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Private Credit Risks: A $3.5 Trillion Time Bomb?

Rapid growth in private credit raises concerns about opacity, leverage, and potential systemic risks.

Oportun Financial Highlights 2025 Profit Gains, Details 2026 Credit and Funding Plan

Company outlines strategic priorities and initiatives to improve profitability, credit outcomes, and funding costs

Spreads May Be Converging Across Public and Private Markets

But Liquidity Is Not, According to PIMCO

Global Mortgage Group Closes $18M Asset-Based Bridge Loan in 8 Days for Chinese Tech Founder in Los Angeles

An $18M asset-based bridge loan closes in just 8 days, demonstrating GMG's expertise in cross-border luxury real estate financing.

Qualcomm Announces $20 Billion Buyback, Boosts Dividend

The chipmaker plans to repurchase shares and increase quarterly payouts to shareholders.

WD-40 Company Declares Quarterly Dividend, Sets Earnings Call

The household products maker announces a $1.02 per share dividend and schedules its Q2 2026 earnings conference call.

Cyngn Inc. Announces $9.65 Million Registered Direct Offering

Offering priced at the market under Nasdaq rules

Aviation Finance Leaders Cite Scarcity, Demand and Complexity at ISTAT Americas

Discussions reflected a market defined by constrained aircraft supply, strong airline and investor demand, increasingly complex aviation financing structures.

Malaga Financial Declares 87th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

The community bank will pay 25 cents per share to shareholders on April 1, 2026.

BRC Group Holdings Retires $37.9M in Debt Through Bond Exchanges and Buybacks

Company also plans to redeem $96M in senior notes due in 2026

Ezra Raises $8 Million Seed Round to Build AI Infrastructure for Private Capital Markets

The funding will support continued product development and further customer deployments as investors, lenders, and companies raising capital face growing deal volume.

Tenon Medical Closes $4.3M Private Placement

The medical device company raised funds to continue transforming care for patients with sacro-pelvic disorders.

Ezra Raises $8 Million Seed Round to Build Institutional-Grade AI Infrastructure for Private Capital Markets

Founded by veterans of Mosaic, Ezra is using AI and capital networks to modernize financing for real-world assets

California Resources Corporation Prices $350 Million Private Offering of Additional Senior Notes

The offering was upsized from the previously announced $250 million and will be used to partially redeem existing senior notes.

Founders Fund Nears $6 Billion Close for Latest Growth Fund

The firm is raising this growth fund less than a year after closing its previous $4.6 billion vehicle.

North American Sustainable Finance Issuance Drops, but Canada Remains Resilient

Sustainable Finance Awards 2026 highlights ESG backlash, regulatory tensions, and the rise of adaptation finance

Demand Surges for Roger Spitz's Uncertainty Keynotes as Global Finance Enters 'End of Predictability'

Former M&A Banker and Top-Ranked Futurist Roger Spitz Decodes Era of 'Metaruptions' as Boards across Global Finance Seek Operating System for Deep Uncertainty

Dave Announces Pricing of $175 Million 0% Convertible Notes

Company entered into capped call transactions to increase effective conversion premium to 100%

$75MM Loan Secured to Refinance Monterey Marriott Hotel

Sonnenblick-Eichner Company arranges financing for 341-room property

Western Digital to Issue $0.13 Quarterly Dividend

Dividend payout set for March 18th, marking the data storage company's latest quarterly distribution.