Schroders buys £2bn family office Sandaire in UK wealth push

Schroders buys £2bn family office Sandaire in UK wealth push

Schroders, the UK’s largest listed asset manager, has acquired London-based family office Sandaire as part of its wider push into the wealth management arena. Sandaire, which oversees £2.2bn in assets, will become part of Schroders’ existing wealth...
TikTok Owner Seeking $60 Billion Valuation in U.S. Deal

TikTok Owner Seeking $60 Billion Valuation in U.S. Deal

China’s ByteDance Ltd. is seeking a valuation of $60 billion for TikTok as Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. take stakes in the short-video app’s business to address U.S. security concerns, according to a person familiar with the matter. Oracle and Walmart have rights to...
Buyout groups blasted at SEC meeting for ‘misleading numbers’

Buyout groups blasted at SEC meeting for ‘misleading numbers’

Private equity managers make highly exaggerated performance claims, which should be banned, according to a leading academic who urged US regulators to take swift action to protect investors. During a Securities and Exchange Commission online event last week private...
11 big things: A $70B blizzard & Wall Street’s pop culture

11 big things: A $70B blizzard & Wall Street’s pop culture

Last year was an unprecedented one for venture-backed public offerings. Massive, much-hyped listings from companies such as Uber, Lyft and Slack generated a total of $261.6 billion in VC-backed exit value in the US alone, according to PitchBook data, twice as much as...