Pacific City Financial Corporation, the holding company of Pacific City Bank, today announced the closing of a private placement to accredited investors totaling $15.3 million of common stock. The proceeds from the capital raise will be used for general corporate purposes, including supporting the growth of Pacific City Bank. In the private placement, the Company issued 1,273,000 shares of common stock, no par value, at a price of $12.00 per share.

StepStone Group, a leading global private markets asset management and advisory firm, today announced that the expanded StepStone Infrastructure and Real Assets Group (“SIRA”) is now fully integrated into the firm and actively conducting business for StepStone clients. In May, StepStone announced that KPMG’s Infrastructure and Real Assets Investment Advisory Team would join StepStone.

Wells Fargo & Company, the nation’s No. 1 lender to middle market companies, announced today that Portland will be home to its newest Middle Market Banking office, staffed with local, senior relationship managers who will serve Maine companies statewide.

The Portland team will offer a full suite of commercial banking products and services, including commercial and real estate loans, treasury management, global banking, foreign exchange, and capital markets, in addition to multiple specialty lending divisions, including Food & Agribusiness and Beverage Finance.

 Metamako, the leading specialist in deterministic network devices for the world’s financial institutions, announced today that it has expanded its team and appointed Kevin Covington CEO. Since the company’s launch at the end of 2013, Metamako’s presence worldwide has been increasing quickly and steadily.

Tullett Prebon, one of the world’s leading interdealer brokers, announces the acquisition from CME of a long term licence of a functionally rich hybrid trading technology.

Tullett Prebon already utilises this proven technology widely across the group and now plans to develop it in-house to provide bespoke, proprietary, customer-facing capabilities, offering its clients a choice of trading methodologies including RFQ, CLOB and volume matching.