Blackstone's Tony James just joined Sequoia Capital and NerdWallet's cofounder in backing a startup hoping to disrupt the $28 trillion retirement market

Blackstone's executive vice chairman participated in Alto's seed round through his family office, Jefferson River Capital.

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Blackstone's Tony James just joined Sequoia Capital and NerdWallet's cofounder in backing a startup hoping to disrupt the $28 trillion retirement market Dan DeFrancesco | Blackstone's executive vice chairman participated in Alto's seed round through his family office, Jefferson River Capital. Read More »

$100 billion Softbank Vision Fund has shaken up Silicon Valley with mega fundings. A cadre of Deutsche Bank alums are behind many of the deals. Callum Burroughs | Four former Deutsche Bank traders are top level executives at the SoftBank Vision Fund which invests in some of the biggest names in tech. Read More »

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When Cigna fired an employee, her lawsuit was forced into arbitration. She thought she'd found a fair referee — until she saw pictures of him partying with Cigna's attorney. Julie Bort | Glenda Perez's case offers an inside look at what is normally a private black-box process. Read More »

A millennial handling $325 million for the wealthy maps out 2 scenarios for how aggressive to be if you're young and starting to save for the future Marley Jay | The wealth manager Jakob Loescher details two of his approaches to help young clients save for retirement, one aggressive and the other more cautious. Read More »

'The whole world decided to just be stupid': A hedge-fund manager explains why the IPO bubble he sees in WeWork, Peloton, and Chewy could soon face a reckoning Christopher Competiello | Harris Kupperman, president of Praetorian Capital Management, sounds the alarm on companies touted as "disruptive" that aren't disrupting anything. Read More »

We still don't know if Jeffrey Epstein's money is floating around Silicon Valley, but several top venture capital firms say they've never accepted funds from the disgraced financier Megan Hernbroth | Although many VC firms have restrictions barring them from publicly discussing limited partners, 27 told Business Insider Epstein was not involved. Read More »

A CEO who just raised $200 million from SoftBank refuses to run his business from Silicon Valley, where rents and talent are overpriced Charlie Wood | C2FO executives Sandy Kemper and Colin Sharp told Business Insider why the SoftBank-backed fintech is based in Kansas City, not Silicon Valley. Read More »

Peloton insiders will have 20 votes per share — twice as many as those at other startups — but CEO John Foley may not wield all the power after the IPO Troy Wolverton | Corporate governance experts and institutional investors hate it when companies give insiders extra votes. Read More »

SAP's global operations boss says that the US-China trade war is causing so much uncertainty, companies are reassessing their entire supply chains Benjamin Pimentel | Top SAP exec Adaire Fox-Martin says global economic uncertainty has forced the software giant's clients to make drastic changes in their supply chain. Read More »

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