January 2026 – Page 95 – Finance Updates

J.P. Morgan Leads Latin America in Debt Deals, Revenue Soars 69% in 2024

LatinFinance named J.P. Morgan Investment Ban...

Despite one of the weakest regional fee pools...

Performance was driven by large, complex debt...

Looking ahead, J.P. Morgan expects debt to re...

Latin America’s Economic Outlook 2025-26: Slowing Growth, Inflation Risks & Emerging Sectors

Americas Forecast Construction

Latin America enters mid-2025 at a turning po...

Inflation is broadly easing toward targets bu...

High fiscal deficits and rising public debt a...

Despite risks from trade disputes, political ...

Bank of America Strengthens Latin America Lead Despite ECM Slump; M&A & Advisory Drive Growth

Americas M&A Finance and Insurance

Bank of America has been named Latin America’...

The bank is doubling down on Brazil and Mexic...

Weak equity capital markets have cut ECM fees...

Key risks and swing factors include monetary ...

SVB’s 2025 VC Data: What Founders & Investors Must Know

Americas Forecast Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

AI startups now attract the majority of US VC...

The median Series A AI company spends about $...

US VC fundraising is projected to fall to abo...

Most VC-backed tech firms are growing and tre...

Brown University’s Rise as a Mission-Driven VC Hub: Balancing Growth, Values & Innovation

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Brown University’s startup scene is attractin...

Student-run Van Wickle Ventures, backed by Br...

The Nelson Center’s growing entrepreneurship ...

This VC influx raises strategic questions aro...

High School Venture Funds: Harker’s $25K Kickstart Offers VC Learning Without Equity

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Harker School’s Mehta Scholars program lets s...

The fund is fed by a $10 million endowment fr...

Students act as managing partners—taking fina...

The program exemplifies a broader trend of se...

Nevada’s StartUpNV Funds Crush Silicon Valley Returns in Just Four Years

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

StartUpNV-affiliated funds have invested $14....

They have already returned about 30% of inves...

Overall performance is more than triple inves...

Advantages stem from lower competition and va...

Humanoid Robotics Investments Surge: US vs China in the AI-Powered Race

Global Markets Information

A major humanoid robotics summit in Silicon V...

China currently leads the humanoid sector thr...

Commercial deployments are emerging in narrow...

Investors are urged to make selective bets in...

Investing in Humanoid Robotics: Early Moves, China-US Competition, Big Risks & Breakthroughs

Global Markets Information

Humanoid robots are moving from lab demos to ...

Analysts project a multi-trillion-dollar huma...

China currently leads in patents, manufacturi...

Serious technical, safety, and cost hurdles r...

KKR Dominates PE Fundraising 2020–24: What It Means for Private Equity Futures

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

PEI 300 rankings for 2020–2024 show KKR narro...

Industry fundraising is essentially flat, but...

KKR, Blackstone, and EQT all manage hundreds ...

Smaller GPs must differentiate via specializa...