Finance Updates – Page 5 – Finance Updates

Perella Weinberg Acquires Devon Park to Expand GP-Led Secondaries Advisory Business

Global M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Perella Weinberg Partners agreed to acquire b...

Devon Park’s 15-person team, led by founder J...

The secondary private-equity market is surgin...

PWP is using its strong, debt-free balance sh...

Wells Fargo Backs Netflix’s $82.7B Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with $30B Bridge Loan

Global M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Netflix is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery’s...

Wells Fargo is co-advising Netflix and commit...

The deal faces substantial regulatory and pol...

Success hinges on Netflix integrating WBD whi...

Q3 2025: Morgan Stanley Tops Goldman Sachs in Equities Trading, US Banks Drive Global IB Growth

Global Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Trading and client activity surged in 2025, l...

Morgan Stanley’s diversified engine across tr...

These gains rely heavily on elevated volatili...

Banks face a tougher 2026 revenue test as tra...

Jamie Grant to Retire Early 2026 amid Major Leadership Shakeup at JPMorgan

Global Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

J.P. Morgan veteran Jamie Grant, global chair...

Grant helped build core franchises including ...

His exit coincides with broader leadership tr...

The changes feed into JPMorgan’s wider succes...

Why Scott Galloway Says Investment Banking Taught What Passion Alone Can’t

Americas Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Scott Galloway loathed his analyst stint in M...

The job exposed his poor fit with corporate h...

He argues young professionals should prioriti...

The piece raises broader questions about how ...

Investment Banking Today: Low Valuations, Rising Deals & Strategic Expansion

Global Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Investment banks enter 2026 from a position o...

Despite strong recent returns, the group stil...

Firms like Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, and...

Key risks include shifting regulation and tra...

Jefferies Q4 2024: Robust Growth in IB & Capital Markets Amid Margin Pressure

Americas Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Jefferies is heading into Q4 earnings after a...

Growth has been led by a powerful recovery in...

Asset management revenues surged on outsized ...

Analysts are focused on whether Jefferies can...

Haitian Investment Banker’s Paralympic Journey: Resilience, Immigration & Sport

Americas Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Ralf Etienne, a 36-year-old Bank of America i...

He lost his leg in Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, t...

Etienne is racing across Europe with only a f...

His story underscores how immigration policy,...

Barclays Names Hiroshi Minoura as Japan Investment Banking Chair Amid M&A Surge

Asia Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Barclays has appointed veteran banker Hiroshi...

Minoura brings nearly five decades of experie...

Japan’s M&A market is surging on governance r...

The hire signals Barclays’ intent to strength...

Ethiopia’s Fifth Investment Bank Launch: Siinqe Boosts Capital Markets Amid Reform

Global Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Siinqe Investment Bank has been licensed by t...

Backed by parent Siinqe Bank’s strong balance...

The license follows Ethiopia’s 2025 banking p...

While new entrants like Siinqe expand financi...