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SEC probes rental home values in PE bond deals

  Bloomberg US securities regulators are investigating whether bonds backed by single-family rental homes and sold by Wall Street’s biggest residential landlords used overvalued property assessments. Radian Group Inc.’s Green River Capital unit is one of the market participants that received a request for information from the Securities and Exchange Commission in March about broker price opinions, or BPOs, the ...

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UK consumer spending weakens with sharp slowdown in April

  Bloomberg UK consumer-spending growth slowed in April and is forecast to remain weak in the coming months, according to a report from Visa. Its index showed spending rose an annual 0.5 percent in April, down from 1 percent in March and marking one of the slowest rates of growth in the past three years. Weaker household demand is also ...

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Pandora gets $150 million infusion

  Bloomberg Pandora Media Inc., struggling with widening losses and a tepid outlook for its online music business, is shaking up its board and stepping up efforts to find a possible buyer. The Oakland, California-based company said in a statement it received a $150 million infusion from KKR & Co., the private-equity firm. Two directors will leave and Pandora will ...

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