Financial Updates – Page 16 – Financial Updates

Equities Trading Set to Spur Revenue & Bonuses in 2025 – Winners & Risks Revealed

Equities trading is driving a forecast ~10% r...

Bonus pools are projected to be the highest s...

Despite their outperformance, equity traders ...

Morgan Stanley and other major banks are capi...

Investment Banking 2025: Mega-Deals, Private Credit, AI & Middle-Market Momentum

Global Markets Banking

Global investment banking revenues are reboun...

Regulatory easing on leverage is allowing ban...

AI, digital assets, and sector-focused covera...

Firms are shifting talent strategies toward i...

Sahel Trio Launches $895M Regional Bank to Drive Infrastructure & Sovereignty

Global M&A Banking

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have created a ...

The bank will draw roughly 5% of each country...

This initiative follows the three countries’ ...

The bank’s effectiveness will hinge on its go...

European Investment Banks Eye Fee Rebound in 2026 Fueled by PE Exits & IPO Recovery

Global Context/FYI Banking

<div class="section-block section-executivesummary”> European investment banking fees have lagged the U.S. in 2025 but are expected to rebound in 2026, driven mainly by revived private equity exits and IPOs. Banks report building deal pipelines as valuation gaps narrow and financing costs stabilize, with JPMorgan alone citing over $30 billion of potential EMEA IPOs into early …

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Standard Bank’s $138M Boost for Safaricom Ethiopia Spawns Digital Opportunity

Global Firms Telecom

Standard Bank has provided a USD 138 million ...

The bank is sole arranger, lender, facility a...

STEP has grown to 10.1 million active custome...

The funding underpins Ethiopia’s broader push...

Investment Bank Revenue Outlook 2025-26: Equities Lead, Advisory Surges, Trading Cools

Global Markets Banking

Global investment bank revenues are projected...

Equities trading is expected to grow ~15% in ...

FICC and advisory/origination are also foreca...

Banks like Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, a...

Strong CIB Performance in 2024-25: How Banks Can Navigate Nonbanks, AI & Digital Assets

Global Context/FYI Banking

Corporate and investment banking remains prof...

Nonbank financial institutions, especially pr...

Agentic AI and digital assets such as stablec...

McKinsey argues CIBs that build lean, scalabl...

Anna Skarbek’s Climateworks Leadership Steers Net-Zero Policy & Sustainable Finance

Global Policy & Regulation Banking

Anna Skarbek leads Climateworks Centre, drawi...

Under her leadership, Climateworks has evolve...

Its work includes net zero pathways, green in...

Skarbek’s appointment as a Member of the Orde...

Mizuho Eyes Boost in US-Japan M&A as Profit Forecasts Point Higher

Global Context/FYI Banking

Mizuho CEO Masahiro Kihara expects U.S. and J...

The Greenhill & Co. acquisition has materiall...

Mizuho raised its full-year net income target...

Strategically, the bank aims to rank among th...

Mizuho’s Greenhill Buyout Powers Japan-US M&A Surge: Strategy, Risks & Opportunity

Global Context/FYI Banking

Mizuho CEO Masahiro Kihara says the fully int...

Japan’s M&A market is surging in value, with ...

Pro-growth government policies, looming BOJ r...

Mizuho is expanding via targeted acquisitions...