Financial Updates – Page 20 – Financial Updates

Banking Sector Braces for AI-Driven Job Shift as Reskilling Becomes Essential

Morgan Stanley projects AI will cut about 200...

Bloomberg Intelligence expects up to 200,000 ...

WEF and other studies show many employers pla...

Macro data so far (Yale–Brookings, Fed survey...

Siinqee Bank Set to Become Ethiopia’s Third Investment Bank with Br497M Push

Asia M&A Investment Banking

Siinqee Bank has applied to the Ethiopian Cap...

Siinqee will own 90% of the new unit, with th...

The bank’s strong balance sheet—about 121 bil...

This move aligns with Ethiopia’s broader fina...

Private Equity in 2026: Dry Powder, Congestion & Valuation Pressures Ahead

Americas Forecast Private Equity

Private equity enters 2026 with a large backl...

Dry powder has fallen from record highs and a...

Exit activity and IPOs improved in 2025, but ...

Firms face 2026 needing stricter selectivity ...

Rising Consumer Debt & Delinquencies: Why BAC, WFC & USB Offer Relative Safety

Americas Markets Retail Banking

U.S. household debt has climbed to about $18....

Zacks highlights Bank of America, Wells Fargo...

Key risks for these banks include higher loan...

Strategic opportunities center on fee-income ...

Hedge Funds in 2025: Rising Correlations & AI Exposure Signal Risk

Global Risk Hedge Funds

Hedge funds delivered strong 2025 performance...

Multistrategy and event-driven funds have bec...

Heavy crowding into AI-related and other expe...

Allocators are urged to focus on manager sele...

Private Equity’s Reset for 2026: Fixing Dry Powder, Exits & LP Trust

Americas M&A Private Equity

Private-equity exits and IPOs improved in 202...

Higher interest rates and lower valuations ar...

Dry powder has fallen from record levels but ...

2026 will demand stricter exit discipline, mo...

How Investment Banking, ESG & Policy Must Align for Haiti at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

Europe FYI Investment Banking

Ralf Etienne, a 36-year-old Bank of America i...

After losing his leg in Haiti’s 2010 earthqua...

U.S. immigration restrictions on Haitians in ...

His Paralympic bid depends on quickly earning...

Private Equity’s Turning Point: Dry Powder, Exit Delays & Fundraising Landscape in 2025

Americas M&A Private Equity

US private equity enters 2026 with a large ba...

Dry powder has fallen to about $880 billion w...

Managers are leaning on continuation vehicles...

Success in 2026 will favor PE firms that driv...

China IPO Reform: How New Rules on HK Listings, Nasdaq & Strategic Sectors Are Reshaping Capital Markets

Asia Markets Equity Capital Markets

Deloitte China reports a strong 2025 IPO rebo...

Hong Kong re-emerged as a top global IPO venu...

Regulatory reforms in the mainland (“New Nine...

Tightening U.S. (especially Nasdaq) listing a...

From Earthquake Survivor to Winter Paralympian: Haiti’s Ralf Etienne’s Journey

Global FYI Private Equity

Bank of America investment banker Ralf Etienn...

After losing his leg in the 2010 Haiti earthq...

U.S. immigration policy changes led BofA to m...

Haiti has officially nominated him, but he fa...