Finance Updates – Page 25 – Finance Updates

Coinbase’s New Growth Drivers: Base Token, RWAs & Prediction Markets Fueling Re‐rating

Bank of America upgraded Coinbase to Buy with...

Coinbase is expanding into 24/5 S&P 500 stock...

It also plans international equity perpetuals...

Analysts flag upside from diversification but...

How Managing Director Pay Is Shifting: Fixed Salary Stagnation & Bonuses Drive Big UK/Europe Upside

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Investment-banking MD base pay has been flat ...

Post-Brexit loosening of bonus caps is shifti...

In strong years like 2024, bonuses for top MD...

Despite big headline totals, high taxes, cost...

APAC IB Fees Surge 19% in 2025: China & Singapore Drive M&A & ECM Boom

Asia Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

APAC ex-Japan investment banking fees rose 19...

Chinese firms dominated the league tables, wi...

Singapore fees jumped 28.9% to US$864.6 milli...

Equity and M&A fees surged alongside steady d...

2025 M&A & Investment Banking: Record Deal Value, Regulators Take Center Stage

Global M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Global investment banking fees hit about US$1...

Dealmaking value rose to roughly US$4.5tn, dr...

Goldman Sachs led global M&A fees (10.9% shar...

The rebound was helped by abundant capital an...

TD’s Strategic Pivot Under Ray Chun: From Investment Banking to Shareholder Returns

Americas Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

New TD CEO Ray Chun is pivoting from capital-...

TD is recycling capital by selling non-core h...

Growth is being steered toward steadier, fee-...

A U.S. regulatory asset cap is forcing TD to ...

Toronto’s Bid to Host the DSRB: Canada’s Strategy for Global Defence Financing Leadership

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Ontario is urging Ottawa to back Toronto as t...

The DSRB is envisioned as a AAA-rated multila...

Toronto’s case rests on its deep capital mark...

Major uncertainties include competition from ...

Latin America’s Private Banking Era: Growth, ESG & Tech Power Moves

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Latin American private banking is shifting fr...

BTG Pactual grew wealth AUM to $175 billion b...

Itafa Private Bank is making sustainability c...

Bradesco Global Private Bank is differentiati...

Why You’re Seeing Bloomberg’s “Unusual Network Activity” Alert – What It Means for Digital Security

Americas Forecast Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Bloomberg is using bot-mitigation interstitia...

These challenges can hit legitimate users due...

Publishers deploy such controls to protect pa...

The arms race pressures apps and tools to beh...

Why Nu Holdings’ 2026 Brazilian Banking License Is a Game-Changer for Investors

Americas Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

Nu Holdings (Nubank) plans to apply for a ful...

Nubank says its app experience and day-to-day...

A full license could deepen deposit access, e...

Markets have viewed the move favorably alongs...

Why VC Investment in AI Hit Record Highs in 2025—and What’s Next for 2026

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

AI captured roughly half of global VC funding...

The U.S. dominated the boom, pulling in most ...

Investors are shifting from model hype to def...

Rising compute and governance costs, inflated...