Financial Updates – Page 14 – Financial Updates

Maxim Group Taps Kelsey Vinson Pols as MD to Lead Tech M&A & West Coast Expansion

Maxim Group LLC appointed Kelsey Vinson Pols ...

Vinson Pols brings over a decade of tech-focu...

She holds a BBA in Finance from the Universit...

The hire aligns with Maxim’s post-acquisition...

Scalapay Secures €70M EIB Scale-Up Debt to Fuel BNPL Innovation & EU Growth

Europe Firms Banking

The EIB is providing €70 million in non-dilut...

The financing will fund a €173 million innova...

This deal signals EU backing for Southern Eur...

The investment aligns with TechEU’s goal to d...

HSBC Secures Regional HQ Licence for Capital Markets & Advisory in Saudi Arabia

Asia Firms Banking

HSBC has received a Saudi Ministry of Investm...

The RHQ consolidates regional decision-making...

Led by Faris AlGhannam and backed by recent M...

The licence underpins HSBC’s pivot toward hig...

Evercore Secures Arranging License & Riyadh Office Amid Saudi’s Vision 2030 Capital Markets Push

Asia Firms Banking

Evercore has received an Arranging License fr...

The firm’s Saudi operations will be led by Mo...

CMA reforms in 2025 expanded the Arranging Li...

Evercore’s move intensifies competition among...

Evercore Secures Saudi Arranging License, Opens Riyadh Office Under Mohammed Aldekmary

Asia Firms Banking

Evercore has received an Arranging License fr...

The Riyadh office will be led by Mohammed Ald...

This expansion deepens Evercore’s on-the-grou...

Evercore’s move aligns with Vision 2030 and a...

KeyCorp Embraces Buybacks Amid HoldCo Pressure While Resisting Board Shake-Up

Americas Firms Banking

KeyCorp CEO Chris Gorman says the bank is lar...

HoldCo, which owns about 0.7% of KeyCorp, con...

KeyCorp plans to return more capital to share...

The standoff raises the risk of a proxy fight...

KeyCorp Sides With HoldCo: Chooses Share Buybacks Over M&A But Leaves Governance in Question

Americas Firms Banking

Activist investor HoldCo Asset Management is ...

CEO Chris Gorman has embraced a moratorium on...

HoldCo is also demanding Gorman’s removal and...

Management now targets a long-term RoTCE of 1...

How AI Is Fueling JPMorgan’s Push to Double High-Net-Worth Clients in the Carolinas

Americas Firms Banking

J.P. Morgan Private Bank plans to roughly dou...

AI tools like “Coach AI” and the firmwide LLM...

The Carolinas are viewed as a high-growth tes...

Success depends on managing AI-related regula...

UK Campaign Launched to Lift Retail Equity Investment from G7’s Lowest Levels

Europe Firms Banking

Nineteen major firms including Barclays will ...

The initiative aims to shift UK savers from p...

Research shows widespread inertia and low con...

Aligned regulatory reforms on ISAs, risk disc...

How Kai Liekefett Shapes Modern Shareholder Activism & CEO Accountability

Americas Firms Banking

Kai H.E. Liekefett, co-chair of Sidley’s Shar...

Sidley’s activism-defense team led by Liekefe...

Shareholder activism in 2025 remains robust, ...

CEO-targeted activism is rising, disproportio...