IFG Asset Management, LLC is a boutique investment banking, merchant banking, and asset management firm based in Darien, Connecticut founded in 2004. IFG Asset Management provides investment banking and merchant banking advisory services focused on agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, building materials, natural resources industry sectors. In addition, IFG Asset Management focuses on private investment opportunities including private equity fund-of-funds, customized solutions and co-investments in these industry sectors.
Sixth Street pact hands Affirm firepower for $20bn in new consumer loans
Private investment group Sixth Street will pump $4bn into a vehicle to buy loans from US fintech Affirm in a deal that will give the lender firepower to make billions of dollars in additional consumer...
Budget deficit swells in November, pushing fiscal 2025 shortfall 64% higher than a year ago
The U.S. budget deficit swelled in November, putting fiscal 2025 already at a much faster pace than a year ago when the shortfall topped $1.8 trillion, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday. For ...
National Center for Public Policy Research proposes BTC treasury to Amazon
The National Center for Public Policy Research — a Washington DC-based think tank championing free markets — submitted a shareholder proposal to Amazon saying that a Bitcoin corporate treasury strateg...
Private Markets: How Will Private Credit Respond To Declining Yields?
Recent and upcoming rate cuts will provide relief for private credit borrowers through lower funding costs in 2025, even as many have already benefitted from repricing and improving financing conditio...
Most global public funds plan to increase infrastructure allocations — OMFIF report
The majority of public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds (58%) expect to increase their infrastructure allocations over the next 12 to 24 months, according to the OMFIF’s Global Public Funds 20...
The ultra-rich run family offices, hire wealth managers and hold stakes in private investment funds. For those who are well-off but hardly jetsetters, however, portfolios look much more mundane. Typic...
Bank Leaders Expect Merger Activity to Accelerate in 2025
Nearly half of bank leaders believe their institutions will buy another bank in 2025, suggesting a potential uptick in merger activity in the coming year, according to a new survey on M&A by Bank Dire...
BlackRock has deal to buy private credit manager HPS, FT reports
BlackRock has a handshake deal to buy private credit group HPS Investment Partners, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The final deal value would be closer to $12 billion, which offers a signi...
US Bitcoin reserve during Trump presidency could pump BTC to $1M
A Bitcoin-related bill is gaining support in the United States, signaling a potential boost for the cryptocurrency’s value, which could hit $1 million. Former President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2...
How is private credit weathering its first big rate hiking cycle?
Interest rates are coming down, but only after one of the most brutal monetary tightening periods in modern history. And they’re probably coming down too late, too little and too slowly for a lot of s...