Financial Updates – Page 12 – Financial Updates

Investment Banking Today: Low Valuations, Rising Deals & Strategic Expansion

Investment banks enter 2026 from a position o...

Despite strong recent returns, the group stil...

Firms like Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, and...

Key risks include shifting regulation and tra...

Jefferies Q4 2024: Robust Growth in IB & Capital Markets Amid Margin Pressure

Americas Firms Investment Banking

Jefferies is heading into Q4 earnings after a...

Growth has been led by a powerful recovery in...

Asset management revenues surged on outsized ...

Analysts are focused on whether Jefferies can...

Haitian Investment Banker’s Paralympic Journey: Resilience, Immigration & Sport

Americas Firms Investment Banking

Ralf Etienne, a 36-year-old Bank of America i...

He lost his leg in Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, t...

Etienne is racing across Europe with only a f...

His story underscores how immigration policy,...

Barclays Names Hiroshi Minoura as Japan Investment Banking Chair Amid M&A Surge

Asia Firms Investment Banking

Barclays has appointed veteran banker Hiroshi...

Minoura brings nearly five decades of experie...

Japan’s M&A market is surging on governance r...

The hire signals Barclays’ intent to strength...

Ethiopia’s Fifth Investment Bank Launch: Siinqe Boosts Capital Markets Amid Reform

Global Firms Investment Banking

Siinqe Investment Bank has been licensed by t...

Backed by parent Siinqe Bank’s strong balance...

The license follows Ethiopia’s 2025 banking p...

While new entrants like Siinqe expand financi...

EU Merger Guidelines Overhaul: Innovation Defence Rising in the Draghi Era

Europe Policy Business Services

The European Commission is revising its merge...

Reforms center on a four-pronged framework as...

The EC is considering an explicit “innovation...

R&D-intensive and tech sectors must now embed...

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

Europe M&A Gaming

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...