Rocket to Buy Mr. Cooper Group in $9.4 Billion Mortgage-Industry Deal 
 

The Detroit-based company agreed to buy Mr. Cooper, one of the country's largest mortgage firms, in a $9.4 billion all-stock deal.

 
Ex-Schwab CEO Joins Private-Equity Firm That Owns Focus Financial 
 

Walt Bettinger signed on as a senior advisor at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, which bought Focus Financial in 2023.

 
LPL Financial to Buy Commonwealth for $2.7 Billion 
 

The deal will provide a significant boost to LPL, giving it Commonwealth's approximately 2,900 financial advisors and $285 billion of brokerage and advisory assets.

 
MicroStrategy Buys $1.9 Billion of Bitcoin as Paper Profits Erode 
 

The company, known as Strategy, is the largest corporate holder of the cryptocurrency.

 
The Trump Family Advances Its All-Out Crypto Blitz, This Time With Bitcoin Mining 
 

A business led by two of the president's sons will invest in American Bitcoin, a new mining company controlled by Hut 8.

 
Big Four Auditing Shortfalls Wane in Latest Inspections After Regulator Push 
 

The firms' U.S. units collectively had a deficiency rate of 20%, down from 26% the previous year.

 
Former Executive Alleges Deutsche Bank Hid Mishaps From Regulators 
 

Noah Ramos, who was fired as a head of operations, said the bank misrepresented control problems as accounting errors and spread losses across other bank businesses.

 
HomeStreet Sets Reverse Merger With Mechanics Bank 
 

The deal carries estimated equity values of $300 million for Seattle financial-services company HomeStreet and $3.3 billion for Mechanics, a Walnut Creek, Calif., bank backed by bank investor Ford Financial Fund.

 
The M&A Boom Wall Street Wanted Is Here, If You Know Where to Look 
 

Relatively smaller deals are having their best start to the year since the 2021 pandemic-era, and sectors such as pharma are seeing more activity.

 
Larry Fink Says Regular Americans Need Private Assets Too 
 

The BlackRock CEO says he wants individuals to have better access to the menu of private and illiquid investments that have long been core holdings of pensions, endowments and other institutions.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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