December 2025 – Page 6 – Finance Updates

Private Equity Enters 2026 With Exit Surge, Valuation Resets & Declining Dry Powder

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity enters 2026 with a backlog of ...

Exits and IPOs rebounded sharply in 2025, but...

Falling undeployed capital and tougher financ...

Fundraising is polarizing as LPs scrutinize h...

Bank of America Bonuses Surge for Top Investment Bankers in 2025 Amid Strong Deal Flow

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

Bank of America plans to boost its 2025 inves...

The move follows a roughly 10 % rise in the 2...

Surging deal activity, especially in mega-dea...

BofA is using targeted pay and hiring to gain...

Wells Fargo’s Investment Bank Surge: M&A Ranks Soar as Regulatory Barriers Fall

Americas M&A Finance and Insurance

Wells Fargo’s investment bank is having its s...

The bank’s $29.5 billion share of Netflix’s b...

Regulatory relief from the Fed’s former asset...

Yet questions remain over whether this deal-d...

Boutique Banks Shape 2025 Hollywood Deals: How Specialized Advisory Firms Win Big

Americas M&A Information

Elite boutique banks have taken lead advisory...

Firms like Moelis, Evercore, PJT, Centerview,...

Surging advisory revenues, record fee growth,...

Success in this environment hinges on deep co...

India’s 2025 IPO Boom: Investment Bankers Earn ₹4,113 Crore on Mainboard Surge

Asia Markets Finance and Insurance

Indian investment bankers earned a record Rs ...

Mainboard and SME IPO activity surged, with t...

Fee rates have climbed, with large IPOs now p...

A packed 2026 IPO pipeline of Rs 3.5-4.0 lakh...

SoftBank to Buy DigitalBridge for $4B to Expand Physical AI Data Centers

Global M&A Construction

SoftBank agreed to acquire DigitalBridge in a...

DigitalBridge manages roughly $108 billion in...

The acquisition advances SoftBank’s strategy ...

The deal is expected to close in the second h...

How Metalmark’s 2018 Investment Transformed T. Parker Host’s Maritime Footprint

Americas M&A Construction

Metalmark Capital has made a strategic growth...

The Avondale asset provides deep-water access...

Governance preserves family control, with Ada...

Key uncertainties involve undisclosed financi...

Why U.S. Banks Strengthened EMEA Fee Dominance Amid EU’s Tariff Hopes

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

Trump’s new tariffs did not push business tow...

European banks’ advisory and equity underwrit...

Tariffs have led forecasters to cut eurozone ...

Structural disadvantages in scale, capital an...

CFPB Revisits Section 1033: Banks Push for Data Access Fees, Fintechs Face New Competitive Threats

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The CFPB’s 2024 PFDR rule created the first b...

Major banks and trade groups argue the rule i...

JPMorgan and other large banks have begun or ...

CFPB has moved to vacate and rewrite parts of...

2026 Banking & Fintech Tipping Point: Trust, Tech & Regulation Take Center Stage

Global Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

By 2026, banking and fintech shift from pilot...

Global regulators are rapidly aligning rules ...

Banks and fintechs face acute talent shortage...

Institutions that delay modernization of data...