Financial Updates – Page 15 – Financial Updates

Why Private Equity Pros Are Fleeing Big Firms for Smaller, Specialized Funds

Mid-level professionals are increasingly leav...

Higher interest rates and weak exit activity ...

Smaller and specialist funds often offer fast...

Performance data showing smaller and sector-f...

Why Private Markets Are Surpassing Banks in Wealth, Power & Risk

Global Risk Banking

Private equity and alternative-asset executiv...

Private credit has surged to roughly $3–3.5 t...

Non-bank financial institutions now control o...

Banks, regulators, and investors are scrambli...

J.P. Morgan PEG Closes Fund XII at $1.44B, Raising Small-Mid Market Stakes

Global M&A Banking

J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity...

The fund continues PEG’s global strategy acro...

PEG now oversees US$36 billion in private equ...

The oversubscribed close and rising fund size...

Goldman Sachs Reclaims Global M&A Lead in 2025 With $432.3B in Mega Deals

Global M&A Banking

<div class="section-block section-executivesummary”> Goldman Sachs has reclaimed the top global M&A adviser spot by deal value in 2025, capturing about 34% of announced worldwide deal value, its highest share since 2015. From Q1–Q3 2025 it advised on roughly $432 billion of deals, including 84 transactions of at least $1 billion, prioritizing mega-deals over high-volume smaller …

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Jefferies Leverages SMBC Alliance To Boost Advisory & Investment Banking Growth

Global M&A Banking

Jefferies has deepened its strategic alliance...

This partnership boosts Jefferies’ balance sh...

Investment banking performance has accelerate...

Key risks include weak and volatile equity un...

SGTM’s Record-Breaking IPO: 5.04 Bn MAD Raised Amid 34× Demand, Strong Financials & Big Risks

Global Markets Infrastructure

SGTM’s IPO on the Casablanca Stock Exchange r...

The offer was oversubscribed about 34 times, ...

SGTM enters the market with solid fundamental...

The listing aims to institutionalize governan...

IPOs & Equity Financing Rebound Mid-2025: Sponsor Exits, Private Deals & Convertibles Surge

Global Markets Banking

Global equity capital markets, including IPOs...

Companies are staying private longer as insti...

Follow-on offerings and convertible bonds are...

IPO recovery is strongest in the US, Greater ...

Cash Plus IPO Sparks Fintech Surge in Morocco and Boosts Casablanca Exchange

Global Markets Banking

Cash Plus’s IPO on the Casablanca Stock Excha...

The deal valued Cash Plus at around MAD 5 bil...

Backed by nearly 5,000 outlets, growing digit...

The IPO signals renewed momentum in Morocco’s...

Global M&A 2023: Value Slump, Megadeals Persist & What’s Coming in 2024-25

Global M&A Banking

Global M&A deal value fell to about US$2.6 tr...

Megadeals and a nearly US$750 billion Q4 surg...

Energy, Resources & Industrials and Life Scie...

Companies are deploying both defensive and of...

How Rising Interest Rates and Government Debt Are Reshaping M&A and Valuations

Global M&A Banking

Global M&A volumes fell about 9% in H1 2025 w...

Valuation multiples have compressed sharply (...

Higher sovereign debt costs, rising long-term...

Dealmakers are prioritizing high-quality, dom...