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Mega-Deals Reshape Global Investment Banking: Who Will Lead & Why

Global M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Global M&A surged in 2025, with mega-deals ov...

Goldman Sachs led advisory rankings, handling...

Consolidation accelerated in asset management...

Banks expect deal momentum into 2026 as geopo...

Massive Medicaid Cuts & Parity Rule Uncertainty Threaten Behavioral Health Access

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

H.R. 1 cuts roughly $990B from federal Medica...

The 2024 MHPAEA parity Final Rule faces an ER...

The FY 2026 budget would fold SAMHSA and HRSA...

Additional policy changes (e.g., Medicaid/CHI...

ACA Subsidy Cuts Threaten Millions With Spiking Premiums as Eligibility Tightens

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers

In 2025, about 24 million Marketplace enrolle...

Premium subsidies are calculated from househo...

Under the enhanced rules, benchmark Silver pr...

If enhanced subsidies expire after 2025, the ...

Senate Nears Deal to Revive ACA Subsidies: Key Caps, Insurer Rules & A Health Savings Twist

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers

A bipartisan Senate group is close to a deal ...

The emerging plan would extend the credits fo...

It also considers letting recipients in year ...

Even with an agreement, passage is uncertain ...

2025 Momentum Review: AI Agents, Automotive Connectivity & Healthcare Investment Trends

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

O'Melveny's 2025 Momentum Year in Review trac...

ServiceNow's US$2.85B acquisition of Movework...

NXP's US$243M purchase of Aviva Links signals...

Large rounds in AI and regulated sectors (e.g...

Europe’s Insurance Distribution M&A Revives Unevenly: UK, France & Nordics Outpace Germany

Europe M&A Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities

Europe’s insurance distribution M&A was uneve...

Deal volumes were down year-on-year (373 tran...

Private equity dominated continental European...

Momentum is shifting away from large insurer ...

Why the Illumina/Grail ECJ Ruling Is Redrawing EU Merger Control and Deal Risk

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The ECJ’s Illumina/Grail ruling bars Article ...

Member states are rolling out or expanding na...

France is moving toward a criteria-based call...

Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:AI is a test case...

European Logistics M&A Surges in 2024: Cold-Chain, Warehousing Lead Growth for 2025

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

European transport & logistics M&A bucked the...

Activity skewed toward larger strategic conso...

Corporate buyers dominated (~75% of deals) an...

Warehousing/storage surged (+180% to 31 deals...

Goldman Sachs Tops EMEA Investment Banking in H1 2025, Reshaping Global Strategy

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs led EMEA investment banking by ...

Its biggest jump came in the UK, where it ros...

US banks now take about 37% of EMEA investmen...

Leadership reshuffles and a sharper focus on ...

a16z’s $15B Raise Reshapes U.S. Venture Landscape with Focus on Growth & National Security

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised a record $1...

The haul equals over 18% of U.S. venture doll...

Strategy tilts toward AI and national-priorit...

Its scale-up revives concerns about LP and pe...