January 2026 – Page 68 – Finance Updates

How Private Equity Must Adapt in 2026: From Stalled Exits to Tech‐Driven Value Creation

Americas Forecast Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity enters 2026 in housecleaning m...

Deal values are recovering and dry powder is ...

With IPOs only partially rebounding, firms re...

Competitive edge is shifting toward operation...

Why Continuation Funds Are Reshaping Private Equity Exit Strategies

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity firms are using continuation v...

This surge is driven by a clogged exit enviro...

Because GPs act as both buyer and seller, con...

These dynamics may reshape PE fund terms and ...

Morgan Stanley’s $202 Price Target: Valuation Pressure, SpaceX IPO Role & Key Risks

Americas Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Keefe Bruyette & Woods raised Morgan Stanley’...

The higher target reflects improved forward e...

Morgan Stanley is a leading contender to unde...

Analysts see only moderate upside given MS’s ...

European Banks Face 200,000 AI-Driven Job Cuts by 2030 as Efficiency Soars

Europe Forecast Finance and Insurance

European banks are accelerating AI-driven aut...

Goldman Sachs, ABN Amro, and Société Générale...

HSBC, UBS, and Citi are moving from AI pilots...

This transformation raises risks around loss ...

Medline’s $7.2B IPO Soars 40%: Debt Reduction, Growth Drive Investor Buzz

Americas Markets Health Care and Social Assistance

Medline priced an upsized IPO at $29 per shar...

Roughly 179 million shares’ proceeds will pay...

The remainder of proceeds will redeem equity ...

The deal, the largest U.S. IPO since 2021, sa...

How AI Could Cost Europe’s Banks 200,000 Jobs by 2030 in Back-Office & Compliance

Europe Forecast Finance and Insurance

Morgan Stanley warns that roughly 10% of jobs...

Job losses are expected to concentrate in cen...

Banks are targeting efficiency gains of up to...

Experiments such as UBS’s AI analyst avatars ...

Why Humility Beats Hype in Elite Hiring: Lessons from Srivatsaa at Goldman Sachs

Americas Firms Finance and Insurance

Sharran Srivatsaa says he endured 39 one-on-o...

A 46-second interview with a managing directo...

The story underscores how humility, preparati...

Goldman’s selectivity is extreme, with its 20...

Senior Investment Banking Hiring in Asia-Pacific Jumps 60% in 2025

Asia Markets Finance and Insurance

Senior investment-banker hiring in Asia-Pacif...

Japan and Southeast Asia saw the strongest ga...

Hong Kong remained the largest hub at roughly...

Banks are racing to build senior teams in Jap...

SoftBank’s $4B DigitalBridge Deal Boosts AI Infrastructure, But Risks Remain

Americas M&A Construction

SoftBank agreed to buy DigitalBridge for $16 ...

The acquisition gives SoftBank a major digita...

DigitalBridge shares jumped on the news but n...

Shareholder investigations, industry competit...

Metalmark Capital’s Move into T. Parker Host: Maritime Infrastructure Gets a Boost

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

Metalmark Capital made a strategic growth-equ...

The investment coincided with Host’s acquisit...

Host provides integrated maritime agency, ter...

The deal fits Metalmark’s infrastructure/indu...