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☆ Crypto Firm Genesis Global Trading to Pay $8 Million for Compliance Failings
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( David Smagalla | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Genesis Global Trading closed its U.S. spot trading operations in September. Its parent company, Genesis Global Holdco, filed for bankruptcy a year ago. Photo: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg NewsCrypto brokerage firm Genesis Global Trading has agreed to pay $8 million in a settlement with New York state’s financial regulator over alleged failings in its anti-money-laundering and cybersecurity programs. Genesis Global Trading, part of the now-bankrupt Genesis Global Holdco LLC, closed its U.S. spot crypto trading operations in September and is in the process of winding down. As part of its settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services, the trading unit will surrender its BitLicense, which allowed it to operate a crypto business in New York, the regulator said in a statement Friday.

Persons: Gabby Jones Organizations: Genesis, Bloomberg, New York, Global, New York State Department of Financial Services Locations: New, New York

The logo of Calgary-based Enbridge, one of North America's largest energy infrastructure companies, is displayed during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren Acquire Licensing RightsSept 5 (Reuters) - Enbridge (ENB.TO) will buy three utilities from Dominion Energy (D.N) for $14 billion including debt, the Canadian pipeline operator said on Tuesday, creating North America's largest natural gas provider and doubling its gas distribution business. The deals for East Ohio Gas, Questar Gas, and Public Service Co of North Carolina will consist of $9.4 billion in cash and $4.6 billion of assumed debt. U.S.-listed shares of Enbridge fell 6.5% to $33.01 in extended trading after the company also announced a C$4 billion ($2.9 billion) bought-share sale to fund a portion of the deal. The modest improvement in Enbridge's business risk profile is not enough to "offset ongoing pressure on the company's financial profile," said Gavin MacFarlane, vice president and senior credit officer at Moody's, in a statement.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Ebel, Enbridge, Patrick Murray, Moody's, Gavin MacFarlane, Morgan Stanley, Sullivan, Cromwell, McCarthy Tétrault, Arunima Kumar, David French, Denny Thomas, Shailesh Kuber, Sriraj Kalluvila, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Dominion Energy, East Ohio Gas, Public Service Co, Dominion, Federal Trade Commission, Foreign Investment, Co LLC, RBC Capital Markets, Thomson Locations: Calgary, North, Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, Canadian, North Carolina, Enbridge, Point, United States, Ohio , North Carolina , Utah , Idaho, Wyoming, North America, Bengaluru, New York

People walk in the Goldman Sachs global headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. Goldman's private wealth arm oversees $1 trillion in assets for ultra-high net worth clients, who have $60 million or more in investable assets. The bank can serve high net worth investors through RIA and other wealth management clients, such as Creative Planning, Goldman said. Shares of Goldman Sachs were up 1.8% in afternoon trade. Goldman Sachs & Co LLC is serving as financial advisor and Weil, Gotshal & Manages LLP is serving as legal counsel to Goldman Sachs.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, David Solomon, Goldman, Marc Nachmann, Nachmann, Daniel Fannon, Weil, Saeed Azhar, Manya, Marguerita Choy, Megan Davies Organizations: REUTERS, Creative Planning, United Capital Financial Partners, Wealth Management, Reuters, Jefferies, Co, Gotshal, Manya Saini, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York, U.S, New York, Bengaluru

☆ Goldman Sachs to sell wealth advisory unit to Creative Planning
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 28 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) on Monday said it has struck a deal to sell an investment advisory business to wealth management firm Creative Planning LLC. Creative Planning is an independent wealth management firm with more than 2,100 employees across its affiliates and $245 billion in combined assets under management and advisory. "It is margin accretive to Asset & Wealth Management and allows us to focus on the execution of our premier ultra-high net worth wealth management and workplace growth strategy," said Marc Nachmann, Goldman Sachs global head of Asset & Wealth Management in a statement. The bank can serve high net worth investors through RIA and other wealth management clients, such as Creative Planning, he said. Goldman Sachs & Co LLC is serving as financial advisor and Weil, Gotshal & Manages LLP is serving as legal counsel to Goldman Sachs.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, David Solomon, Goldman, Marc Nachmann, Weil, Manya Saini, Saeed Azhar, Marguerita Choy Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Creative Planning, United Capital Financial Partners, Creative, Wealth Management, Co, Gotshal, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, Bengaluru, New York

