Financial Updates – Page 4 – Financial Updates

Balancing Banking and the Paralympics: Etienne’s Fight for Access and Policy Change

Bank of America banker and 2010 Haiti earthqu...

After U.S. immigration policy changes jeopard...

He has completed his first qualifying race, s...

His journey underscores how elite sport, corp...

Small Business Grants 2025: Key Programs, Challenges & Opportunities for Underserved Businesses

Americas Policy Consumer

The article surveys a wide range of free gran...

Many programs specifically target underserved...

Support ranges from small microgrants to larg...

Small businesses must strategically assess fi...

Germany’s €30B Deutschlandfonds: Fueling €130B Private Investment in Key Industries

Europe Policy Infrastructure

Germany has launched the Deutschlandfonds wit...

The fund will de-risk investments in energy t...

Merz’s government sees the fund as a tool to ...

Success hinges on overcoming regulatory bottl...

Feinstein, Allogene & the STOCK Act: What Her Blind Trust Really Protected

Americas Policy Healthcare

Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstei...

Those sales occurred at roughly $22–$24 per s...

Feinstein says her assets are in a blind trus...

The episode underscores ongoing concerns over...

Senate Ethics Under Scrutiny: Feinstein, Allogene Stake & COVID Briefing Timing

Americas Policy Healthcare

In early 2020, Richard Blum, husband of Sen. ...

The timing drew scrutiny because the trades f...

Feinstein said she did not attend the briefin...

FBI and DOJ probes into the trades were close...

How Rolex & Tariffs Are Reshaping Luxury Watch Signals in Investment Banking

Americas Policy Banking

On Wall Street, watches are key status symbol...

Rolex and other luxury-watch brands raised re...

A new 39% U.S. tariff on Swiss watches has sh...

Career-stage “signal risk” matters: juniors a...

Restoring Everyday Freedom through Governance & Legal Reform in the U.S.

Americas Policy Banking

The article, drawing on Philip Howard’s book ...

It contends that legalistic rigidity causes d...

Proposed remedies include radically simplifyi...

Empirical freedom indices and market implicat...

UK High Court Dismisses VTB’s £205m Claim over Sanctions Licence Amendments

Europe Policy Banking

The UK Administrative Court upheld an OFSI li...

VTB’s bid under section 38 of the Sanctions a...

Administrators value VTB’s claim at roughly £...

The ruling confirms that properly made UK san...

UK Court Blocks VTB’s £205M Recovery Claim Amid Sanctions & Insolvency Rift

Europe Policy Banking

The UK High Court rejected VTB Bank’s challen...

VTB claimed the 2025 rule amendments unlawful...

Administrators led by Teneo value VTB’s claim...

The ruling highlights how sanctions-driven re...

UK Court Upholds OFSI’s Sanctions Licence Cuts VTB’s £205M Claim to £188M

Europe Policy Banking

UK sanctions-hit VTB Bank lost its Administra...

The licence amendments required deductions fr...

The court held OFSI acted lawfully, rationall...

The decision confirms UK regulators’ wide dis...