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May 26, 2026

Shareholder Scrutiny Intensifies Around TruBridge, RE/MAX, and Global Business Travel Deals

Halper Sadeh LLC has launched investigations into multiple public company acquisition deals involving TruBridge, Inc., RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., and Global Business Travel Group, Inc., highlighting growing shareholder activism and legal scrutiny surrounding mergers and acquisitions in volatile equity markets. The law firm said it is examining whether the proposed transactions adequately compensate shareholders and comply…

PR Newswire08 mins

Shareholder Challenges Hit Major M&A Deals

News

May 26, 2026

HanchorBio Prices Taiwan IPO at NT$120 Amid Rising Global Demand for Immunotherapy Innovation

HanchorBio, Inc. has priced its initial public offering at NT$120 per share ahead of its scheduled May 29 listing on Taiwan’s Innovation Board, marking one of the latest signs that global investors remain actively interested in next-generation immunotherapy developers despite a more selective biotech financing environment. The Taiwan-based clinical-stage biotech company said its IPO attracted…

PR Newswire09 mins

News

May 6, 2026

KBRA Issues Preliminary Ratings for GS Mortgage‑Backed Securities Trust 2026‑IRRP1 DAC

KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to GS Mortgage‑Backed Securities Trust 2026‑IRRP1 DAC, a new static RMBS vehicle backed by €459.7 million of Irish residential mortgages, marking a key data point for investors and fintech platforms navigating the evolving European mortgage‑backed securities market. What the announcement means Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has released preliminary ratings for six…

Businesswire08 mins

KBRA Preliminary Ratings for GS Mortgage Securities Trust

News

May 6, 2026

Yellowwood Unveils AI‑Powered Workflow Platform to Accelerate Direct‑Deal Investment Memos

Yellowwood Launches AI Workflow Membership to Help Direct‑Deal Investors Move from Inbox to Investment Committee‑Ready Memos. The San Francisco‑based fintech startup announced an enterprise‑grade, annual‑membership service that turns scattered deal decks, teasers, and confidential information memorandums (CIMs) into structured, thesis‑driven triage cards and full‑blown investment memos—all without forcing investors to abandon their existing inbox workflows. Yellowwood’s…

Businesswire010 mins

Yellowwood AI Workflow Platform Streamlines Direct‑Deal Memos

Guest Column

April 22, 2026

Private Credit Has a PR Problem. Here’s How to Fix It.

Private Credit Has a PR Problem. Here’s How to Fix It. Private credit is now one of the largest categories in global asset management, with estimates placing assets under management north of $2 trillion. The category has grown from a niche strategy for a handful of specialist lenders into a core allocation for pension funds,…

Vikrant Shetty012 mins

Private Credit PR Strategy Needs a Reset

Guest Column

April 22, 2026

The Activist Investor Playbook Every CEO Needs to Know Before the Letter Arrives

Activist investor campaigns hit record levels in 2025. The 2026 environment is setting up to be worse. More campaigns, more sophisticated tactics, faster public escalation, and a media and analyst environment that moves activist narratives into mainstream coverage within days rather than weeks. Most of the CEOs I advise on this work have never been…

Vikrant Shetty013 mins

Activist Investor Strategy CEOs Must Prepare For

Guest Column

April 22, 2026

Every Startup Founder Needs a Reputation Strategy Before They Raise a Seed Round. Most Don’t Realize It Yet.

When I started 5WPR more than twenty years ago, a founder raising a seed round needed a pitch deck, a product demo, and a few warm introductions to investors. That was the whole job. The founder walked into the room, the investor formed a first impression in person, and the meeting either happened or it didn’t. That…

Vikrant Shetty016 mins

Generative Engine Optimization for Startup Founders

Interviews

April 21, 2026

How AI and Stablecoins Are Reshaping Corporate Treasury

1. How is AI transforming traditional treasury functions such as cash forecasting, risk management, and liquidity planning? AI moves the treasury function from reactive to predictive. Cash forecasting historically leans on historical averages and a treasurer’s instinct, and analysts at most enterprises can spend 30-40% of their time generating forecasts and chasing variances by hand….

Vikrant Shetty014 mins

Interviews

April 16, 2026

Grief, Grit, and Growth – What Business Leaders Can Learn from Life’s Defining Moments

Introduction Laura Briel Sullivan, a former bank Chief Marketing Officer, turned author of Sailing with Angels: A Poetic Tale of Grief and Grace, brings a unique perspective shaped by more than 25 years in financial services and a personal journey into storytelling. Her work explores how life transitions caregiving, loss, and career reinventions and how they…

Vikrant Shetty014 mins

Interviews

April 15, 2026

The Hidden Revenue Sitting in Your First-Party Data

Where are brands getting first-party data strategy wrong right now? Most brands think they have a data problem. They don’t. They have an activation problem. The industry is focused on signal loss and shrinking addressability, but at the same time, brands are sitting on valuable, consented data they’re not using. Many organizations already have more…

Vikrant Shetty05 mins