Finance Updates – Page 133

Big Tech Debt Surge Tightens IG Bond Spreads as AI CapEx Blows Past Historic Issuance

Big Tech companies including Alphabet, Meta, ...

Credit spreads on investment-grade corporate ...

Heavy AI-related borrowing is tying up corpor...

Analysts expect up to $1.5 trillion of AI-lin...

Challenges and Risks in the Booming Private Credit Market: What Investors Must Know

Americas Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private credit has rapidly expanded from a ni...

Growth is driven by banks’ reduced lending ap...

Risks are rising as yield premiums over publi...

Success in this maturing market hinges on car...

Corporate Credit at a Crossroads: Spreads Tight, Issuance Skyrockets, Risk Rising

Americas Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Investment-grade corporate bond spreads are n...

A large wave of corporate debt maturing betwe...

Expected record issuance in 2026, driven by t...

Macroeconomic and policy uncertainties sugges...

Silver Surges 150% Yet Faces Downside Risks: Supply, Regulation & USD Pressure

Global Markets Retail Trade

Silver has surged about 156% in 2025 (includi...

He sees potential for a short-term pullback d...

China’s new export licensing for refined silv...

Despite these risks, Campbell argues physical...

RFM’s Japan Hedge Fund Launch Lights Up Market Reforms & Capital Inflows

Asia Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Japan-focused hedge fund RFM, launched in 202...

Its rapid fundraising reflects surging foreig...

Corporate governance reforms and geopolitical...

RFM faces rising competition from new funds l...

Hedge Fund Performance Surge: 2024–25 Trends, Risks & Multistrategy Momentum

Global Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Hedge funds are lightly regulated, high-fee i...

Common hedge fund strategies include equity l...

Industry performance has been strong recently...

Investors must perform rigorous due diligence...

China’s 1 Trillion Yuan Fund to Drive Hard-Tech Startups in AI, Biomedicine & Semiconductors

Asia Tech Information

China has launched a 100 billion yuan nationa...

The fund uses a three-tier structure (nationa...

Investments target companies valued under 500...

Designed as 20-year “patient capital,” the fu...

2025 Exit Surge in Private Equity: Trends, Challenges & What 2026 Holds

Americas Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Private equity still holds a large backlog of...

Dry powder has fallen from 2024’s peak but re...

Exit activity and deal value improved in 2025...

Persistent valuation gaps and higher rates me...

From Earthquake Survivor to Ski Tracks: Haiti’s One-Legged Banker Eyes 2026 Paralympics

Global FYI Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Ralf Etienne, a 36-year-old Bank of America i...

A survivor of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, he reb...

U.S. immigration policy shifts for Haitians p...

His bid to qualify—requiring multiple Europea...

SoftBank’s $4B Buyout of DigitalBridge Marks Pivot into AI Infrastructure

Global M&A Information

SoftBank agreed to acquire DigitalBridge for ...

DigitalBridge, which manages around $108 bill...

The deal accelerates SoftBank’s push into “ph...

SoftBank is reallocating capital, including p...