Finance Updates – Page 167

How Metalmark’s 2018 Investment Transformed T. Parker Host’s Maritime Footprint

Metalmark Capital has made a strategic growth...

The Avondale asset provides deep-water access...

Governance preserves family control, with Ada...

Key uncertainties involve undisclosed financi...

Why U.S. Banks Strengthened EMEA Fee Dominance Amid EU’s Tariff Hopes

Global Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Trump’s new tariffs did not push business tow...

European banks’ advisory and equity underwrit...

Tariffs have led forecasters to cut eurozone ...

Structural disadvantages in scale, capital an...

CFPB Revisits Section 1033: Banks Push for Data Access Fees, Fintechs Face New Competitive Threats

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The CFPB’s 2024 PFDR rule created the first b...

Major banks and trade groups argue the rule i...

JPMorgan and other large banks have begun or ...

CFPB has moved to vacate and rewrite parts of...

2026 Banking & Fintech Tipping Point: Trust, Tech & Regulation Take Center Stage

Global Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

By 2026, banking and fintech shift from pilot...

Global regulators are rapidly aligning rules ...

Banks and fintechs face acute talent shortage...

Institutions that delay modernization of data...

Silver Faces Short-Term Risks Despite 2025 Surge; Long-Term Fundamentals Stay Strong

Global Risk Retail Trade

Silver has surged about 156 % in 2025 (30 % i...

He flags year-end tax selling, potential US d...

Despite this, Campbell remains long-term bull...

China’s new silver export licensing from Janu...

Private Equity in 2026: Overcoming Exit Bottlenecks & Legacy Asset Drag

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private-equity firms enter 2026 with a large ...

Improved 2025 exit and IPO activity was conce...

Continuation vehicles have rapidly grown to a...

General partners face rising pressure from li...

SoftBank’s $4B DigitalBridge Deal Locks in AI Infrastructure—and Big Risks

Global M&A Scientific Research and Development Services

SoftBank agreed to acquire DigitalBridge for ...

DigitalBridge brings roughly $108 billion of ...

The deal is a strategic bet on owning core AI...

The acquisition, expected to close in the sec...

How Metalmark’s Investment in Host Fueled Its Avondale Buy & Scale in Terminal Ops

Americas M&A Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

Metalmark Capital made an undisclosed growth ...

Concurrently, Host acquired the 254-acre Avon...

The partnership funds capex and acquisitions ...

Host retains family majority control and long...

EIB Scales Up Financing for Defence-SMEs: Opportunities Amid Risks for Europe’s Security Goals

Europe Policy Construction

The European Investment Bank has tripled its ...

The first transaction is a €500 million EIB l...

The EIB has broadened eligibility by updating...

While defence-related lending is projected to...

China’s Zombie Firms Threaten Growth: Rising Debt, SOE Risks & Reform Imperatives

Asia Risk Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

China’s rapid debt buildup has pushed total l...

The share of assets held by zombie firms has ...

Zombie firms distort capital and labor alloca...

Beijing faces a trade-off between restructuri...