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EU Clears Microsoft-Activision Deal With 10-Year Cloud-Gaming Licence Mandates

The European Commission approved Microsoft’s ...

Microsoft must provide 10-year free licenses ...

Microsoft must also grant 10-year free licens...

The UK’s CMA rejected these remedies as insuf...

Peel Hunt’s Real Estate Shift: Strong H1 FY26 Growth Meets In-Office Mandates

Europe Firms Financial Services

Peel Hunt is reorganising its 100 Liverpool S...

The firm has tightened return-to-office rules...

H1 FY26 revenue rose about 38% to roughly £74...

Headcount has been cut by more than 15% since...

Can London’s IPO Market Bounce Back in 2026 Amid Hong Kong’s Global Surge?

Europe Markets Financial Services

London’s IPO market has slumped to a 30-year ...

Hong Kong’s IPO market has surged back to a t...

The UK is rolling out regulatory and tax refo...

Despite tentative signs of recovery, London s...

Danske Bank Closes London ECM Desk to Build Nordic Strength in Stockholm

Europe Firms Financial Services

Danske Bank will close its London equity capi...

The move is part of its Forward ’28 strategy ...

Danske has built a full ECM and advisory team...

The shift reflects weaker London ECM conditio...

US Firms Pledge £1.25B ($1.7B) Investment in UK Financial Services: Who Gains and What’s Next

Europe Markets Financial Services

US finance and tech firms are committing over...

Major moves include Bank of America’s first N...

These investments back UK strategies to stren...

The deals form part of a wider UK plan to att...

London’s IPO Market Hits 30-Year Low: How Investment Banks Are Adapting

Europe Markets Financial Services

London’s IPO activity has slumped to a 30-yea...

This collapse is forcing banks, especially mi...

Structural disadvantages versus U.S. markets—...

Regulatory reforms and a tentative pipeline o...

Canada’s 2025 Budget Unveils Open Banking & Tightened Stablecoin Oversight

Americas Policy Financial Services

Canada’s 2025 budget formalizes a national co...

Consumers and small businesses will gain stan...

The draft Stablecoin Act imposes strict one-t...

The reforms aim to boost competition and fint...

Canada’s Big Six Banks See Investment Banking Rebound Amid Strong Q3 2025 M&A

Americas M&A Financial Services

Canada’s Big Six banks posted a strong Q3 202...

RBC’s underwriting and advisory fees jumped 2...

The surge in deal-making and underwriting was...

Despite booming fee income, banks kept loan-l...

Canadian Businesses Delay Investment Amid Trade & Policy Uncertainty

Americas Firms Manufacturing

Economic and trade policy uncertainty is caus...

Business surveys show sharply weaker sales an...

The Bank of Canada’s severe trade war scenari...

Impacts are heaviest on trade-exposed sectors...

BMO Q3 Fiscal 2025: EPS Beats Expectations, Capital Strong but ROE & ROTCE Lag Targets

Americas Firms Financial Services

BMO delivered strong fiscal 2025 earnings gro...

Despite this, key profitability metrics like ...

Positive operating leverage and a robust CET1...

Wealth Management and Capital Markets are dri...