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Where Canada’s Savings Accounts & GIC Rates Stand Now: Yields, Policy & What’s Next

Americas Markets Depository Credit Intermediation

With the Bank of Canada policy rate at 2.25%,...

Top non-redeemable GIC rates run about 3.65% ...

High-interest savings rates vary widely, with...

Because longer-dated GIC yields are relativel...

a16z Raises $15B in Tough VC Year, Prediction Markets and Policy Take Center Stage

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

a16z closed over $15B across new funds, lifti...

The raise alone represented over 18% of all U...

a16z is framing its strategy around U.S.-led ...

Prediction markets (notably Polymarket and Ka...

A16z’s $15B Raise Shifts VC Power Toward AI, Defense & Infrastructure

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Andreessen Horowitz raised $15B across five n...

Capital is concentrated in growth, AI apps/in...

The funds represent over 18% of U.S. VC dolla...

Founders outside these priority theses or wit...

Innovative Connections Acquires MSB Coach to Power Executive Leadership

Americas M&A Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Innovative Connections and MSB Coach announce...

The deal adds MSB Coach’s evidence-based meth...

Dr. Braden and the MSB Coach team will suppor...

The transaction reflects ongoing consolidatio...

Bank of America Under Fire in India: SEBI Probes $180M Block Trade Leak

Americas Risk Depository Credit Intermediation

SEBI alleges Bank of America leaked material ...

The notice says internal units (broking, rese...

SEBI also claims BofA initially misled invest...

BofA has received a show-cause notice and is ...

Banks Brace for Earnings Season: Strong Loan Growth Boosts NII Amid Regulation Shift

Americas Markets Depository Credit Intermediation

Big U.S. banks kick off 2026 earnings in mid-...

Investment banking is a key upside driver aft...

Regulators are set to soften Basel III Endgam...

Sticky inflation, limited Fed cuts, high fund...

a16z Raises Massive Fund Amid Sluggish VC Year, Backing AI, Defense & Biotech Growth

Americas Firms Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) raised over $15 bi...

The raise spans growth, apps, infrastructure,...

The fundraising stands out amid a 2025 VC dow...

a16z now manages over $90 billion and frames ...

a16z’s $15B Raise: Signal of U.S. VC Power and Strategic Tech Competition

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

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

Capital is allocated to Growth ($6.75B), Apps...

The firm says the raise equals more than 18% ...

a16z frames the fundraising as backing startu...

Private Equity Enters 2026: Aged Portfolios, Exit Pressure & Sector Winners

Americas Forecast Other Investment Pools and Funds

U.S. private-equity firms are sitting on abou...

Dry powder remains large at roughly $880 bill...

Exits rebounded in 2025 but are bifurcated, w...

In 2026, advantage shifts to scaled managers ...

Morgan Stanley Elevates 184 to Managing Director in 2026 with Surge in Institutional Securities

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Morgan Stanley promoted 184 employees to mana...

About 70% of the new MDs are in revenue-gener...

The class is concentrated in the Americas (67...

The larger MD slate follows strong 2025 deal ...