January 2026 – Page 43 – Finance Updates

Why Asset Managers Struggle Turning AI Ambition into Returns in 2025

A global survey finds 73% of asset and wealth...

Adoption is accelerating: 77% have an AI road...

AI use spans back-, middle-, and front-office...

AI leaders capture outsized value by tightly ...

European Banking & Fintech M&A Surge in Payments & Infrastructure Deals

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

UK and European banks are accelerating M&A an...

Fintech funding fell sharply in 2024, but EME...

Payments consolidation and portfolio realignm...

Financial market infrastructure is also conso...

Family Offices Embrace AI: Strengthening Governance & Efficiency in Private Markets

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Family offices are rapidly embedding AI into ...

Highest-value use cases include deal sourcing...

Adoption is tempered by the need for strong g...

AI is both an investment theme and an interna...

DFI Launches £500m Techbox Platform With £90m Catalyst in Bicester: Innovation & Sustainability in Focus

Europe M&A Lessors of Real Estate

DFI launched the £500 million Techbox platfor...

Catalyst provides 181,000 sq ft across eight ...

Occupiers include McLaren, Tesla, YASA and Ev...

DFI plans to scale Techbox via further acquis...

UCF Secures $3M in 2025 NSF CAREER Grants for AI, Semiconductors & Sustainable Manufacturing

Americas FYI Educational Services

Five UCF faculty won 2025 NSF CAREER awards t...

Funded projects span van der Waals semiconduc...

The awards ($477k0697k each) strengthen UCFs ...

Real-world impact hinges on prototyping, comm...

U.S. Science Policy Shifts: Budget Cuts, DEI Rollbacks, and the China Race

Americas Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

U.S. science policy is pivoting toward steep ...

The administration argues these moves curb id...

Researchers warn the cuts and a 15% cap on in...

Lawsuits and internal agency dissent are moun...

NSF’s New AI Education Funding: Strategic Impacts for STEM Workforce & K-12 Policy

Americas Policy Educational Services

NSF announced two Dear Colleague Letters and ...

Supplements target existing K-12 AI/CS grante...

The solicitation funds research on how AI can...

Key risks include limited scale given funding...

NOAA ProTech 2.0: What $8B Small-Business-Focused Contract Means for Weather, Oceans & Satellites

Americas Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

NOAA’s ProTech is an ~$8B multiple-award IDIQ...

ProTech 2.0 shifts heavily toward small-busin...

Recent awards include 20 Weather-domain firms...

The strategy broadens innovation and supplier...

Russian FDI into Georgia Climbs 16.8% YoY in First Nine Months of 2025 — Real Estate Leads

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Russian FDI in Georgia rose 16.8% year-on-yea...

Most inflows went to real estate ($15.3M), co...

Recipient firms cited include Samsung Electro...

Georgias overall FDI was volatile in 2025, fa...

BlueScope Rejects A$30/share Bid from SGH & Steel Dynamics: Key Issues & Implications

Global M&A Primary Metal Manufacturing

SGH and Steel Dynamics made a non-binding all...

BlueScope’s board unanimously rejected the of...

The proposal would have SGH buy all of BlueSc...

BlueScope argues its standalone value is high...