December 2025 – Page 48 – Finance Updates

European Investment Banking Fees Set for Rebound in 2026 Driven by IPO Recovery

Europe Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

European investment banking fees barely grew ...

Bankers expect private equity to be the main ...

IPO and broader ECM activity in Europe remain...

Macro, political, and monetary-policy risks i...

What Scott Galloway’s Role in Investment Banking Teaches About Career Strategy

Americas Context/FYI Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Scott Galloway describes his early investment...

The role forced him to develop discipline, at...

It also exposed his insecurity, impatience, a...

He argues early careers should be treated as ...

LPL’s Stunning Revenue Surge X Morgan Stanley’s Balanced Q3 Showdown

Americas Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Investment banking and brokerage firms delive...

LPL Financial led revenue growth and asset ex...

Morgan Stanley posted broad-based revenue and...

Diversified business models and M&A-driven sc...

LPL Financial Q3 2025: Strong Revenue & Asset Surge Despite Acquisition-Driven Loss

Americas Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

LPL Financial posted strong Q3 growth, with a...

Despite robust top-line and asset growth to a...

Overall expenses jumped roughly 66%, promptin...

Investor sentiment and ratings remain favorab...

European Investment Banks Eye Fee Rebound in 2026 Fueled by PE Exits & IPO Recovery

Global Context/FYI Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

European investment banking fees have lagged ...

Banks report building deal pipelines as valua...

After a near 20-year low in listings, Europe’...

Persistent macro uncertainty, political risk ...

Standard Bank’s $138M Boost for Safaricom Ethiopia Spawns Digital Opportunity

Global Firms Telecommunications

Standard Bank has provided a USD 138 million ...

The bank is sole arranger, lender, facility a...

STEP has grown to 10.1 million active custome...

The funding underpins Ethiopia’s broader push...

Goldman Sachs’ Q3 2025 Surge: 42% IB Fee Growth, Wealth Management Bolsters Revenue

Americas Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Goldman Sachs’ Q3 2025 results showed a stron...

Total net revenue rose 20% to US$15.18 billio...

Profitability improved with diluted EPS of US...

Strategically, Goldman is benefiting from rec...

What Scott Galloway Learned at Morgan Stanley: Career & Wealth Strategy Uncovered

Americas Context/FYI Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Scott Galloway spent two unhappy years in fix...

He nonetheless views the job as a “boot camp”...

Key lessons he draws include diversifying inv...

His story frames early-career misfit in elite...

European Banks Eye Fee Growth in 2026 as PE Exits & IPOs Revive

Europe Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

European investment banks expect a fee reboun...

While European M&A and private equity deal va...

European IPO markets, especially in the UK, r...

Banks are urged to build cross-border and sec...

What Scott Galloway’s Tough Start in Banking Teaches Us About Skill Building & Fit

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Scott Galloway’s first job in investment bank...

Despite the misery, he views banking as elite...

His struggles highlighted a cultural and pers...

By leaving banking, testing other fields, and...