Finance Updates – Page 4 – Finance Updates

Jasper Therapeutics Faces Critical Phase 2b Junction in CSU Amid Financial & Regulatory Pressure

Americas M&A Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Jasper Therapeutics went public via a Septemb...

In 2025, a suspected defective drug-product l...

Urticaria data remain encouraging in higher-d...

Cash runway is constrained despite financings...

NYSE/ICE Tokenized Securities Platform: Features, Risks & Market Impacts

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

ICE/NYSE is developing a tokenized securities...

Orders would be matched on NYSE Pillar while ...

The effort positions NYSE/ICE against Nasdaq ...

Major uncertainties include SEC rules, custod...

India’s Regulatory Overhaul Boosts Investor Access Amid Strong GDP Growth

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

India’s financial regulators—RBI, SEBI, IRDAI...

Growth expectations for FY26 cluster around 6...

SEBI is streamlining norms (including for gov...

Insurance and pensions are growing fast but f...

EPSA6 Launches $5.5B Africa Investment Push with New Focus on Resilience

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

EPSA5 (2023–2025) surpassed its $5B target, m...

EPSA6 (2026–2028) commits up to $5.5B and add...

Since 2005, the Japan–AfDB EPSA partnership h...

Tools such as FAPA, blended finance, export c...

China’s Big Three Brokers Unite: The Massive CICC-Dongxing-Cinda Merger 2026

Asia M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

CICC plans a share-swap acquisition of Dongxi...

The state investor Central Huijin controls al...

Trading in the three stocks will be suspended...

The merger would bolster CICC’s retail/wealth...

AIIB’s 2026 Hong Kong Hub: Strategic Move into Capital Markets, Treasury & Project Origination

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

AIIB confirmed it will open a Hong Kong hub o...

The roughly 20-person office, expected at IFC...

The move leverages Hong Kong’s deep capital m...

Execution will hinge on navigating regulatory...

Hong Kong HKD Time Deposits Stable: Fintech Moves Lead on Small-Sum Rates (Jan 2026)

Asia Markets Depository Credit Intermediation

HK prime rate and HIBOR stayed largely steady...

Bank best offers run roughly 2.25% (1-month, ...

Traditional banks are trimming longer-tenor r...

Depositors face a trade-off between higher yi...

AIG Partners with CVC: $3.5B Private Markets Push via Secondaries & SMAs

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

AIG struck a strategic partnership with Europ...

AIG will commit up to $1.5 billion to seed CV...

AIG will also allocate up to $2 billion to CV...

The deal aims to improve liquidity and capita...

JPMorgan Bets Big on Private Markets & Secondaries Amid GP-Led Deal Boom

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

JPMorgan is launching a Private Capital Advis...

Private-asset secondaries hit a record ~$226B...

Pricing is tightening with many LP-led buyout...

The shift makes private-capital structuring a...

Fed’s Dovish Pivot Fades: Taiwan Deal, Labor Woes Shake Policy Outlook

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Prediction markets flipped toward former Fed ...

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowma...

The U.S. and Taiwan struck a deal pairing at ...

Markets are repricing around Fed leadership r...