Finance Updates – Page 24 – Finance Updates

European Equities Stall as Oil Deal, Inflation Drop Shift Market Focus

European stocks finished flat as traders weig...

The prospect of added Venezuelan crude pressu...

Euro zone inflation cooled to 2%, boosting ra...

Germany’s jobless rate held at 6.3% but retai...

Australia’s Equity Markets Face Major Reforms: ASX’s Dominance Challenged

Asia Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

Australian equities are being reshaped by shr...

ASIC has approved Cboe Australia as a listing...

Regulators are forcing ASX governance and inf...

Market plumbing is changing too, with new ope...

Tech Cooling, Defense Rally & Why Profits Now Trump Promises in Market Rotation

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

U.S. stocks showed sharp sector rotation, wit...

Defense contractors jumped after a proposed $...

Megacap techs like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft a...

Mixed data, including higher jobless claims a...

Defense Stocks Surge as Big Tech Slump Amid U.S. Budget Policy Shake-Up

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

U.S. stocks fell as Big Tech dragged the S&P ...

President Trump proposed a $1.5 trillion 2027...

Defense stocks reacted unevenly, with smaller...

Investors now face a defense trade-off of hig...

SEBI’s Show-Cause Notice: BofA Accused of Leaking Info in USD180M Block Trade

Asia Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Indias SEBI says Bank of America leaked price...

The information allegedly spread beyond the d...

SEBI alleges weak internal controls and misle...

BofA is said to be pursuing a multi-million-d...

Private Equity’s Rise in GP-Stakes, Continuations & Secondaries Amid Exit Pressures

Global Markets Other Investment Pools and Funds

A Dechert/WSJ survey finds 77% of private-equ...

GP-stake deal volume hit $3.5 billion through...

With exits and LP distributions weak and GP c...

Secondary markets are at record scale (about ...

PE Funds Tighten Grip: LPs Rally Behind Large Managers Amid Distribution Strains

Americas Markets Other Investment Pools and Funds

Through September 30, 2025, the 10 largest US...

Mega-managers such as Advent, KKR, Thoma Brav...

LPs are concentrating commitments with establ...

The shift deepens a two-tier market that coul...

JPMorgan to Acquire Apple Card Portfolio from Goldman Sachs over 24 Months

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

JPMorgan Chase struck a definitive deal with ...

Goldman exits the Apple Card program as part ...

The transaction includes a purchase discount ...

Apple Card features and the Mastercard networ...

JPMorgan Acquires Apple Card from Goldman Sachs in $20B Deal: What It Means

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

JPMorgan Chase agreed to take over as Apple C...

Goldman will sell the portfolio at a >$1B dis...

Customers should see no near-term changes as ...

The deal advances Goldman’s retreat from cons...

William Blair Sees Deal Activity Surge: IPOs & Carve-Outs Gain Ground Amid Macro Headwinds

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

William Blair’s Matt Zimmer said December 202...

Equity capital markets appear to be reopening...

Rates, policy uncertainty, and regulatory hea...

The durability of the December pickup and the...