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Bain Capital on Tuesday agreed to buy Fogo de Chão, in a deal people familiar with the matter said valued the Brazilian steakhouse chain at about $1.1 billion, including debt. The deal marks a win for private equity firm Rhone Capital, which took Fogo de Chão private for $560 million in 2018. The restaurant chain confidentially submitted paperwork for an initial public offering to regulators in late 2021, the sources said. Earlier in August, the Pollo Tropical restaurant chain was sold to Authentic Restaurant Brands for $225 million. Morgan Stanley & Co LLC is serving as financial adviser to Fogo de Chão and Rhône, while Sullivan & Cromwell served as legal counsel.

Persons: Paulo Whitaker, Rhône, Bain, Burger King, Dunkin, Ellis, Morgan Stanley, Sullivan, Cromwell, Abigail Summerville, Anirban Sen, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Fogo de Chao, REUTERS, Bain Capital, Rhone Capital, Dunkin ’ Brands Inc, Brands Inc, Benihana, Deutsche Bank, Kirkland, Thomson Locations: Fogo de, Fogo de Chao Brazilian, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Chão, Fogo, Rhone, Southern Brazil, dealmaking, Sandwich, New York

☆ Charles Schwab to raise $2.5 bln through debt offering
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 18 (Reuters) - Brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.N) said on Thursday it was looking to raise up to $2.5 billion through a debt offering. The company will raise the debt in two parts via notes due in 2029 and 2034. The disclosure comes a day after another filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in which the brokerage firm said it would use the proceeds for "general corporate purposes." Last month, Schwab reported first-quarter profit ahead of analysts' expectations, boosted by growth in interest income. BofA Securities, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs & Co LLC, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo Securities are the joint book-running managers for the offering.

May 14 (Reuters) - ONEOK Inc (OKE.N) agreed on Sunday to buy U.S. pipeline operator Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP.N) in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $18.8 billion including debt, bringing natural gas-focused ONEOK into transporting refined products and oil. The deal will give ONEOK, until now a transporter of natural gas liquids and natural gas, access to Magellan's refined products and crude oil transportation business. The combined company will have 44% of its business in NGLs, and 21% in refined products, according to a presentation. The deal comes as U.S. natural gas prices have struggled this year because of oversupply concerns. Crude prices have traded off in 2023 on potential recession fears, although not as badly has natural gas.

Regional bank shares stretched gains from a rebound on Friday, with PacWest Bancorp (PACW.O) jumping 33% premarket after the company announced quarterly dividend. Shares of such banks tumbled for much of last week on worries tied to the collapse of First Republic Bank. ET, Dow e-minis were up 67 points, or 0.2%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 6 points, or 0.14%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 4.25 points, or 0.03%. Data on producer prices, weekly jobless claims and on consumer sentiment are all lined up through the week. On earnings, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc's Class B shares rose 1.5% after the company posting a $35.5 billion first-quarter profit, reflecting gains from stocks such as Apple.

☆ Mall of America Wins Supreme Court Case Over Sears Lease
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Akiko Matsuda | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an appeals court to review Mall of America’s dispute with the former chairman of Sears Holdings Corp. over a $10-a-year store lease, potentially opening the door for landlords or vendors to challenge the sale of bankrupt businesses. The justices unanimously ruled against Transform Holdco LLC, the real-estate company backed by former Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert that purchased some of the best-performing Sears and Kmart stores out of chapter 11 in 2019. Transform had argued that a bankruptcy provision protects asset buyers from such disputes to encourage them to close on sales.

In a 9-0 ruling written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court's decision against MOAC Mall Holdings LLC, the parent company of the mega-mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota. The lease provided Sears with a three-story, 120,000-square foot (11,000 square meters) location at the mall for a rent of just $10 a year. Mall of America went to court to try to stop the lease transfer during the Sears bankruptcy process. Circuit Court of Appeals found in 2021 that bankruptcy law does not allow for appeals of court-approved bankruptcy sales. While bankruptcy law limits the ability of courts to unwind a sale after appeal, it does not prevent appeals entirely, the Supreme Court ruled.

