January 2026 – Page 111 – Finance Updates

US Private Equity’s Exit Bottleneck: Dry Powder Piles Up as Hold Periods Stretch

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

US private equity enters 2026 with a large ba...

Dry powder has fallen to about $880 billion f...

Bankruptcy risk and sector stress, especially...

Firms are leaning on carve-outs, continuation...

Record SRF Borrowing Hits $74.6B at Year-End, Raising Funding Pressure on Goldman Sachs

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

Year-end demand for cash drove record use of ...

Goldman Sachs shares slipped about 0.3% on Ne...

The record SRF take-up remains small versus r...

Investors now focus on Goldman’s January 15 e...

Hong Kong ECM surges in H1 2025 as A-to-H listings & IPO boom restore investor confidence

Asia Markets Finance and Insurance

Hong Kong’s equity capital markets rebounded ...

IPO and second-listing proceeds in Hong Kong ...

Regional risk appetite improved as Asia’s equ...

Shein’s anticipated Hong Kong IPO in H2 2025 ...

2025 Biopharma M&A Booms: Patent Cliff Spurs Big Pharma to Secure Late-Stage Assets

Global M&A Health Care and Social Assistance

Biopharma M&A in 2025 shifted to fewer but mu...

Headline acquisitions such as J&J–Intra-Cellu...

Patent cliffs threaten roughly $180–230 billi...

Deal structures feature heavier use of milest...

Banks’ 2026 Battle: Neutral Rates, AI Boosts & Regulatory Shifts Redefining Winners

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

The Fed’s three 25-basis-point cuts in late 2...

Wall Street giants like JPMorgan and Bank of ...

Regional and mid-sized banks lagged as higher...

Strategic shifts include heavier AI adoption,...

Wells Fargo’s Investment Banking Soars After Fed Removes $1.95T Asset Cap

Americas M&A Finance and Insurance

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

The Federal Reserve’s June 2025 removal of We...

Investment banking fees, wallet share, and re...

Despite momentum, Wells Fargo still lags top ...

VTB’s $1B September SPO: Dilution, Free Float Surge & Investor Confidence Tested

Europe Markets Finance and Insurance

Russia’s state-owned VTB Bank is raising up t...

The deal will cut the state’s stake to the le...

The SPO is priced at about a 7% discount to t...

VTB aims to bolster capital amid profit press...

CCMP Acquires Jamieson Laboratories: Scaling Canada’s VMS Brand Globally

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

CCMP Capital acquired Jamieson Laboratories i...

The deal’s price was undisclosed and only loo...

Regulatory due diligence confirmed high-quali...

CCMP’s thesis centred on scaling Jamieson glo...

CCMP Growth Advisors Acquires Airo Mechanical: Key Details & Strategic Moves

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

CCMP Growth Advisors acquired Airo Mechanical...

Airo’s CEO Matt Baude and CFO Angelia Ryan re...

Post-acquisition strategy centers on higher-m...

The deal uses leverage via a senior secured c...

SoftBank Buys DigitalBridge for $4B to Build AI-Scale Digital Infrastructure

Americas M&A Construction

SoftBank agreed to acquire DigitalBridge for ...

DigitalBridge manages about $108 billion in d...

DigitalBridge shares jumped around 10% on the...

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