January 2026 – Page 9 – Finance Updates

Andreessen Horowitz’s $15B Raise Signals Shift in U.S. Venture Capital Priorities

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised over $15B a...

The capital skews to later-stage and core sof...

Smaller pools target American Dynamism ($1.17...

The haul equals over 18% of 2025 U.S. VC doll...

2025 Private Equity Deal Value Soars: LBOs & Private Debt Drive Surge

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Private equity is buying stakes in private co...

The market rebounded in 2025 with higher deal...

Access for individuals is growing through pri...

Key trade-offs are high fees and long lockups...

JPMorgan Buys Apple Card from Goldman Sachs: What It Means for Cardholders & Banks

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

JPMorgan Chase agreed to take over the Apple ...

Goldman is selling at a discount of over US$1...

JPMorgan expects a US$2.2 billion credit-loss...

Apple says customer features such as Daily Ca...

US IPO Market Roars Back: Medline’s $6.3B Deal & the High-Stakes of Pricing in 2026

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

U.S. IPOs have rebounded in 2025, led by Medl...

Big debuts like Figma, Circle and Chime have ...

Issuance and proceeds are up year over year, ...

Bankers are already positioning for a potenti...

Medline’s $6.26B IPO Reshapes Healthcare Supply Chain: Key Moves and Market Debut

Americas Markets Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

Medline closed an upsized IPO on Dec. 18, 202...

Gross proceeds were about $7.2 billion, the l...

Medline plans to use proceeds from 179 millio...

Proceeds from roughly 69.4 million shares wil...

Tech M&A 2025: How AI, Cloud & Regulation Reshaped Deals at HPE & Beyond

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

2025’s biggest tech M&A bets clustered around...

Headline deals include Google’s $32B Wiz bid ...

These transactions materially reshape financi...

Regulatory scrutiny and execution risk are ce...

JPMorgan Eyes Mid-Cap Investment Banking with Regional Push Under John Richert

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

John Richert has grown JPMorgan’s mid-cap inv...

He expects a strong 2026 sell-side and M&A wa...

JPMorgan is scaling its business-services ver...

The strategy relies on local, relationship-le...

How Wells Fargo Raised Its Game in Investment Banking During 2025

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

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

Momentum accelerated after the Fed lifted the...

The bank has rebuilt its advisory franchise b...

Marquee work includes co-advising Netflix’s b...

Roger Gant Powell, 75: Reflections on Leadership Across Finance, Conservation & the Arts

Americas FYI Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Roger Gant Powell, a Maryland investment bank...

He served as longtime board chair of The Mary...

Powell also held leadership roles with major ...

His death leaves nonprofits across finance, c...

Rodman & Renshaw Raises $4B in 2025, Boosts Healthcare Banking & StockBlock Platform

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Rodman & Renshaw says it executed over US$4B ...

The firm is strengthening healthcare and rese...

It is promoting StockBlock, an electronic ECM...

Deal disclosures show steady lower-middle-mar...