today that…
VanEck Named Exclusive ETF Partner of the Anglo American Padel Cup
VanEck joins Co-Title Sponsors and Leading Padel Industry Players Playtomic and Babolat as the Event’s Core Sponsorship Group. VanEck announced that it will be the Exclusive ETF Partner of the Anglo American Padel Cup, set to take place in South…
Best’s Special Report: U.S. P/C and Health Insurers Surpass Cost of Capital; Life Insurers Fall Slightly Short
The return-on-equity for U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers reached a decade high level of 14.97% in 2025, while the cost of equity held relatively steady at 8.18%, according to a new AM Best report. Last year started with an early challenge for P/C…
Charles Schwab Employees Rally to Support Communities During Volunteer Week
More than 8,500 employees supported 350 nonprofits through in-person and virtual service nationwide Charles Schwab once again brought employees together across the country for its annual Schwab Volunteer Week, a long-standing initiative dedicated to supporting local communities. This year’s effort…
Abry Private Debt Acquires $330M Private Credit Portfolio
Abry Assumes Active Management Role Across Portfolio Abry Private Debt, the private credit strategy of Abry Partners, announced the closing of its acquisition of a $330 million diversified private credit portfolio. Abry partnered with Coller Capital, a leading secondaries platform,…
Unit21 Recognized as Category Leader in Chartis 2026 RiskTech Quadrants® for Enterprise and Payment Fraud Solutions
Top-ranked vendor for AI functionality and best-in-class scores across configurability, workflow, modeling, and case management Unit21, the leading AI Risk Infrastructure platform for fraud prevention and AML monitoring, announced it has been named a Category Leader in Chartis 2026 RiskTech…
Barclays report finds travelers seek more control through rewards, planning, and AI
Barclays US Consumer Bank released its fourth annual Travel Rewards and Loyalty Report , showing that today’s travelers are approaching vacations with a sharper focus on control, value, and confidence. This year’s findings point to a timely travel lens Barclays…
Apollo Funds Complete Acquisition of Prosol Group
Apollo (NYSE: APO) announced that Apollo-managed funds (the “Apollo Funds”) have completed the previously announced acquisition of a majority stake in Prosol Group (“Prosol” or the “Company”), the multi-specialist in fresh food businesses and food retail in France, from Ardian,…