☆ Emerson Electric to buy NI Corp for $8.2 bln to deepen automation push
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Nathan Gomes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co (EMR.N) said on Wednesday it will buy measurement tools maker NI Corp (NATI.O) for $8.2 billion in a bid to boost its automation capabilities. The purchase will allow Emerson to tap NI's software-connected automated test and measurement systems for higher growth and margins in its automation portfolio. Emerson has executed a string of deals over the last few years to streamline itself into an industrial automation provider. The NI deal is expected to close in the first half of Emerson's fiscal 2024. Goldman Sachs & Co LLC and Centerview Partners LLC were financial advisers to Emerson on the deal, while Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP was its legal adviser.

☆ Emerson Electric to buy NI for $8.2 bln to deepen automation push
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co (EMR.N) on Wednesday said it would buy measurement tools maker NI Corp (NATI.O) for $8.2 billion in an effort to boost its automation capabilities. Emerson has executed a string of deals over the last few years to streamline itself into an industrial automation provider. The NI deal is expected to close in the first half of Emerson's fiscal 2024. Shares of Emerson, which already owns an about 2% stake in NI, fell more than 2% to $82.55 in premarket trade. NI launched a formal sale process in January after Emerson threatened to challenge its board if it did not engage in deal negotiations.

☆ Emerson Electric to buy NI Corp for $8.2 billion in automation push
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co (EMR.N) on Wednesday said it would buy measurement equipment maker NI Corp (NATI.O) for $8.2 billion in an effort to boost its automation capabilities. The purchase of Texas-based NI, which provides software-connected automated test and measurement systems, will help Emerson achieve a higher-growth and higher-margin automation portfolio. NI launched a formal sale process in January after Emerson threatened to challenge its board if it did not engage in deal negotiations. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Emerson was in advanced talks to acquire NI. Goldman Sachs & Co LLC and Centerview Partners LLC are serving as financial advisors to Emerson, while Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is serving as legal advisor.

☆ The biggest malls in America, from the troubled American Dream mall to Florida's alligator-shaped shopping center
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Palisades CenterDanni SantanaPalisades Center in West Nyack, New York, opened in March 1998. The four-level shopping mall has 225 stores and 16 sit-down restaurants inside. Palisades Center offers 2 million square feet of leasable store space and is owned by EklecCo NewCo LLC, a division of Pyramid Management Group. Mortgage lender Wilmington Trust is now looking to foreclose on Palisades after EklecCo failed to pay back a $418.5 million loan from 2016 in full, Patch reported last month. Wilmington Trust has filed suit against Pyramid asking the New York Supreme Court to have mall tenants pay rent to the firm directly until Palisades Center is put up for sale.

☆ Wall Street investment firms are thirsty for the West's vanishing water
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Lucy Kafanov | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

And it comes at a time when Arizona’s allocation of Colorado River water is being slashed amid a decadeslong megadrought. “In the face of record shortages on the Colorado River, we have voluntarily answered urgent and repeated calls to conserve water. Water Asset Management owns at least 3,000 acres in Western Colorado’s Grand Valley, where Mueller works to protect Colorado’s share of the river. “Water Asset Management has engaged in a number of different purchase methods to keep their transactions unknown to many of the local jurisdictions,” Mueller said. The Colorado River in Eagle County, Colorado.

☆ FDA fines e-cigarette makers for selling products illegally in ‘wakeup call’ to tobacco manufacturers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

BAM Group LLC, Great American Vapes LLC, The Vapor Corner Inc and 13 Vapor Co LLC did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. “Holding manufacturers accountable for making or selling illegal tobacco products is a top priority for the FDA,” said Dr. Brian King, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. “These actions should be a wakeup call that all tobacco product manufacturers – big or small – are required to obey the law,” King said. The agency can seize products, file injunctions to not sell the products, and the companies can face criminal prosecutions. “With these fines, FDA is finally speaking a language these manufacturers understand,” Sward told CNN.

