Tagged: cantor fitzgerald

June 1, 2025 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cantor Fitzgerald, a global financial services firm, announced on May 28, 2025, that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire UBS’s O’Connor alternatives investment platform. This acquisition, which includes hedge funds, private credit, and commodities, brings approximately $11 billion in invested assets under… Read More

April 23, 2025 @ 10:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brandon Lutnick, chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald and son of U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is leading a significant Bitcoin investment initiative. According to a recent report by the FT, Lutnick has recently partnered with key players in the crypto / web3 and investment sectors—SoftBank, Tether,… Read More

December 13, 2024 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Cantor Fitzgerald, LP, and two Special Purpose Acquisition companies (SPACs) it controlled with “making misleading statements to investors ahead of their initial public offerings (IPOs).” SPACs are companies that go public with the intent to acquire a private… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cantor Fitzgerald, which currently maintains the majority of Tether’s $133 billion+ held in reserves, has reportedly negotiated a 5% ownership stake in the stablecoin USDT issuer within the last year (as reported recently by the WSJ). Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Executive Officer and majority owner Howard… Read More

July 28, 2024 @ 5:33 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald has announced plans to launch a Bitcoin financing business designed to provide leverage to investors holding Bitcoin. The new initiative will commence with $2 billion in initial financing and is set to expand significantly over time. The firm, known… Read More

January 16, 2024 @ 1:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Over the years, Tether, the largest dollar-based stablecoin in the world, has been peppered with allegations of fraud and claims that the company did not have 1 to 1 reserves for USDT. In an interview with Bloomberg, held at Davos, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 1:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Reigo Investments, a global financial real estate technology company, today announced it has closed a $100 million securitization of residential bridge loans led by Cantor Fitzgerald. The transaction marks the company’s second securitization completed since June 2021- a figure it has now doubled to $200… Read More

June 17, 2020 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Pagaya, a Fintech in the asset management space, has closed on a $102 Series D funding round. Simultaneously the company has announced a $200 asset-backed security (ABS) issuance of consumer credit – “reopening” the COVID-19 impacted market. Pagaya’s total ABS issuance now stands at over… Read More

March 16, 2017 @ 10:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Today Hibergene‘s Series B funding round on SyndicateRoom will successfully close at midnight tonight, having raised at least £5,707,336 with the help of over 53 investors. Funds will be used to support R&D activities to launch three new products in 2017. The Irish medical diagnostics company specializes in the urgent diagnosis… Read More

March 1, 2017 @ 4:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Hibergene Diagnostics has linked with SyndicateRoom for its Series B round alongside key institutional investor, Cantor Fitzgerald. Hibergene, an Irish medical diagnostics company that specialises in the urgent diagnosis of potentially fatal human infectious diseases, has developed what it believes to be a simple, easy to use and low… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, iFunding, announced on Wednesday it has hired Daniel Drew as Vice President and Head of Real Estate. He will be in charge of expanding the organization’s business development and platform offerings for investors and institutions. Drew  joins the iFunding team from… Read More