December 2025 – Page 16 – Finance Updates

Neptune Insurance IPO Raises $368M, Valuation Hits $3.1B on Flood Risk Tech

Americas Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Neptune Insurance, a Florida-based AI-driven ...

Including the fully exercised over-allotment,...

The stock gained around 12–24% on its first d...

Neptune’s asset-light MGA model, Triton AI un...

Mars Completes Kellanova Acquisition: $36B Snacking Powerhouse & Regulatory Tightrope

Global M&A Retail Trade

Mars has secured all 28 regulatory approvals,...

The combined Mars Snacking business will gene...

Kellanova adds several billion-dollar brands—...

The deal elevates Mars as a dominant snacking...

Banker-Athlete Ralf Etienne Eyes History in 2026 Winter Paralympics for Haiti

Americas FYI Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

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

He lost his leg in Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, r...

To qualify, he must race across Europe and ac...

His bid highlights how immigration policy, li...

Barclays Taps Hiroshi Minoura as Chairman of Investment Banking Japan to Drive APAC M&A Growth

Asia M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Barclays has appointed Hiroshi Minoura as Cha...

Minoura brings 47 years of financial industry...

His mandate is to spearhead major strategic a...

The move is part of Barclays’ broader APAC in...

Why SoftBank’s $4B DigitalBridge Buy Signals a Bet on AI Infrastructure

Global M&A Information

SoftBank agreed to acquire DigitalBridge for ...

The deal gives SoftBank control of a $108 bil...

DigitalBridge will continue operating as a se...

SoftBank views the acquisition as core to its...

How Metalmark Capital’s 2018 Deal Transformed T. Parker Host’s Port & Logistics Strategy

Americas M&A Construction

Metalmark Capital made an undisclosed growth-...

The deal coincided with Host’s acquisition of...

Avondale is being developed as a multimodal l...

The partnership pairs Metalmark’s infrastruct...

Feinstein-Blum Allogene Trades: What Reputational Fallout Says About Insider Risk

Americas Risk Health Care and Social Assistance

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum...

Additional Allogene sales on February 18 brou...

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

The timing of the trades, amid early coronavi...

Could Pan-European Banks Be the Answer to Fragmentation in EU’s Banking Sector?

Europe M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Europe’s fragmented banking sector is seen as...

Regulatory divergence, capital and liquidity ...

Germany’s politically sensitive, highly fragm...

Consolidation could boost efficiency, technol...

EIB Backs €640M Spanish Urban Development Push: Affordable Housing & Sustainable Tourism

Europe FYI Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

Addleshaw Goddard advised the European Invest...

The vehicle, part of the Regional Resilience ...

Per-project funding is capped at €22 million ...

Current allocations include €130 million to A...

EIB’s New Direction: Scaling TechEU, Innovation Finance & Health Autonomy

Europe Tech Health Care and Social Assistance

The European Investment Bank is pivoting from...

Its TechEU programme will deploy €70 billion ...

Recent deals in biotech and digital health (A...

Success hinges on execution quality, attracti...