Financial Updates – Page 2 – Financial Updates

Corporate Bonds Rally: Tight Spreads & Yield Boosted, But Macro Risks Loom

Investment-grade corporate bond spreads over ...

Despite compressed spreads, absolute yields a...

Demand vastly exceeds net supply, with heavy ...

However, limited room for further spread tigh...

Surging Fed Repo Usage Removes Policy Caps — What It Means for Bank Liquidity & Risk

Americas Policy Commercial Banking

The New York Fed’s Standing Repo Facility usa...

DCReport alleges the Fed has quietly funneled...

Officials frame the increased repo use as a r...

The pattern of uncapped facilities, rising us...

How the Latest Court Ruling Could Reshape Debit Interchange Fees and Consumer Costs

Americas Policy Financial Services

Regulation II, implementing the Durbin Amendm...

Banking groups argue the proposed lower cap u...

A federal district court in Corner Post v. Fe...

Evidence suggests merchants largely did not p...

Political Interference in the Fed Is Fueling Inflation Expectations and Market Risk

Americas Policy Financial Services

Political attacks by President Trump on Chair...

Historical evidence shows that such political...

Markets are reacting with higher long-term yi...

Legal rulings, institutional norms, and domes...

Silver’s Tough Now, But Why Physical Silver Could Surge Later

Global Markets Financial Services

A hedge-fund veteran who had been bullish on ...

Back-to-back CME margin hikes on silver futur...

China’s new export-licensing regime for refin...

Physical markets show high premiums and backw...

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Rallies 33% in 2025 on AI, Equities & Strategic Shift

Global Markets Hedge Funds

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha macro fund returned ...

Other Bridgewater strategies also posted stro...

Results were driven by US equity and AI-stock...

Bridgewater is capping Pure Alpha’s size, inv...

VC Outlook 2026: AI Surge, Late-Stage Grit & Early-Stage Decline

Global Forecast Venture Capital

Global VC dollars are rising despite fewer de...

AI dominates venture funding, capturing over ...

Early-stage funding is contracting while grow...

With IPOs and M&A rebounding, investors in 20...

Global Surge in University Spinout Funding: Deep Tech, Equity, and Pre-seed Trends

Global Markets Venture Capital

Universities worldwide are rapidly launching ...

These vehicles range from small internal fund...

Data from the UK and Europe show academic spi...

Universities are increasingly acting as both ...

Private Equity 2026 Outlook: Exits Climb, Dry Powder Shrinks & Continuation Funds Rise

Global Forecast Private Equity

Private equity enters 2026 with a backlog of ...

Dry powder is down from 2023 peaks and increa...

Exit values have rebounded but are concentrat...

Continuation vehicles and GP-led self-deals n...

Why Private Equity Firms Are Selling GP Stakes to Unlock Liquidity in Tight Markets

Americas Markets Private Equity

Traditional PE exits like IPOs and strategic ...

GP-stake transactions and secondary-market ac...

Both GPs and LPs are driving this shift as th...

Top-tier firms can still secure favorable ter...