January 2026 – Page 38 – Finance Updates

Goldman Sachs Tops EMEA Investment Banking in H1 2025, Reshaping Global Strategy

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs led EMEA investment banking by ...

Its biggest jump came in the UK, where it ros...

US banks now take about 37% of EMEA investmen...

Leadership reshuffles and a sharper focus on ...

Why Bloomberg Sometimes Blocks You with Network-Based CAPTCHAs (& How to Fix It)

Americas M&A Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

Bloomberg may block access with an “unusual a...

Common triggers include rapid requests, autom...

Fixes typically involve enabling cookies/Java...

The broader tradeoff is protecting content fr...

a16z’s $15B Raise Reshapes U.S. Venture Landscape with Focus on Growth & National Security

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised a record $1...

The haul equals over 18% of U.S. venture doll...

Strategy tilts toward AI and national-priorit...

Its scale-up revives concerns about LP and pe...

BofA Breach: SEBI Censures Insider Leak Ahead of ₹1,500 Crore ABSL AMC Block Trade

Americas Risk Depository Credit Intermediation

SEBI found Bank of America leaked material no...

Deal details were shared beyond the need-to-k...

SEBI says BofA initially denied the outreach,...

The bank is seeking a multi-million-dollar se...

Venezuela’s Energy Revival: Risks and Rewards for Oil Investors Post-Maduro

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

After Maduro’s removal in early January 2026,...

Big capital is largely on hold because core U...

Distressed Venezuelan bonds have jumped on tr...

Political legitimacy, rule of law, and enviro...

Post-Maduro Venezuela Opportunities & UK Rejects Financial Services EU Alignment

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Wall Street banks are weighing a return to Ve...

Defaulted Venezuelan sovereign and PDVSA bond...

Investors expect a massive debt workout given...

In the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ru...

Blum Holdings’ Fragile Turnaround: Growth, Risks, and Liquidity Warning Signs

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The cited “Blum Capital losing streak” claim ...

BLMH shows operational improvement, with stro...

Liquidity is precarious, with cash near $0.37...

Debt conversions and new secured borrowing ai...

Nebraska’s Education Crossroads: Funding Flaws & Teacher Shortfalls Threaten 2030 Literacy Goals

Americas Policy Educational Services

Nebraska set 2030 targets to lift ELA and mat...

Teacher shortages are easing as unfilled role...

A TEEOSA funding error overpaid Omaha Public ...

Key priorities include reducing chronic absen...

Why Vermont’s Big Education Spending Isn’t Closing the Quality Gap

Americas Policy Educational Services

In 1987, Gov. Madeleine Kunin proposed a foun...

In 1997, the Vermont Supreme Court’s Brigham ...

Act 60 and later updates (Acts 68 and 130) so...

Vermont now faces pressure to revisit school ...

Why Michigan School Districts Are Rejecting $321M in Safety & Mental Health Aid

Americas Policy Educational Services

Nearly 80% of Michigan districts, including m...

In Marquette-Alger RESA, 11 of 13 districts r...

Districts say the provisions could force waiv...

About $321 million in School Aid Fund dollars...