Finance Updates – Page 136

Nippon Steel Acquires U.S. Steel: Foreign Investment, Labor, & Security Stakes Revealed

Nippon Steel has finalized its $14.9 billion ...

A National Security Agreement gives the U.S. ...

NSC will invest about $11 billion by 2028 to ...

Open issues include meeting investment and pe...

Union Pacific & Norfolk Southern Merger: $85B Rail Deal Shakes Freight Landscape

Americas M&A Transportation and Warehousing

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern propose an...

The deal targets about $2.75 billion in annua...

The companies pledge to retain all union work...

The merger faces tough STB scrutiny under pos...

2026 M&A Boom: Canada Leads Global Surge with AI, Cross-Border Deals & PE Moves

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Canadian and global M&A are expected to surge...

Canadian companies are ramping up U.S. acquis...

Cheaper and more stable financing from rate c...

Tariffs, U.S. trade policy shifts, regulatory...

OpenAI’s Project Mercury: How AI Is Reshaping Entry-Level Finance Roles

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

OpenAI’s secretive “Project Mercury” hires ov...

These contractors earn about US$150 per hour ...

The initiative aims to automate junior banker...

Project Mercury reflects OpenAI’s push to mon...

Goldman Sachs Tops 2025 Global M&A Rankings as Deal Value Surges by 41%

Global M&A Finance and Insurance

Global M&A rebounded in 2025 to about $4.8 tr...

Goldman Sachs topped global M&A league tables...

Goldman led North America by deal value while...

Falling rates and looser regulation are fueli...

US Banks Post Record Earnings Amid Fed Pivot, Tightening Regulation & Rising Rates

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

Wall Street’s biggest banks led a 2025 reboun...

Scale and diversification let giants like JPM...

Basel III Endgame was softened, with smaller-...

Generative AI, digital transformation, and a ...

Calviño’s EIB Strategy: Unity, Defence Finance & Climate Powerhouse

Europe Policy Finance and Insurance

EIB President Nadia Calviño argues that Europ...

The EIB will raise defence and security lendi...

Key priorities include cutting red tape, adva...

These moves increase the EIB’s risk tolerance...

Why EU IPOs Lag: Structural Barriers & the Urgent Need for Integrated Reform

Europe Markets Finance and Insurance

AFME argues that a meaningful revival of EU I...

European IPO volumes and deal values have slu...

Structural barriers—including fragmented regu...

Current reforms such as the EU Listing Act, a...

Fintech’s Turning Point in 2026: Agents, Regulation & Embedded Finance Take the Lead

Global Forecast Finance and Insurance

By 2026, agentic AI will become core to finan...

Trust, governance, and stricter global regula...

Stablecoins, CBDCs, tokenized assets, and emb...

Legacy banks must modernize to open, modular,...

Hedge Funds Posted 10.7% in 2025—Can Strong Returns Hold Up Amid Rising Risks?

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

Hedge funds had a strong 2025, posting ~10.7%...

Rising correlations with the S&P 500, crowded...

Smaller, sub-$100 million funds outperformed ...

Allocators are urged to deepen stress tests, ...