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Axios
2 weeks ago
Startup companies

IPO vs SPAC: Which is less efficient?

Stock price pops on first day may indicate underpricing and potential for more raised capital.
SPACs like DWAC offer alternative routes to going public, with significant market value increases seen post-acquisition. [ more ]
Alleywatch
3 months ago
Startup companies

The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 1/16/2024

Korr raises $3.2M in Seed funding for its cloud-native insurtech platform
Axle secures $1.5M in Pre-Seed funding for its CRM system tailored for the capital markets [ more ]
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Above the Law
1 month ago
Law

World's Wealthiest Law Firm Conducts Layoffs Due To Market Conditions

Kirkland & Ellis, the highest-grossing law firm, conducted layoffs in Asia due to market conditions.
Firm attributed layoffs to team size, not performance, and praised remaining capital markets team in Asia. [ more ]
Above the Law
2 months ago
Law

'It's Booming Right Now': Biglaw Firms Better Get In On These Corporate Debt Offerings

Liability management is continuing at a fast pace due to market challenges.
Companies that were already over-levered or facing difficulties are now taking advantage of the opportunity to reprice their debt or extend debt maturities. [ more ]
Above the Law
4 months ago
Law

It's Really Not A Good Time To Be A Capital Markets Senior Associate

Partnership elections in capital markets were down by a certain percentage.
Promotions in countercyclical and regulatory practice areas saw an increase.
Specifically, promotions in debt finance were up 36% over 2022. [ more ]
Alleywatch
3 months ago
NYC startup

The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 1/16/2024

Korr raises $3.2M in Seed funding for its cloud-native insurtech platform
Axle secures $1.5M in Pre-Seed funding for its CRM system tailored for the capital markets [ more ]
Alleywatch
3 months ago
NYC startup

The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 1/16/2024

Korr raises $3.2M in Seed funding for its cloud-native insurtech platform
Axle secures $1.5M in Pre-Seed funding for its CRM system tailored for the capital markets [ more ]
Alleywatch
11 months ago
Startup companies

#NYCtech Week in Review: 4/23/23 - 4/29/23

With so much going on in the city's thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space.We keep you abreast of the things that you may have missed in NYC Tech News for the week ending 4/29 including the NYC startup fundings, NYC startup exits, and NYC startup events featuring news for Constrafor, Chiefy, Axoni, and much, much more.
Coindesk
3 months ago
Cryptocurrency

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Pulls Back to $42K; Venezuela Shutters Petro Crypto Project

Bitcoin's approval of a spot ETF turned out to be a 'sell-the-news' event, leading to a price pullback.
J.P. Morgan is skeptical that the new spot bitcoin ETFs will attract significant fresh capital. [ more ]
Bitcoin News
2 years ago
Cryptocurrency

SEC Chair Gensler Asks Staff to Collaborate With CFTC on Regulating Crypto Exchanges - Regulation Bitcoin News

SEC Wants to Work With CFTC on Regulating Crypto Exchanges
www.housingwire.com
10 months ago
Real estate

Guild launches 1% down payment advantage program

Add Guild Mortgage to the list of lenders offering down payment assistance programs in order to court more buyers at a time when mortgage rates remain elevated.The California-based lender rolled out a 1% down payment advantage program this week that allows customers to buy a home with a minimum down payment of 1% of the purchase price.
www.housingwire.com
10 months ago
Real estate

Fannie and Freddie address loan-repurchase complaints

Executives from both government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) participated in a session on Tuesday morning during the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Secondary and Capital Markets Conference and Expo in New York.I totally understand where the question is coming from.But I don't think this is really a question about the process.
therealdeal.com
1 year ago
LA real estate

Apartment rents in OC fall 2.5% since September The Real Deal Los Angeles

(Illustration by Priyanka Modi for The Real Deal with Getty) Double-digit rent increases in Orange County have hit the wall.Rent hikes as steep as 30 percent in OC since 2020 have plateaued, with average apartment rents sliding 2.5 percent over the last four months to $2,540 per month, the Orange County Business Journal reported, citing CoStar.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Business

