Victory Capital's $7 Billion First Eagle Deal: What Genstar's Exit Signals for Asset Manager M&A
TL;DR: Victory Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: VCTR) agreed on August 26, 2026 to buy First Eagle Investments from Genstar Capital for approximately $7.0 billion, creating a combined asset manager with...
August 29, 2026
Arcline's AstroNova Buyout: Inside the Industrial Compounder Take-Private Playbook
TL;DR: On August 27, 2026, Arcline Investment Management closed its take-private acquisition of AstroNova, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT) for $29.00 per share in cash, a deal Arcline confirmed in its August 27...
August 29, 2026
C-PACE Financing Explained: How Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Loans Work as a Private Credit Investment
C-PACE stands for Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy financing. It is a loan attached to a commercial building's property tax bill, not to the borrower, and in most states it sits senior...
August 28, 2026
GenNx360 Capital Partners Closes Record $865 Million Fund IV
GenNx360 Capital Partners closed its fourth flagship fund at $865 million, the largest raise in the firm's 20-year history, according to the firm's own announcement .
August 28, 2026
How to Evaluate a Hedge Fund's Leverage and Margin Practices Before Investing
A hedge fund's leverage is the single biggest driver of how much money you can lose, and most offering documents make it hard to see.
August 28, 2026
tash vs. WatchFy vs. Reliqt: Which Fractional Collectibles Platform Is Actually Registered
Three platforms want your money for a slice of a trading card, a watch, or a "chain-native" collectible.
August 28, 2026
Nuveen Green Capital's C-PACE Fund IV Closes at $1B+: Inside the $3B Bet on Building-by-Building Debt
Nuveen Green Capital closed the fourth vintage of its CPACE Lending Fund series at more than $1 billion, its largest single raise yet, pushing total commitments across the series past $3 billion...
August 28, 2026
The SEC Is Investigating Situational Awareness. The Real Story Is the Leverage, Not the Genius
Situational Awareness, the hedge fund run by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, peaked near $45 billion in assets under management in early July 2026, then lost roughly 67% of that...
August 28, 2026
Hedge Fund High-Water Marks Explained: How They Protect You From Paying Twice for the Same Gains
A high-water mark is the clause in a hedge fund's fee agreement that stops your manager from charging you a performance fee twice on the same dollar of gains.
August 28, 2026
Private Credit Now Funds $1.2 Trillion of US Commercial Real Estate: The Data Behind the Shift
Private credit funds and insurers now finance $1.2 trillion of the $6.4 trillion US commercial real estate market, 18.
August 28, 2026
How Interval Fund Liquidity Actually Works: Tender Offers, Auctions, and the Real Cost of an Early Exit
Interval funds hold $131 billion in assets across 148 funds, up from $39 billion in just 66 funds in 2020, according to the Investment Company Institute .
August 28, 2026
GlennCap's Jonathan Glenn: Inside a $2.7 Million Cherry-Picking Fraud and Its Unfinished Restitution
Jonathan Vincent Glenn, owner of Connecticut-based GlennCap LLC, cherry-picked trades to defraud more than 45 clients out of over $2.7 million between January 2020 and March 2022.
August 28, 2026