Financial Updates – Page 2 – Financial Updates

EIB Scales Up Financing for Defence-SMEs: Opportunities Amid Risks for Europe’s Security Goals

The European Investment Bank has tripled its ...

The first transaction is a €500 million EIB l...

The EIB has broadened eligibility by updating...

While defence-related lending is projected to...

Fed Outlines Community Bank Reforms: CBLR Flexibility & Mutual Bank Support

Americas Policy Banking

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Mi...

She advocates indexing regulatory thresholds ...

Bowman urges clearer, faster, and more transp...

Parallel initiatives at the Fed, OCC, and FDI...

EU Pumps €17.5B Into SMEs for Energy Efficiency & Decarbonization, Unlocks €65B+ Investment

Europe Policy Renewables

The EIB Group and European Commission will pr...

The initiative aims to mobilise over €65 bill...

A one-stop-shop, backed by InvestEU and LIFE ...

This programme is a core pillar of the EU’s C...

How Ralf Etienne is Poised to Become Haiti’s First Winter Paralympian

Americas Policy Private Equity

Bank of America investment banker Ralf Etienn...

He lost a leg in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, r...

U.S. immigration constraints prompted his mov...

His story highlights how immigration policy, ...

Feinstein’s Blind Trust Sparks Ethics Questions After Husband’s Allogene Sales near Lows

Americas Policy Biotechnology

In early 2020, Richard Blum, husband of Senat...

The timing of the sales—just before the COVID...

Feinstein says her assets are in a blind trus...

The Justice Department investigated multiple ...

Fed Signals Cooling Inflation but Challenges Remain: Rate Cuts, Labor & Credibility in Focus

Americas Policy Banking

The Fed is cautiously cutting rates while sig...

Quantitative tightening has effectively ended...

FOMC members are split over the pace and scal...

The central bank faces rising political press...

Feinstein-Blum Allegations: Allogene Trades, Blind Trusts & Ethics in Senate

Americas Policy Healthcare

In early 2020, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husban...

Feinstein says the assets were in a blind tru...

The FBI questioned Feinstein, but the Justice...

The episode highlights ongoing concerns about...

EU Invests €175.6M to Modernize Bar-Golubovci Rail, Boost Montenegro’s Green Transport

Europe Policy Infrastructure

The EU will invest €175.6 million to modernis...

The €230.8 million project is financed by an ...

Upgrades will increase speed, reliability, sa...

The investment supports Montenegro’s EU acces...

EU Banking Reform 2025: Simplified Rules, Stronger Banks & Shifted Timelines

Europe Policy Banking

The EU is rolling out a broad banking reform ...

Basel III is largely in force from January 1,...

Crisis management and deposit insurance refor...

Supervisory processes, stress tests, and repo...

How Rising Interest Rates Are Reshaping the Bond Market and Federal Reserve Policy

Americas Policy Banking

Recent Fed cuts have lowered short-term rates...

Long-term Treasury yields hover near 4.00%–4....

Large projected deficits from the OBBBA and i...

Bond investors should diversify across maturi...