January 2026 – Page 80 – Finance Updates

BTG Pactual’s Bold Latin America & U.S. Expansion: Profits, ESG, and Risk on the Rise

BTG Pactual is accelerating its international...

The bank is scaling private markets and ESG-f...

Robust Q3 2025 results, including 37% revenue...

Key risks center on cross-border regulation, ...

BBVA’s Houston Hub: Scaling Sustainable Finance, Wealth & Cross-Border Strategies

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

BBVA has opened a new Houston office at 1980 ...

The Houston hub is designed as a center for e...

The office strengthens BBVA’s cross-border bu...

Success depends on scaling to around 100 staf...

Humanoid Robotics Today: AI Hardware, China Policy & Investment Risks

Asia Risk Information

A recent Humanoids Summit in Silicon Valley h...

China now leads on scale and affordability, w...

Despite eye-catching demos and early commerci...

Investors face both opportunity and bubble ri...

Harker’s Mehta Scholars: High School Students Leading Real VC Deals

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

A Silicon Valley high school program, Mehta S...

Students handle sourcing, diligence, and inve...

The fund has made five SAFEs-heavy investment...

Student investors emphasize founder quality a...

Thoma Bravo Tops GrowthCap’s 2025 PE Rankings: Why Specialization Wins Amid Market Headwinds

Global Firms Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

GrowthCap’s 2025 Top Private Equity Firms lis...

Thoma Bravo tops the rankings, reflecting its...

Specialist and mid-market managers such as Ch...

The rankings underscore how LPs and managemen...

Top Indian-Origin U.S. Billionaires 2025: Who Leads & Where Their Wealth Grows

Americas FYI Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Jay Chaudhry tops Indian-origin U.S. billiona...

India now leads all countries as the top orig...

Most wealth is concentrated in cybersecurity,...

Star tech CEOs such as Sundar Pichai and Saty...

US M&A Sees Big-Deal Value Surge in 2025 — But Volume & Risks Still Block Growth

Americas M&A Finance and Insurance

U.S. M&A deal values have been volatile since...

Overall 2025 U.S. deal value is about 36% hig...

Deal volumes are growing more slowly than val...

Looking ahead to 2026, modest further volume ...

North America Staffing M&A Trends 2024: Deal Count Down, Healthcare & Place-Search Grow

Americas M&A Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

North American staffing M&A fell to 93 deals ...

Healthcare staffing and place & search were t...

Valuation multiples stayed broadly stable acr...

Q1 2025 deal volume is about 25% higher than ...

How the UP-NS Railroad Merger Could Reshape U.S. Freight Rail

Americas M&A Transportation and Warehousing

Union Pacific is pursuing an $85 billion acqu...

UP projects about $2 billion in new revenue, ...

Labor unions, shippers, state attorneys gener...

The STB review—likely lasting up to two years...

How the 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown Is Delaying IPOs and Halting SEC Review

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

The October 1, 2025 U.S. government shutdown ...

The SEC issued October 9 guidance allowing is...

Few issuers have used this workaround due to ...

The disruption is raising capital costs, unde...