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Redwood Trust, Inc.

RWT

Financial Services

2w

Strategic Transition to Capital-Light Operating Model

Redwood accelerated its shift towards a more scalable and simplified operating model, first announced at 2024 Investor Day.
The company is reducing exposure to legacy assets, including multifamily bridge loans and third-party securities, due to their full valuation or underperformance amid rising interest rates.
Approximately $0.79 per share of fair value and repositioning charges were recognized in Q2 from legacy portfolio wind-downs.
Target to generate $200-$250 million from legacy asset sales by year-end 2025, with a long-term goal to reduce legacy investments to 0-5% by 2026.
The move aims to redeploy capital into core platforms for higher quality, predictable earnings, and to support share repurchases.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc.

KREF

Financial Services

3w

Financial Performance Summary

A $0.25 cash dividend was paid for the quarter.
Book value per share was $13.84 as of June 30, 2025.
Distributable loss was $3 million primarily due to taking ownership of the West Hollywood property.
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust reported a GAAP net loss of $35 million or negative $0.53 per share for Q2 2025.
Liquidity remained strong with $757 million available, including $108 million cash and $620 million revolver capacity.
Originations totaled $211 million with repayments totaling $450 million in Q2.
Prior to realized losses, distributable earnings were $16 million or $0.24 per share.

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

KW

Financial Services

1w

Strategic Capital Deployment and Asset Sales

KW deployed or committed $1.7 billion in new capital in Q2, bringing total deployment to $2.6 billion for H1 2025, on track to surpass $4.3 billion in 2024.
The company successfully executed over $600 million in noncore asset sales, generating $250 million in cash, exceeding the $200 million target.
Proceeds from asset sales are primarily used to reduce unsecured debt, including a $350 million repayment of KWE bonds due in October, fully retiring the $650 million 2025 bonds.
KW plans to continue recycling capital into higher-return opportunities, emphasizing a strategic focus on asset sales and debt reduction.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

ARI

Financial Services

2w

Significant Capital Reinvestment and Portfolio Growth Strategy

Committed $1.4 billion in new loans in Q2, totaling $2 billion year-to-date, indicating aggressive reinvestment of capital received from repayments.
Portfolio value increased by 12% from the previous quarter to approximately $8.6 billion.
Focus on redeploying capital into new loans to avoid cash drag and diversify the portfolio across US and Europe.
Potential for portfolio size to grow beyond $10 billion through continued focus asset management and leverage.

WSFS Financial Corporation

WSFS

Financial Services

3w

Financial Performance Summary

Core fee revenue grew 9% quarter-over-quarter, led by wealth (17% YoY growth), capital markets, and mortgage businesses.
Core net interest margin expanded by 1 basis point to 3.89%, driven by a 9 basis point reduction in total funding costs and a deposit beta of 43%.
Gross loans were flat quarter-over-quarter, with strong commercial fundings, especially in C&I loans growing 2% linked quarter, and consumer residential mortgage and HELOCs growing 2% and 8% respectively.
Net credit costs were $14.3 million with net charge-offs at 30 basis points, half attributable to the Upstart sale; excluding Upstart, net charge-offs were 14 basis points.
Nonperforming assets declined to 51 basis points of total assets due to payoffs, despite a slight uptick in delinquencies that resolved in July.
Total client deposits increased 1% linked quarter and 5% year-over-year, with noninterest deposits growing 11% YoY to over 30% of total deposits.
WSFS reported core earnings per share of $1.27 for Q2 2025, with core return on assets at 1.3% and core return on tangible common equity at 18.03%, all improved from Q1.
WSFS returned $87.3 million in capital during Q2, including $77.7 million in share buybacks representing 2.7% of outstanding shares; year-to-date buybacks total 4.4% of shares.

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

PFG

Financial Services

2w

Principal's Strategic Focus on Shareholder Returns and Capital Discipline

Returned $320 million to shareholders in Q2, including $150 million in share repurchases.
Raised dividend for the eighth consecutive quarter, maintaining a 40% payout ratio.
Maintains a strong capital position with $1.4 billion excess capital, targeting $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion for the year.
Capital deployment is seasonally higher in H2, with expectations of increased share repurchases.

Northern Trust Corporation

NTRS

Financial Services

3w

Financial Performance Summary

Asset Servicing fees increased 6% year-over-year to $692 million, with assets under custody and administration reaching $16.9 trillion, up 9% year-over-year.
Capital ratios remained strong with a common equity Tier 1 ratio of 12.2% and Tier 1 leverage ratio of 7.6%.
Expenses increased 4.8% year-over-year excluding notable items, the lowest rate of growth in six quarters.
Net interest income on an FTE basis was a record $615 million, up 7% sequentially and 16% year-over-year.
Northern Trust reported second quarter net income of $421 million, earnings per share of $2.13, and a return on average common equity of 14.2%.
Provision for credit losses increased to $16.5 million, mainly due to reserves for a small number of nonperforming loans, expected to normalize in future quarters.
Returned $486 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, reflecting a payout ratio of 117%.
Revenue grew 8% year-over-year excluding notables, with trust, investment and other servicing fees totaling $1.2 billion, a 6% increase compared to last year.
Wealth Management assets under management were $469 billion, up 12% year-over-year, with pretax profit increasing 18% over the prior year period.

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

OWL

Financial Services

2w

Financial Performance Summary

Blue Owl Capital reported fee-related earnings (FRE) of $0.23 per share and distributable earnings (DE) of $0.21 per share for Q2 2025.
Direct lending portfolio gross returns were 3% in Q2 and 13.5% over the last 12 months; alternative credit gross returns were 2% in Q2 and 15.7% over last 12 months.
Equity fundraising hit a record with over $12 billion raised in Q2 and over $36 billion over the last 12 months, nearly 90% increase from prior year.
FRE margin guidance for the year is 57% to 58%, with Q2 printing at 57%.
Management fees increased by 32% over the last 12 months, with 87% from permanent capital vehicles.
Net lease gross returns were 4.1% for Q2; real estate credit investments yielded 8.1% yield to maturity and 11.1% debt yield.
The company declared a dividend of $0.225 per share for Q2 payable on August 28 to holders of record as of August 14.
The company maintained strong credit quality with average annual realized losses at 13 basis points in direct lending.
The listing of the technology-focused BDC, OTF, contributed approximately $6 million in incremental management fees in Q2.
Year-over-year on a last 12 months basis, FRE revenues grew by 29%, FRE by 23%, and DE by 20%.