Financial Updates – Page 13 – Financial Updates

Why Compliance & Risk Roles Are More Vulnerable Than Traders in Finance’s AI Era

Surveyed finance professionals in investment ...

Compliance and risk staff cite AI-driven auto...

Despite this insecurity, regulatory, financia...

Banks must balance investing in tech and cost...

Why Scott Galloway Says Investment Banking Taught What Passion Alone Can’t

Americas Firms Investment Banking

Scott Galloway loathed his analyst stint in M...

The job exposed his poor fit with corporate h...

He argues young professionals should prioriti...

The piece raises broader questions about how ...

AIIB 2026 Global Internship: Deadline, Benefits & Tips for Master’s/PhD Students

Asia FYI Infrastructure

AIIB’s 2026 Global Internship Program runs ap...

The program offers Corporate and Research/Aca...

Interns earn USD 90 per workday, receive a ro...

The internship is highly competitive, with th...

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

Global Markets Investment Banking

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...