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Phoenix Children’s Promotes Richard Siever And Ryan Yeager To Senior Executive Roles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Phoenix Children's has promoted Richard Siever to Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Ryan Yeager to Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, elevating two longtime internal leaders as the pediatric health system continues investing in its legal and financial capabilities.

North Names Emma Kirk Head Of Strategic Growth As Adviser Demand Expands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

North has appointed Emma Kirk as Head of Strategic Growth as the Australian wealth management platform continues to invest in its distribution capabilities to support rising demand from advisers and licensees.

Lightspeed Adds NextSilicon President Rupal Hollenbeck To Board As Company Targets Profitable Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Lightspeed Commerce has appointed technology industry veteran Rupal Hollenbeck to its Board of Directors, adding three decades of global technology and go-to-market leadership experience as the commerce platform focuses on executing its strategy and driving profitable growth. Hollenbeck's appointment will become effective October 1, 2026.

ArchwayFinCo Adds Mark Pickering As Managing Director To Expand $10 Million-$50 Million Private Credit Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

ArchwayFinCo has appointed Mark Pickering as Managing Director, adding more than 30 years of commercial finance experience as the private credit firm expands its asset-based lending platform.

Katten Adds Genevieve Weiner To Expand Los Angeles Restructuring Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Katten has added Genevieve Weiner as a partner in its Restructuring practice in Los Angeles, expanding the firm's capabilities across bankruptcy, distressed transactions and restructuring matters. Weiner joins Katten from Sidley Austin.

Kirkland & Ellis Adds Edward Coates From Latham To Expand Secondaries And Liquidity Solutions Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Kirkland & Ellis has added Edward Coates as a partner in its Secondaries team, strengthening the firm's capabilities across private markets secondary transactions and liquidity solutions. Coates announced the move after previously working at Latham & Watkins.

K&L Gates Adds Tim Foley From Linklaters As Washington Broker-Dealer Regulatory Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

K&L Gates has added Tim Foley as a partner in its Asset Management and Investment Funds practice in Washington, D.C., strengthening its broker-dealer regulatory, enforcement and trading capabilities. Foley joins K&L Gates from Linklaters.

Goodwin Adds Rebecca Lock In Philadelphia As Real Estate Funds Platform Serves 1,000+ Investment Managers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Goodwin has added Rebecca "Becca" Lock as a partner in its Real Estate and Investment Funds and Capital groups in Philadelphia, expanding the firm's real estate fund formation and private capital capabilities.

Kestra Financial Names Kelly Apple Head Of Wealth Management After 13+ Years At BlackRock

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Kestra Financial has appointed Kelly Apple as Head of Wealth Management, placing the longtime asset management executive in charge of expanding the firm's investment, planning and advisory capabilities.

DLA Piper Adds Brian Gingold As Co-Lead Of New York Private Equity Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

DLA Piper has added Brian Gingold as co-leader of its New York Private Equity practice, strengthening the firm's capabilities across private equity transactions, financing matters and portfolio company advisory work.

Victory Capital To Acquire First Eagle For $7 Billion, Creating $571 Billion Asset Manager

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Victory Capital has agreed to acquire First Eagle Investments for approximately $7 billion, creating a combined global asset manager expected to oversee about $571 billion in total client assets.

Trustar Bank To Acquire $750 Million In Deposits And Maryland Branches From Forbright For $19 Million Premium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Trustar Bank has signed an agreement to acquire two Maryland branches and a Virginia customer service hub from Forbright Bank in a transaction that includes approximately $750 million in local deposits.

Hilco Provides $60 Million ABL Facility To Support Turnspire’s Acquisition Of Hulcher Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Hilco Global Capital Solutions has provided a $60 million first-lien asset-based lending facility to support Turnspire Capital Partners' acquisition of Hulcher Services, a provider of mission-critical rail infrastructure and industrial services.

eCapital Provides $30 Million Receivables Facility To Support 18-Facility Post-Acute Care Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

eCapital has provided a $30 million healthcare receivables financing facility to an unnamed multi-state post-acute care provider operating 18 skilled nursing and post-acute facilities.

Continental Resources To Acquire FireBird Energy II, Adding 32,000 BOE/D And 147,000 Net Resource Acres In Permian

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Continental Resources has agreed to acquire FireBird Energy II from Quantum Capital Group, significantly expanding its position in the Permian Basin with oil-weighted production, development inventory and acreage adjacent to its existing operations. FireBird owns approximately 54,000 net acres in the Midland Basin.

Denarius Metals Invests C$28.8 Million In Copper Giant As Trafigura Raises Stake To 14.79%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Denarius Metals has completed a C$28.8 million strategic investment in Copper Giant Resources and closed a C$28.81 million private placement with Trafigura to fund the transaction.