Bank of Japan Surprises Markets With Policy Tweak

The Bank of Japan said Tuesday that it would tweak its bond buying policies and step up asset purchases  a surprise move as Japan faces economic pressure from rising inflation and a weak yen.The change was seen as a sign that Japan might relax its adherence to ultralow interest rates.That commitment has made the country a global outlier as other central banks around the world have pushed up their rates in an effort to battle inflation.
The Real Deal Los Angeles
1 year ago
LA real estate

State-owned Chinese Insurer to sell Montage Laguna Beach for $700M

Three months after it explored the potential sale of three luxury hotels that included the Montage Laguna Beach, a Chinese company has officially listed the properties for $1.3 billion.
www.housingwire.com
10 months ago
Real estate

Lender Price launches new tool to automate base pricing

Lender Price, a leading provider of mortgage loan product and pricing technology, has launched Base Price Solution (BPS), a new pricing tool designed to help banks, lenders, and credit unions optimize their pricing strategies.With the new product, lenders have the ability to quickly generate base pricing, which eliminates the need for multiple spreadsheets used to calculate pricing market swings.
HousingWire
11 months ago
Real estate

Snapdocs, Finastra LOS integrate to support Trustmark eClosings

, a leading digital closing platform for the mortgage industry, has announced a new integration with Finastra's Mortgagebot loan origination system (LOS) to support Trustmark 's eClose transformation.With this integration, Trustmark's lenders nationwide can execute closings in a centralized workflow to drive faster closing times, reduce operating costs and enhance the borrower experience.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Fannie Mae executes CIRT deals on $31B of single-family loans

Fannie Mae announced on Monday that it has executed two new Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) deals: CIRT 2023-2 and CIRT 2023-3.The deals, which include over $31 billion in single-family mortgage loans, are designed to reduce risk to taxpayers by increasing the role of private capital in the mortgage market.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Last call for the 2023 Finance Leaders

Today marks the last day to nominate someone for the 2023 HW Finance Leaders award.Don't miss the chance to recognize the top finance executive at your organization!Eligible nominees must be corporate finance, capital markets, or accounting executives within mortgage origination or a real estate brokerage and will be selected based off of financial management, strategic thinking and contribution to their organization.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
11 months ago
Intellectual property law

SCOTUS Ushers in New Era of Enablement Law in Amgen Ruling

"That [the Justices] believe this decision changes nothing is entirely irrelevant.This decision, because of the evidence, clearly ushers in a cataclysmic shift in the law of enablement."Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi et al.The Court held, as many feared they would, that the 26 antibody examples and detailed instructions for generating additional antibodies within the genus-which covered some 400 pages and included a CD Rom of the x-ray crystallography coordinates of Amgen's "anchor" (or lead) antibodies 21B12 (Repatha) and 31H4-was insufficient to satisfy the enablement requirement.
www.housingwire.com
11 months ago
Real estate

Home Point, soon to be defunct, delivers $28M loss in Q1

Home Point Capital reported another quarterly loss on Friday morning, just two days after announcing that it is being sold to Mr. Cooper Group for $324 million in cash.The transaction will result in the company shutting down in the coming months.In the first quarter, Home Point's origination and servicing businesses were in the red amid declining production volumes and a negative change in the fair value of its mortgage servicing rights (MSR).
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

Toronto cannabis company Cronos settles with SEC, OCS over accounting fraud | CBC News

Cronos Group Inc. and one of its former executives signed settlements Monday with U.S. and Canadian regulators that accused them of filing inaccurate financial statements.The Toronto cannabis company said the settlements ended a pair of investigations being carried out by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into financial statements Cronos made around the first three quarters of 2019 and the second quarter of 2021.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | The Booming ESG Bond That's Facing Growing Skepticism

So-called sustainability-linked bonds make up only a small fraction of the sustainable bond market but they've grown fast, soaring to more than $170 billion since an Italian energy company, Enel SpA, introduced the instrument in September 2019.
Alleywatch
11 months ago
NYC startup

