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Goldman Sachs Forms Capital Solutions Group to Grow Private Credit Business
January 15, 2025

Goldman Sachs Group has created a Capital Solutions Group that will bring together its financing, origination, structuring and risk management solutions in its Global Banking & Markets business. The global financial institution will also expand the alternatives investment team in its Asset & Wealth Management...

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Checkout.com Parent Company Reduces Losses by Cutting Expenses
January 02, 2025

U.K.-based Checkout Ltd., the parent company of Checkout.com, reduced its loss from operating activities from $138 million in 2022 to $8 million in 2023. This improvement was driven by a decrease in expenses, as its total revenue declined year over year, the company said in its annual...

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FinCEN Extends Deadlines for Beneficial Ownership Information Reports
December 27, 2024

Many small businesses now have more time to file beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The deadlines vary depending on when the reporting business was created or registered, but those for some categories have been extended by about two or three weeks,...

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Fed Survey: Businesses Now Face More Uncertainty Than Before Pandemic
December 26, 2024

According to the latest Survey of Business Uncertainty, firms are now more uncertain about their prospects than they were before the pandemic. The December survey, which is conducted monthly by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, found that despite the uncertainty, companies’ expectations for sales...

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Report: Kimura Capital Closes Trade Finance Business
December 17, 2024

Kimura Capital is reportedly closing its London-based trade finance business and returning money to investors. The company will continue its ventures in commodity logistics and sports management, but a proposed commodity hedge fund will not move forward, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Dec. 17), citing unnamed sources. Kimura Capital did...

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Treasurers Stuck in Neutral as Commuter Transport Sector Speeds Ahead
December 16, 2024

Companies have a lot to consider — the market, their employees, short-term implications, potential outcomes and more. In the mobility industry, the changing nature of how and why entities move means those decision-making processes involve a lot of volatility. And too often sector treasurers are...

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Goldman Sachs Head Predicts M&A ‘Pick-up’ in 2025
November 19, 2024

Goldman Sachs Chairman David Solomon has reportedly predicted stronger capital raising under the next Trump administration. Solomon also said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that there will be a more robust merger and acquisition (M&A) environment under the new president. “Given where we are at the moment, … you’re starting to...

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Nuvei Becomes a Private Company, Keeping Current Owners
November 15, 2024

Canadian FinTech Nuvei has completed its previously announced go-private transaction. As a result of the completion of the arrangement, the company expects that the subordinate voting shares will be de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange around Monday (Nov. 18) and from the Nasdaq Global Select Market...

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Vroom Files for Bankruptcy, Says Subsidiaries Not Expected to Follow
November 13, 2024

Automotive finance company and digital services platform Vroom filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday (Nov. 13), saying in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it plans to operate its business as a “debtor-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court. None of its subsidiaries are...