Finance Updates – Page 13 – Finance Updates

New Mountain’s SEF II Raises $1B+, GP Leads Minority-Stake Fund in Defensive Growth

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

New Mountain Capital closed Strategic Equity ...

GP commitments topped $150 million, making th...

The fund will make minority, non-control inve...

SEF II builds on a fully invested SEF I (~$64...

Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley Beat Q4 Expectations: Strength in Banking & Asset Management

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley shares rose ...

Goldman reported $4.62B in profit and 16% ROE...

Morgan Stanley posted $17.9B in revenue, with...

BlackRock also beat expectations with record ...

Applied Materials Surges with $380 KeyBanc Target Amid TSMC’s Bold 2026 Capex Push

Americas Markets Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

Applied Materials shares rose about 2.5% to r...

TSMC’s planned 2026 capex of $52–$56B (up fro...

Key risks include weaker mature-node demand, ...

Investors are watching AMAT’s Feb. 12, 2026 e...

Wholesale Sales Dip as Inventory Builds: Durables Struggle While Nondurables Lead

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

October 2025 U.S. wholesale sales fell 0.4% M...

Wholesale inventories rose 0.2% MoM as nondur...

The inventories-to-sales ratio ticked up to 1...

Across manufacturing and trade, sales slipped...

Yield Curve Normalizes: What Rising Long-Term Yields Mean for Fixed-Income Strategy

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

As of Jan. 16, 2026, the Treasury curve is po...

Market inflation expectations remain containe...

CBO projections imply Fed cuts may lower shor...

For investors, the steeper curve revives inte...

How Goldman Sachs’ Mumbai Expansion Reinforces Its Market Leadership in India

Asia Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs opened a ~50% larger Mumbai off...

The firm leased about 73,900 sq ft for 10 yea...

Goldman remains a leading India investment-ba...

Its India footprint extends beyond Mumbai wit...

SMFG Upgrades Stake in Jefferies & Launches Japan JV to Transform Cross-Border Banking

Asia Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

SMFG will spend about 5 billion (about US$913...

SMFG will keep its voting stake below 5% by u...

SMBC Nikko and Jefferies will form a Japan jo...

SMBC is also providing Jefferies about US$2.5...

Mizuho’s Turnaround: Rising Rates, Cleaner Balance Sheet & Key Risks Ahead

Asia Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

Rising Japan rates are boosting Mizuho’s marg...

The bank is accelerating balance-sheet cleanu...

Headwinds include sizable domestic deposit ou...

Still lagging larger peers, Mizuho could re-r...

Citi Names Yuko Nakayama Head of ECM Japan – What It Means for Investment Banking

Asia Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Citi appointed Yuko Nakayama as Head of Equit...

She will report to Japan IB co-heads Taiji Na...

Nakayama rejoined Citi in 2023 after prior st...

The hire supports Citi’s push to expand Japan...

Citigroup Bets Big on Japan: 30% IB Team Growth Amid $350B M&A Surge

Asia M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Citigroup will expand its Japan investment ba...

Deal value involving Japanese companies is fo...

Rivals including Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and...