☆ Crypto Lender Genesis Files for Bankruptcy, Ensnared by FTX Collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Vicky Ge Huang | Caitlin Ostroff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Genesis’s undoing is another example of how the November collapse of crypto exchange giant FTX has rippled through the industry. Cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global Holdco LLC and two of its lending subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy protection late Thursday night in New York, the latest domino to fall after the failure of exchange giant FTX. The bankruptcy marks the end of an era in which the lending of crypto assets fueled trades by both individual and institutional investors chasing high yields. A big drop in crypto prices that began in late 2021 has demolished many companies that depended on that business model. Crypto lenders Celsius Network LLC and Voyager Digital Ltd. filed for bankruptcy in July.

☆ Emerson makes $7.6 bln offer for NI Corp public after rebuffed approaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. industrial and software firm Emerson Electric Co (EMR.N) on Tuesday made public its offer to buy NI Corp (NATI.O) in a deal with an enterprise value of $7.6 billion after the automated testing equipment maker rebuffed earlier approaches. The software firm's all-cash bid of $53 per share represents a premium of about 13% to NI's close on Friday. Shares of NI were up 13%, at the offer price, in trading before the bell, while Emerson fell 4%. Texas-based NI, formerly known as National Instruments, specializes in making automated testing and measurement tools to aid in research and validation of new technologies. Emerson said NI has not engaged 'meaningfully' since its bid of $53 per share was made privately in November.

REUTERS/Lucas JacksonCompanies Smith & Wesson Brands Inc FollowDec 20 (Reuters) - The upstate New York city of Buffalo on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in state court accusing major gun manufacturers of fueling violence through irresponsible marketing and sales practices. Defendants in the lawsuit include Smith & Wesson Brands Inc (SWBI.O), Beretta USA Corp, Bushmaster Firearms Industries Inc, Colt's Manufacturing Co LLC and Glock Inc. The city is seeking an unspecified money award to combat gun violence. The case appeared to be the first time a city has sued major gun companies under a 2021 New York law that allows lawsuits against gun makers and sellers for creating a "public nuisance" through their business practices. Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 231 nurses denied proper overtime pay will share back wages and damages of just over $500,000
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Two Pennsylvania nursing facilities were found to have denied proper overtime pay to 231 workers. Spring Creek and Franklin Center failed to include the incentives in their pay rate for overtime. A judge ordered two companies to pay 231 nurses $256,684 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, equating to $513,368, per the Department of Labor. The investigation found that nursing facilities paid non-discretionary bonuses to nursing staff but failed to include incentives in their pay rate when calculating overtime rates. Spring Creek and Franklin Center didn't immediately respond to a request for comment by Insider.

☆ Global stocks rise but Polish deaths raise market concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Herbert Lash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Stocks wavered and the dollar briefly rose on initial reports of the Polish deaths as the market was overstretched as data suggested inflation was coming off its peak, said Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex in New York. The Polish deaths were reminiscent of U.S. bombs that killed three people in the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in 1999, he said. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsMSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS) gained 1.03%, while its emerging markets index (.MSCIEF) rose 2.22%. The euro up 0.22% to $1.0348, after briefly slipping on the Polish reports, and the yen strengthened 0.50% versus the dollar at 139.18. U.S. crude futures settled up $1.05 at $86.92 a barrel, while Brent futures rose 72 cents to settle at $93.86.

[1/2] The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, November 14, 2022. As soon as these numbers can start coming down, even if it's a slow walkdown in inflation, the market will be relieved." MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS) gained 1.55%, while its emerging markets index (.MSCIEF) rose 2.35%. The pull-back we've seen, the dollar sells off last week sharply, some of the currencies were three standard deviation moves." Data out on Tuesday showed that the British unemployment rate rose in September.

☆ Cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 to go private in $4.6 bln deal with Vista Equity Partners
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 12 (Reuters) - KnowBe4 Inc (KNBE.O) on Wednesday agreed to go private in a sweetened $4.6 billion deal with Vista Equity Partners, the latest cybersecurity firm to be snapped up by private equity in this year's market downturn. Private equity firms have been scooping up technology companies whose shares have taken a beating this year from worries over rising interest rates and an economic slowdown. The KnowBe4 deal, expected to close in the first half of 2023, will be financed through a mix of debt and equity financing. Morgan Stanley & Co LLC was serving as financial advisor to KnowBe4's special committee and Guggenheim Securities LLC was financial advisor for Vista. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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