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US Debt Hits $38T as Corporate Bond Issuance Soars and Credit Spreads Tighten

U.S. gross federal debt surpassed $38T in Oct...

Corporate bond issuance, led by investment-gr...

With investment-grade spreads near multi-deca...

The combined surge in Treasury and corporate ...

How Fed Reforms Simplify Ratings & Relax Capital Rules — Risks & Relief Ahead

Americas Policy Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

Fed supervision chief Michelle Bowman is movi...

The Fed will relax the LFI “well managed” tes...

Regulators are weighing raising and indexing ...

Industry says the changes better match bank c...

Rare Earth Stocks: Navigating Demand Surge Amid Strained Supply & Geopolitical Risk

Americas Markets Metal Ore Mining

Rare earth demand from EVs, defense, and clea...

China dominates ~92% of refining and ~98% of ...

Hedge funds favor U.S. and allied exposure pl...

Investors face long, capital-intensive buildo...

Chris Rokos Scoops £477M From £1.2B+ Revenue Surge at Rokos Capital

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Rokos Capital Management’s top partner, belie...

Revenue more than doubled to roughly £1.2bn a...

Strong macro trading performance drove the wi...

The haul highlights a highly concentrated, ke...

Why Private Equity Is Losing to the S&P 500: Key Risks & LP Pressure

Americas Markets Other Investment Pools and Funds

Private equity has lagged public equities in ...

Exits remain sluggish, leaving aging portfoli...

To manufacture liquidity, GPs are leaning mor...

Fundraising has fallen—especially for buyouts...

UK Private Equity Moves Funds Offshore: Transparency and Regulation Under Pressure

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

UK private equity firms have domiciled about ...

Post-Brexit investor demand for EU market acc...

Regulators and campaigners warn offshore stru...

The UK faces a trade-off between keeping priv...

JPMorgan Buys Apple Card’s $20B Loan Portfolio from Goldman with Big Discount

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

JPMorgan Chase agreed to take over Apple Card...

The handoff is expected to take about 24 mont...

Core Apple Card features and customer account...

The deal strengthens JPMorgan’s credit-card l...

Saudi Arabia Commands Nearly 80% of GCC IPO Proceeds in 2025 Amid Sector Gains

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

GCC IPO proceeds fell to $5.1bn across 40 dea...

Saudi Arabia led the market with $4.1bn (arou...

In Saudi IPOs, Industrials and Real Estate ra...

Despite the IPO lead, Saudi’s Tadawul index f...

Wells Fargo’s Breakthrough 2025 in U.S. Investment Banking: Deals, Rank & Strategy

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Wells Fargo surged to 7th in 2025 U.S. M&A le...

The bank built out its advisory bench by hiri...

Tailwinds such as the lifting of the asset ca...

Despite volume gains and rising CIB and inves...

Angi Inc.’s AI-Driven Turnaround: Layoffs, Margin Expansion & Channel Shake-Up

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Angi will cut about 350 jobs (~12.5%) to rest...

KeyBanc reiterated Overweight on ANGI with a ...

Q1 2025 revenue fell ~19% YoY to $245.9M as n...

Despite the top-line decline, GAAP profitabil...