News Topic: Private Equity

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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. ... Read full article

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. ... Read full article

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.” ... Read full article

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. ... Read full article

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

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

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. ... Read full article

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. ... Read full article

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.” ... Read full article

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. ... Read full article

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

Independent Bank Group said the funds had become shareholders after it bought Carlile Bancshares last year. ... Read full article

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

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

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have held talks before, and now they have a common shareholder — the U.S. PE firm Cerberus — in a position to broker a deal. ... Read full article