Finance Updates – Page 27 – Finance Updates

Goldman Sachs Posts Record Equities Profit, Powers Through Strategic Shift

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs set a Wall Street record with $...

FICC trading rose ~12.5% to ~$3.1B and invest...

Despite EPS beating expectations, total Q4 re...

The firm is pivoting toward higher-margin, fe...

Markets Rally on TSMC Strength, AI Demand & Eased Iran Tensions amid Fed Uncertainty

Americas Markets Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

Stocks rose on Jan. 15, 2026 to snap a two-da...

TSMC’s record Q4 results and bullish 2026 out...

Weekly U.S. jobless claims fell to 198,000, s...

A Justice Department criminal probe tied to F...

European Private Equity Awards 2026: ESG, Tech Innovation & the Race Among Service Providers

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Private Equity Wire announced the European Aw...

The awards span fund managers and service pro...

Technology, data-driven operations, and ESG/i...

The breadth of categories signals rising expe...

H.I.G. Raises €1.6B for Europe IV Fund to Back Lower-Middle Market Firms

Europe Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

H.I.G. Capital closed its oversubscribed Euro...

The fund targets control investments in Weste...

Commitments came from a global LP base spanni...

Fund IV is a step up from the €1.1bn Fund III...

Goldman Sachs’ New ETF Strategy Mimics Private Equity with Public Stocks

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Goldman Sachs Asset Management launched the G...

It targets “private equity-like” returns by t...

GSPE charges a 0.50% total expense ratio and ...

Key trade-offs are accessibility and liquidit...

GSPE UCITS ETF: A Liquid Private Equity Alternative for European Investors

Europe Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

GSAM launched the Goldman Sachs MSCI World Pr...

It tracks MSCI’s World Private Equity Return ...

The approach improves liquidity, transparency...

A similar US ETF (GTPE) uses the same index, ...

What Balderton, Revolut & GoCardless Reveal About the Fintech Funding Landscape

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Ex-Goldman Sachs partner Tim Bunting sourced ...

Balderton’s $305m 2014 Fund V has delivered o...

Balderton’s early bet on GoCardless later fac...

Partner profit shares rose sharply with perfo...

Why South Korea’s Startup Strategy Is Shifting From Scale to Profit in 2026

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Investors at the UKF 82 Startup Summit urged ...

A weaker exit environment, with the IPO marke...

Korea opened the Startup & Venture Campus (SV...

The SVC consolidates multiple Korean agencies...

How New Rules Could Open 401(k)s to Private Equity, Real Estate & Other Alternatives

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Although legally permitted, most IRAs and 401...

An August 2025 executive order and subsequent...

Participant interest is meaningful (about 45%...

Near-term growth is likely to flow through pa...

US Banking & Equity Markets: Recovery, AI Hype, and Valuation Risks Collision

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Big banks’ Q4 2025 results were powered by in...

The backdrop is a K-shaped economy where corp...

Tailwinds include high equity valuations, an ...

Strategy tilts toward higher-margin market-fa...