The quiet world of private credit is starting to unravel, with regulators questioning how risk is being rated while a $500M hit forces UBS to dump funds fast

According to the report, SEC enforcement attorneys are “looking into whether the firm and some of its senior executives have exerted improper commercial influence on its ratings procedures, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the ongoing probe.” Officials in the agency’s complex financial instruments unit are involved in the investigation, the …

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Financial Times walks back Tesla cash flow bombshell, now sees $500M gap, not $1.4B.

Financial Times has quietly toned down its claim of a $1.4 billion misstatement in Tesla’s cash flow. After speaking with accounting sources, the publication now reports a $500 million discrepancy—a number small enough to be explained by foreign exchange movement, asset write-offs, and other adjustments. Another overhyped financial hit piece against Tesla bites the dust. …

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USAID’s $500M funding to Internews exposed as a massive scandal.

A jaw-dropping discovery about USAID has emerged: nearly $500 million of taxpayer money funneled into a non-profit called Internews Network. This organization, led by Jeanne Bourgault, who takes home a $500k salary, claims to fight disinformation and train journalists. But the truth is far more sinister. Internews has trained 9,000 journalists across 4,291 media outlets …

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$500m fire sale: Lenders begin to break up Jean Nassif’s crumbling empire… German property giant Vonovia slips to $2.1 billion loss as sector struggles

More than $500 million worth of major Sydney housing development projects are poised to hit the market as fugitive Jean Nassif’s failed property empire is rapidly dismantled by major lenders seeking quick sales to recoup debt. Thousands of anxious apartment owners living in Toplace buildings are concerned that nothing will be left over for them …

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