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2025 PE & TMT Investment Outlook: Resilient Deals Amid Fundraising Drop

Global Markets Other Investment Pools and Funds

Tech-focused PE fundraising fell to $88.24bn ...

Tech/TMT dealmaking held up, delivering $554b...

Tech assets continued to price at a premium, ...

LPs remain committed to tech themes like AI a...

Why UniCredit’s Approach Outshines Hostile Bids in Europe’s Bank M&A Landscape

Europe M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

BBVA’s €16.32bn hostile bid for Sabadell fail...

Spain’s government conditions requiring the b...

Elsewhere, UniCredit is pushing on Commerzban...

The cases show European bank M&A can work, bu...

Europe’s M&A Deal Value Flatlines While Mid-Market and Emerging Sectors Drive Momentum

Europe M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

European M&A deal value has trended down or f...

Financial services led 2024 volume with 784 d...

Emerging/CEE deal counts hit a five-year high...

Overall activity skews toward smaller, risk-a...

Bank of America Rises as Latin America’s Top Investment Bank in Euromoney 2025

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Bank of America was named Euromoney’s 2025 La...

Its 2024 tally included 33 M&A deals in nine ...

BofA led the region in ECM net-revenue share ...

Goldman Sachs won Latin America’s 2025 Best I...

NovaWave Capital’s Push: New Investors & Arizona AI Venture Studio Shape Future Growth

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

NovaWave Capital added AZ Venture Capital Inc...

The firm launched WaveX, an AI venture studio...

NovaWave pairs regional hubs (Silicon Valley,...

Fund I’s current size was not disclosed, desp...

Chevron’s Hess Deal Bolsters Guyana Assets, ExxonMobil Overlaps, Merger Unlikely

Americas M&A Oil and Gas Extraction

Chevron closed its $53B Hess acquisition, add...

An ICC arbitration panel rejected ExxonMobil’...

The FTC’s earlier condition barring John Hess...

Despite greater overlap and consolidation amo...

AppLovin’s Growth Surge: Gaming Ad Tech & E-Commerce Lift Valuations to New Highs

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Analysts across Evercore ISI, Jefferies, UBS ...

The bull case centers on extending its mobile...

Models assume ~30% annual revenue and EBITDA ...

Key risks include Apple/Google platform depen...

December Inflation Holds at 2.7% — What the Fed’s Next Moves Might Be

Americas Markets Depository Credit Intermediation

December CPI held at 2.7% year-over-year and ...

Fed officials say inflation is still above ta...

Markets are watching PPI, retail sales, and t...

Implication: policy is likely to stay tight f...

Wall Street Sounds Alarm: Trump’s Rate Caps & DOJ Probe Threaten Bank Profits

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Wall Street executives warn Trump that a prop...

With average card APRs near 20–21%, the cap c...

Banks and co-brand partners say tighter margi...

Critics across parties call the Powell invest...

Mid-January 2026 U.S. Banking: Earnings, Inflation & Regulation Update

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Wall Street futures slipped as investors awai...

Sector fundamentals look supportive after a s...

Citigroup reported stronger investment-bankin...

Inflation and consumer data remain mixed, whi...