Financial Updates – Page 8 – Financial Updates

U.S. Markets: Stock Markets Fully Open on Dec 31, Bonds Close Early and Jan 1 Full Holiday

On New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 20...

The U.S. bond market will close early at 2:00...

New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, 2026, is...

All markets resume their regular schedules on...

E-mini S&P 500 Futures: Leverage, Margins, and Emerging Product Trends

Global Markets Financial Services

E-mini S&P 500 (ES) futures are highly liquid...

Each ES contract has a $50 multiplier and 0.2...

Micro E-mini S&P (MES) contracts offer identi...

New products like E-mini S&P 500 Equal Weight...

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

Global Markets Investment Banking

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 Investment Banking

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 Compliance & Risk Roles Are More Vulnerable Than Traders in Finance’s AI Era

Global Risk Financial Services

Surveyed finance professionals in investment ...

Compliance and risk staff cite AI-driven auto...

Despite this insecurity, regulatory, financia...

Banks must balance investing in tech and cost...

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

Americas Firms Investment Banking

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 ...

AIIB 2026 Global Internship: Deadline, Benefits & Tips for Master’s/PhD Students

Asia FYI Infrastructure

AIIB’s 2026 Global Internship Program runs ap...

The program offers Corporate and Research/Aca...

Interns earn USD 90 per workday, receive a ro...

The internship is highly competitive, with th...

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

Global Markets Investment Banking

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 Investment Banking

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 Investment Banking

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,...