Ares Management Raises Nearly $10 Billion for Opportunistic Private-Credit Strategy
The firm targets credit and equity deals that provide liquidity to stressed and healthy companies.
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Blue Owl Capital Closes New Asset-Backed Fund With $2.9 Billion in Total Commitments
The Asset Special Opportunities Fund IX exceeded an original target of $2.5 billion, suggesting that there remains an appetite from some investors to continue putting money into private credit.
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European Banks Approach End of Three-Year Bull Run
The Stoxx 600 Europe Banks index was down around 7% for the year, threatening to turn the tide on a three-year run.
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Powell Says Fed Can Look Past Oil Shock, but Warns Patience Has Limits
The Fed chair said energy disruptions tend to be short-lived but warned the central bank can't take that for granted after years of elevated inflation.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on Amazon's credit card offerings for small businesses, Lennar, European investment-grade credit and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.
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A Focus on Terror Risks, Not War, Is Coming Back to Bite Companies
The Mideast conflict is triggering a surge in demand for war insurance, while sparking fights over rising premiums and what's covered by existing policies.
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Fed's Williams: Middle-East Developments Have Added Significant Economic Uncertainty
The Iran war will likely push inflation higher in coming months, a senior Federal Reserve official said Monday, but he signaled the central bank's current interest-rate setting gives it room to wait and see if those pressures last.
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Private Credit Is Reeling, But New Rule May Allow It Into 401(k)s
The Labor Department intends to help employers avoid lawsuits stemming from the alternative investments they offer employees in retirement plans.
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Trump's 401(k) Rule Checks All Private Equity's Wish List
The private-equity industry got pretty much everything it wanted from a Labor Department proposal for alternative assets in 401(k) funds
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BBVA to Sell Romania Business to Raiffeisen for $680 Million
The deal is set to make Raiffeisen's Romanian subsidiary the third-largest bank in the country by total assets, the Austrian lender said Saturday.
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Three Reasons the Stock Market Can Endure the War
So far the fall in share prices has been small given the scale of disruption. Here are some of the supports keeping them aloft.
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Private Credit's Exposure to Ailing Software Industry Is Bigger Than Advertised
Analysis by The Wall Street Journal finds four of the largest private-credit funds have more exposure to the software industry than their filings suggest.
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April 01, 2026 00:00 ET (04:00 GMT)
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