Private Markets Push for World’s Wealthy Runs Into AI Meltdown

Feb 7, 2026 | Markets, Private Credit

The salespeople on the front line of a private-markets push to win over the world’s wealthy are quite adept at fielding questions on opacity, liquidity and valuation. Their list of tricky talking points just got a new addition — the so-called SaaSpocalypse. At...

Anthropic’s More Than $20 Billion Funding to Close as Soon as Next Week

Feb 6, 2026 | Markets

Anthropic PBC is ironing out the final details on a funding round likely to raise more than $20 billion and slated to close as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter. The OpenAI rival was initially seeking $10 billion but is now on track...

Vanguard Drops Average Fee to Just 0.06% With Latest Cuts

Feb 2, 2026 | Markets

Vanguard Group has unleashed another round of fee cuts across its lineup of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, further tightening the screws on an industry already known for its low costs. The Jack Bogle-founded asset manager, which oversees about $12 trillion,...

AI Leads Family Office Investment Themes, JPMorgan Says

Feb 2, 2026 | Markets

Artificial intelligence tops the investment priority list for family offices globally, a survey from JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s private bank shows, though allocations lag and remain concentrated in public equities. Of the 333 single family offices surveyed from 30...

Nvidia CEO Says New OpenAI Investment May Be Largest Yet

Jan 31, 2026 | Markets

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the company will be participating in OpenAI’s latest funding round, describing it as potentially “the largest investment we’ve ever made.” “We will invest a great deal of money,” Huang told reporters while...