The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 4/26/2023

The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/26/2023 featuring funding details for Rinsed, Axoni, and much more.This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.Rinsed - $20M
Rinsed, a CRM platform built for car wash operators, has raised $20M in Series B funding led by VMG Partners.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Bank failures may be the catalyst for an economic recession

Fannie Maehas projected that the recent bank failures may act as the catalyst that tips an already precarious economy into a recession - primarily due to the combination of tighter lending standards by small- and mid-sized regional banks.The ongoing banking instability may affect the availability of jumbo mortgages and residential construction loans due to the high concentration of those originations stemming from small and mid-sized banks, Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group said.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Bally's executes sale-leaseback on newly acquired Freedom Center site, raising up to $500 million to develop Chicago casino

Days after buying the 30-acre Freedom Center printing site, Bally's has sold the land to a Chicago real estate investment firm, leasing it back for 99 years and raising up to $500 million to help build its proposed $1.74 billion Chicago casino complex.Oak Street Real Estate Capital acquired the River West property Monday for $200 million in the sale-leaseback deal, with a commitment to provide up to $300 million more in additional funding to develop the casino.
Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Compass real estate agents lost Millions of dollars. Here's why. Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Compass real estate agents who opted into Compass' much-heralded agent equity program last year are staring at sobering losses - at least on paper.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Adler Is Another Fine Mess for German Capital Markets

Less than two years after the collapse of Wirecard AG revealed huge deficiencies in German financial regulation, Europe's largest economy faces another fine corporate mess.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

7 Luxury Homes Sold in the DC Area

Where: Great Falls.Bought by: David Raffetto , Cisco's director of sales for the Department of Defense.Listed: $3,495,000.Sold: $3,250,000.Days on market: 93.Style: Colonial.Bragging points: Two acres, with seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, five fireplaces, a climate-controlled wine cellar, and an outdoor heated pool.
Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Boston condo prices and bank appraisal Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Boston condo for sale fact: The appraisal report in a home purchase can make or break a sale.All lenders will require that a licensed appraiser determine the property value.The appraiser--who works independently and is not on staff at the bank--studies recent comparable sales in the neighborhood and makes adjustments for stuff like number of bedrooms, bathrooms, parking and kitchen/bath finishes.
sfist.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Newly Proposed Rezoning Could See 34,000 New Housing Units Come to SF's Western Neighborhoods

The SF Planning Department recently released another reworked draft of its updated, state-mandated housing element, which proposes rezoning parts of the city to accommodate 34,000 additional housing units a big jump from the 22,000 units previously outlined.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Is China Done With Its Market Crackdown? Ask Fosun.

Global investors are wondering these days if Beijing has decided to ease a yearlong regulatory crackdown that has cost them more than $1 trillion in losses.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | How and Why Chinese Firms Are Listing in Europe Now

With the US making it harder for Chinese companies to access its capital markets, some of the firms seeking overseas financing are heading instead to Europe, where they don't face the same regulatory hurdles.
BBC News
1 year ago
London

Citi offers junior bankers sun with Malaga programme

The bank has opened a new hub for junior staff in the seaside city of Malaga, on Spain's Costa del Sol.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Rivian now has nearly 200,000 orders for its EV trucks and delivery vans. It's produced 8,000.

Startup electric truck manufacturer Rivian continues to see robust demand for its inaugural products, with nearly 200,000 orders in hand, and a long way to go to fill them.
TechCrunch
1 year ago
Berlin startup

Getir, the $12B instant delivery startup, plans to axe 14% of staff globally and cut aggressive expansion plans

It continues to be a very rough week for e-commerce companies in Europe.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Just Eat Takeaway investors should vote to fire board, says activist shareholder

Just Eat Takeaway's largest independent shareholder has said investors should vote to fire the takeaway food website's supervisory board and chief financial officer amid a steady decline in its market value.
www.aljazeera.com
2 years ago
Europe news

The economic war against Russia can help Ukraine's reconstruction

The West can punish Russia economically for its ongoing aggression while also ensuring that it pays for the damage it inflicts on Ukraine and its economy.
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