Finance Updates – Page 2 – Finance Updates

Abraaj’s Fall: How Mismanagement & Regulation Upheld Massive Fraud Rulings

Abraaj appointed Mark Bourgeois in November 2...

In 2018, investor complaints triggered DFSA s...

In 2019, the DFSA fined Abraaj entities about...

In 2023, the Financial Markets Tribunal uphel...

Meriden’s Business Boom: New Tech & Food Retail Spur Commercial Real-Estate Shift

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Meriden registered three new businesses—Minds...

Commercial development is highlighted by Tedd...

Batista Cos. is consolidating operations and ...

Key constraints include shallow lot sizes, pa...

How Inflation Is Shaping CPG in 2026: Private Brands, Value, and Agile Strategies

Americas Forecast Food Manufacturing

U.S. food and beverage consumer goods are pro...

Shoppers are increasingly value-driven and tr...

Everyday goods inflation is still running aro...

Retailers and brands are leaning on private-l...

Funding Freeze Threatens $100sB in Clean Energy Gains & Millions of Jobs

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

A federal freeze on IRA-era clean energy and ...

About $141B in federal grants is at risk, wit...

DOEs Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations ha...

Court and oversight rulings have challenged t...

NYSE-Backed Tokenized Securities Platform: 24/7 Trading, Instant Settlement & More

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

ICEs NYSE is building a blockchain-based toke...

The design supports both tokens fungible with...

BNY Mellon and Citigroup are working with ICE...

Key uncertainties include SEC approval, maint...

Clean Energy Investments Soar: Mature Tech Leads While Hydrogen & CCUS Trail

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Global energy investment is projected to hit ...

Clean-transition investment reached about US$...

Energy and materials M&A is cautious with few...

Meeting net-zero pathways requires scaling cl...

CPA Canada’s Voluntary Direct Membership: What April 1, 2026 Means for CPA Governance in Canada

Americas Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Starting April 1, 2026, CPA Canada will move ...

FP Canada, CPAB, and seven major accounting f...

FP Canada will pay the membership fees for it...

The shift follows CPA Ontario and CPA Que9bec...

CIRO Permanently Bans Omer Naek Over Misappropriation & Investor Harm

Americas Risk Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

CIRO permanently banned former TD Waterhouse ...

He opened unauthorized bank accounts in clien...

Sanctions include a CAD 100,000 fine, about C...

An alleged failure-to-cooperate breach was wi...

Investment Banking Booms in 2025: Citigroup Surges While JPMorgan Faces Q4 Setback

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Wall Street banks expect stronger dealmaking ...

2025 global investment-banking fees rose abou...

Results were mixed in late 2025, with JPMorga...

Banks are leaning into growth via hiring and ...

Vanagon Ventures Raises €20M to Back Pre-Seed AI & Deeptech Founders in Europe

Europe Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Munich-based Vanagon Ventures, founded in 202...

Led by GPs Axel Roitzsch, Sandro Stark, and S...

Its thesis targets non-SaaS models tackling s...

Fund I aims for about 30 companies and has al...