After Silicon Valley Bank’s shutdown, uninsured depositors face tense wait
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Silicon Valley Bank’s high level of uninsured deposits helped kick off the run that…
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U.S. bank stocks fall further as regulators shutter SVB Financial
By Noel Randewich and Caroline Valetkevitch (Reuters) -Shares of U.S. banks extended recent losses on Friday, with regional banks hit…
Ether hits 2-month low as New York AG labels crypto token as security
(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency token Ether fell to its lowest in two months on Friday after the New York attorney general…
US digital asset fund, venture capital firm to raise $100 million for two new blockchain funds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alpha Sigma Capital, a U.S.-based digital asset fund, and Transform Ventures, a venture capital firm, will…
Hedge funds up leverage, but fear directional bets with blurred macro picture
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge funds are increasingly using more leverage to make wagers on the stock…
With dealmaking slowing, activist hedge funds target companies’ top brass
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist hedge funds that often push companies to sell themselves or divest divisions…
Analysis-Investors revive inflation trades as 6% Fed rate risk grips Wall Street
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spooked by a flurry of hotter-than-expected U.S. economic and inflation data last month,…
Wall Street pushes back against SEC stock market reforms
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) -The New York Stock Exchange teamed up with retail broker Charles Schwab Corp and…
Stock pickers reckon it’s time to move on from central banks
By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) -Stock market investors are calling time on the idea that the Federal Reserve, and other…
Private equity firms lend less as demand cools
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – Private equity firms that have for years capitalized on the regulatory woes of banks by…