Finance Updates – Page 168

Fed Outlines Community Bank Reforms: CBLR Flexibility & Mutual Bank Support

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Mi...

She advocates indexing regulatory thresholds ...

Bowman urges clearer, faster, and more transp...

Parallel initiatives at the Fed, OCC, and FDI...

Why Silver’s 2025 Surge Sparks Risk Now—and Opportunity Long Term

Global Risk Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution

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

China’s export licensing for refined silver s...

Industrial demand, led by solar and growing d...

With mine output constrained and the market a...

Amphenol’s Bold Bet: AI & Datacom Fuel Growth, but Valuation Leaves Little Margin

Americas Firms Scientific Research and Development Services

Amphenol is delivering exceptional growth and...

The Communications Solutions segment, driven ...

Strategic M&A, including CommScope CCS, Trexo...

Despite its strong positioning in AI, network...

AI & Mega-Deals Redefine Valuations: What VCs Must Focus On in 2026

Americas M&A Scientific Research and Development Services

VC capital is concentrating into fewer, large...

Silicon Valley still leads, but capital is fl...

Liquidity via IPOs, M&A, and secondaries is s...

Success in 2026 will hinge on valuation disci...

Challenges for Private Equity in 2026: Stale Assets, High Valuations & Exit Pressure

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

Private equity firms reduced some aging holdi...

Higher interest rates and mismatched valuatio...

Dry powder has fallen from about $1.3 trillio...

In 2026, exit conditions may gradually improv...

Banking Sector Braces for AI-Driven Job Shift as Reskilling Becomes Essential

Europe Forecast Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Morgan Stanley projects AI will cut about 200...

Bloomberg Intelligence expects up to 200,000 ...

WEF and other studies show many employers pla...

Macro data so far (Yale–Brookings, Fed survey...

Siinqee Bank Set to Become Ethiopia’s Third Investment Bank with Br497M Push

Asia M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Siinqee Bank has applied to the Ethiopian Cap...

Siinqee will own 90% of the new unit, with th...

The bank’s strong balance sheet—about 121 bil...

This move aligns with Ethiopia’s broader fina...

DigitalBridge & Crestview to Acquire WOW! for $1.5B — Big Win for Fiber Expansion

Americas M&A Wired Telecommunications Carriers

DigitalBridge and Crestview are taking broadb...

Shareholders will receive US$5.20 per share i...

Crestview will roll over its ~37 % stake, and...

As a private company, WOW! is expected to acc...

SoftBank to Buy DigitalBridge for $4B to Power AI Infrastructure Revolution

Global M&A Telecommunications

SoftBank will acquire DigitalBridge in an all...

DigitalBridge, with roughly $108 billion in d...

The acquisition is central to SoftBank’s Arti...

Benefits include greater capital and long-ter...

Private Equity Boosts Port Power: Metalmark Funds T. Parker Host’s Expansion

Americas M&A Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

Metalmark Capital invested growth capital in ...

The investment coincided with Host’s acquisit...

The deal fits Metalmark’s strategy of backing...

Avondale positions Host to become a multimoda...