Saving the world is on Sue Desmond-Hellmann's to-do list

If you had $50 billion to try to solve the world's worst problems, what exactly would you do?

Elliott outspends rivals as corporate activism turns to Germany

Elliott Management Corp has invested more than rivals in its push for corporate change so far this year and there has been an increasing focus among activist investors on German companies.

UBS creates team to promote private capital markets deals

UBS Group has created a private capital markets team to help wealth management clients invest in the burgeoning sector, the Swiss bank said on Wednesday.

Rice group set to take control of EQT board in proxy contest: sources

Brothers Toby and Derek Rice are on course to win control of EQT Corp's board of directors two years after having sold their own company, Rice Energy, to the natural gas producer, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

China's Centurium Capital raises over $2 billion from GIC, Temasek, others

China's Centurium Capital, a big backer of domestic startup Luckin Coffee, said it has raised more than $2 billion in its debut fund, giving the private equity firm more firepower to cut deals involving the world's second-largest economy.

Reinsurance hedge fund Tangency Capital raises further $165 million

Hedge fund Tangency Capital has raised a further $165 million to invest in the property reinsurance market, bringing its size to $265 million as the hurricane season gets under way, one of its co-founders told Reuters on Wednesday.

Fund investors retreat from U.S. stocks as S&P 500 hits records

Investors pulled slightly more than $5 billion out of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold U.S. stocks last week, ending what had been the largest rush into domestic stocks since 2016, according to data released Wednesday by the Investment Company Institute.

Synthomer to buy Omnova in $824 million deal

Polymer maker Synthomer Plc said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy Omnova Solutions Inc for an enterprise value of $824 million in a bid to strengthen its global position.

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