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If approved, the vehicle will focus on acquisition targets in the consumer or retail industries, according to the prospectus.

The alternative asset manager surpassed its previous peak from the fourth quarter of 2017.

Its rivals have been building out their own insurance arms in recent years and have brought on executives who can help them attract more business.

The alternative investing platform will service a total of $55 billion in client assets across 650 funds once the deal for its rival fintech closes.

The large aggregator faces questions about its future.

The change will boost the firm’s “ability to reach a dramatically larger audience,” said CEO Stephen Schwarzman.

Strategic buyers have less cash but more flexibility, experts say.

The holdings demonstrate “resiliency over several credit cycles, with low realized principal losses and robust returns for CLO equity,” managers say.

The definition of independence for advisors is changing, according to a new report.

The aggregator has filed with the SEC, and the aftermath of an offering will be closely watched.

All systems go for more transactions — but the stock market is a wild card.

Focus Financial adds a $4 billion wealth management firm to its expanding roster.

Managers sold $24.6 billion of the loans in the region last year, the most since the financial crisis.

The sale of an asset management firm gives Mariner a capital source to buy RIAs. Lots of them.

Independent firms need capital, but some top executives question private equity's benefits.

The number of transactions is expected to increase over 20% from 2016.

The aggregator has been buying aggressively since an infusion of private equity cash in April.

Energy was likely a “headwind,” analysts wrote.

The partnership marks the third deal since a major private equity investment in April.

Gains could fall to 5.3% from 9.3% historically “unless portfolios are repositioned for the environment we think that we are entering,” according to a new KKR report.