Kimbell Royalty Partners Closes $221.2 Million Acquisition, Adding 3+ Million Gross Acres And 29,000 Producing Wells

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Kimbell Royalty Partners has completed its previously announced $221.2 million acquisition of mineral and royalty interests from affiliated sellers, expanding its portfolio across the Eagle Ford, Permian, Mid-Continent and Appalachia regions.

Nomura Asset Management Names Linda Galsim Global Head Of Product To Lead Newly Created Product Management Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Nomura Asset Management International has appointed Linda Galsim as Global Head of Product, a newly created role designed to unify the firm's global product capabilities and accelerate development across institutional and wealth management channels.

Noble Investment Group Adds Matt Noland As Capital Markets Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Noble Investment Group has appointed Matt Noland as Director of Capital Markets, where he will focus on strategic asset realizations and debt origination and management across the hospitality-focused alternative asset manager's portfolio.

Moelis Adds Russell Mason As Managing Director In Capital Structure Advisory

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Moelis & Company has appointed Russell Mason as a Managing Director in its Capital Structure Advisory Group, expanding the investment bank's restructuring and distressed advisory capabilities.

Sidley Adds 4 Partners Across Energy, Infrastructure And Project Finance Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

Sidley has added Michael Pikiel Jr., Richard Puttré, Tom Millar and Patrick Selinger to its Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure practice, strengthening the firm's capabilities across project finance, energy transactions, regulatory matters and infrastructure investments.

Abundia Global Impact: Interview With Founder And CEO Ed Gillespie About Waste-To-Value Renewable Energy Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Abundia Global Impact Group is a renewable energy company developing commercial-scale infrastructure that converts waste plastics and biomass into transportation-grade fuels and low-carbon chemical feedstocks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Abundia Global Impact Group Founder and CEO Ed Gillespie to learn more.

SpaceX To Invest $100 Billion In Louisiana Spaceport With 3,000 Direct Jobs And Capacity For Thousands Of Annual Launches

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

SpaceX plans to invest $100 billion to build what Louisiana officials describe as the world's largest spaceport in Vermilion Parish, creating a massive new launch complex designed to support thousands of missions annually and significantly expand the company's Starship operations.

T. Rowe Price To Acquire $19 Billion Firm F/m Investments, More Than Doubling Fixed Income ETF Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

T. Rowe Price has agreed to acquire F/m Investments, a fixed income asset manager and ETF specialist with approximately $19 billion in assets under management, expanding its capabilities across ETFs, institutional separate accounts and taxable and municipal separately managed accounts. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bunker Hill To Acquire Silver47 For $163 Million, Creating $326 Million U.S. Silver And Critical Minerals Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Bunker Hill Mining has agreed to acquire Silver47 Exploration in an all-stock transaction valuing Silver47 at approximately $163 million on a fully diluted, in-the-money basis, creating a larger U.S.-focused silver and critical minerals company with a pro forma basic market capitalization of approximately $326 million.

SuperiorMed To Go Public Through Starry Sea SPAC Merger As Dubai Platform Targets Longevity And Health Tourism

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

SuperiorMed Holdings has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Starry Sea Acquisition Corp. that is expected to make the Dubai-based healthcare management and services platform part of a publicly traded company. Financial terms and an implied valuation for SuperiorMed were not disclosed in the announcement.

KKR To Acquire Ci FLAVORS From L Catterton And Other Shareholders To Accelerate Global Beauty Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

KKR has agreed to acquire Japanese beauty and lifestyle platform Ci FLAVORS from all existing shareholders, including founder Yusaku Horiuchi, L Catterton, eBeauty Group, and Yanagi Capital Partners.

Navitas To Acquire Claros For Up To $232.8 Million As AI Power Market Opportunity More Than Doubles To $8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Navitas Semiconductor has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Claros in a transaction valued at up to approximately $232.8 million, adding vertical power delivery and integrated voltage regulator technology designed for next-generation AI data centers.

Nayax To Acquire IPS Group For $350 Million As Cashless Market Opportunity Expands To $342 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Nayax has agreed to acquire smart parking technology provider IPS Group from Windjammer Capital Investors for $350 million in cash, expanding its unattended commerce platform into parking and curb management.

Accenture To Acquire McCoy, Adding 380+ SAP Specialists To Expand Edge Mid-Market Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Accenture has agreed to acquire McCoy, a Netherlands-based SAP consultancy with more than 380 specialized professionals, strengthening the SAP modernization and AI capabilities of Accenture Edge across Europe’s mid-market.