Finance Updates – Page 11 – Finance Updates

Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley Q4: Fee Growth, Wealth Management Strengths, Rising Risks

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley shares rose ...

Goldman posted Q4 net earnings of $4.62B (+12...

Morgan Stanley’s wealth business drove result...

Both banks showed improving profitability and...

BGFI and Renaprov IPOs Drive Capital Growth in Central Africa Amid Regulatory Approval

Global Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

BGFI Holding’s BVMAC IPO was approved by COSU...

The deal issues 1,573,536 new shares (10% of ...

A minority-shareholder lawsuit led by Christi...

Cameroon’s Renaprov Finance is launching a se...

UK Prospectus Rules Overhauled: What Firms Must Know Before 19 January 2026

Europe Policy Securities and Commodity Exchanges

From 19 January 2026, POATR 2024 and the FCA’...

Listed companies can issue up to 75% of exist...

Exemptions broaden via a £5 million de minimi...

Rules also adjust disclosure and liability, i...

Disney’s 2018 Fox Deal: Cost, Synergies, Strategy & Regulatory Challenges

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Disney agreed to buy most of 21st Century Fox...

Consideration was roughly 50% cash and 50% Di...

Regulators approved the deal with conditions,...

Disney projected EPS accretion by the second ...

KeyBanc’s 2026 Industrial Sector Outlook: Oshkosh, Eaton & Top Picks Driving Growth

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

KeyBanc sees U.S. industrials entering an ear...

Top picks include Oshkosh (2028 growth and ma...

ITT is highlighted for its planned $4.8B SPX ...

Key risks include interest-rate uncertainty, ...

Jasper Therapeutics Faces Critical Phase 2b Junction in CSU Amid Financial & Regulatory Pressure

Americas M&A Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Jasper Therapeutics went public via a Septemb...

In 2025, a suspected defective drug-product l...

Urticaria data remain encouraging in higher-d...

Cash runway is constrained despite financings...

NYSE/ICE Tokenized Securities Platform: Features, Risks & Market Impacts

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

ICE/NYSE is developing a tokenized securities...

Orders would be matched on NYSE Pillar while ...

The effort positions NYSE/ICE against Nasdaq ...

Major uncertainties include SEC rules, custod...

India’s Regulatory Overhaul Boosts Investor Access Amid Strong GDP Growth

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

India’s financial regulators—RBI, SEBI, IRDAI...

Growth expectations for FY26 cluster around 6...

SEBI is streamlining norms (including for gov...

Insurance and pensions are growing fast but f...

EPSA6 Launches $5.5B Africa Investment Push with New Focus on Resilience

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

EPSA5 (2023–2025) surpassed its $5B target, m...

EPSA6 (2026–2028) commits up to $5.5B and add...

Since 2005, the Japan–AfDB EPSA partnership h...

Tools such as FAPA, blended finance, export c...

China’s Big Three Brokers Unite: The Massive CICC-Dongxing-Cinda Merger 2026

Asia M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

CICC plans a share-swap acquisition of Dongxi...

The state investor Central Huijin controls al...

Trading in the three stocks will be suspended...

The merger would bolster CICC’s retail/wealth...