December 2025 – Page 23 – Finance Updates

Why Hedge Funds Are Turning Infrastructure Into Their Biggest Strategic Edge

Hedge fund infrastructure has shifted from ba...

Firms are sharply increasing investment in cl...

Regulatory scrutiny and enforcement actions, ...

Phased modernization, outsourcing, and emergi...

RFM Raises $800M in First Year as Japan’s Market Reforms Ignite Foreign Capital Surge

Asia Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

New Japan-focused hedge fund RFM, launched in...

The fund’s rapid scale-up reflects a broader ...

Investors are being drawn by corporate govern...

Key risks include stretched valuations, risin...

Silver Surge in Late 2025: How China’s Export Controls and Industrial Demand Are Shaping Risk

Asia Risk Manufacturing

Silver has surged about 156% in 2025 but is n...

China will impose a strict export licensing r...

Physical silver in hubs like Shanghai and Dub...

Despite elevated short-term risks, long-term ...

Hedge Fund SMAs Surge in Adoption: Trends, Risks & Strategies for 2025

Global Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Separately managed account (SMA) capital in h...

Large multi-manager hedge funds are rapidly r...

Both emerging and established managers are em...

The boom is intensifying competition for tale...

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

Americas Policy Retail Trade

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...

Why Africa’s VC Boom in 2025 Is Mostly Debt, Not Equity

Global Forecast Information

Many of Africa’s largest 2025 “startup rounds...

These non-equity structures mostly serve matu...

Counting debt and blended finance as “startup...

The ecosystem risks a two-speed reality in wh...

Arizona’s AI & Healthtech VC Boom: $3.5B Raised by Q3 2025, Big Megadeals Dominate

Americas Firms Health Care and Social Assistance

Arizona startups are on track for a record ye...

AI and healthtech dominate the ecosystem, wit...

Growing non-dilutive grants, university seed ...

Key challenges include thin exit activity, ta...

India Startup Funding Slips 17% in 2025 as Late-Stage Deals Drop, Early-Stage Rises

Asia FYI Information

India’s tech startup funding fell about 17% t...

AI startups in India raised roughly $643 mill...

Women co-founded startups held funding near $...

Investor activity and large $100M+ rounds bec...

China Launches 1 Trillion Yuan Frontier-Tech VC Program to Fuel Innovation

Asia Tech Information

China has launched a National Venture Capital...

The guidance fund starts with 100 billion yua...

Capital will target early-stage firms valued ...

The initiative is designed to deepen China’s ...

China Unveils ¥250B State-Backed Fund to Boost Hard Tech Startups

Asia Tech Information

China has created a 100 billion yuan National...

The funds target early-stage firms valued at ...

Priority sectors include semiconductors, quan...

The 20-year, market-run structure aims to mob...