Finance Updates – Page 19 – Finance Updates

Family Offices Embrace AI: Strengthening Governance & Efficiency in Private Markets

Family offices are rapidly embedding AI into ...

Highest-value use cases include deal sourcing...

Adoption is tempered by the need for strong g...

AI is both an investment theme and an interna...

Russian FDI into Georgia Climbs 16.8% YoY in First Nine Months of 2025 — Real Estate Leads

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Russian FDI in Georgia rose 16.8% year-on-yea...

Most inflows went to real estate ($15.3M), co...

Recipient firms cited include Samsung Electro...

Georgias overall FDI was volatile in 2025, fa...

BlueScope Rejects A$30/share Bid from SGH & Steel Dynamics: Key Issues & Implications

Global M&A Primary Metal Manufacturing

SGH and Steel Dynamics made a non-binding all...

BlueScope’s board unanimously rejected the of...

The proposal would have SGH buy all of BlueSc...

BlueScope argues its standalone value is high...

What Google’s $32B Wiz Deal Means for Multicloud Security & Antitrust Risk

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Alphabets $32B all-cash deal to buy multiclou...

The U.S. DOJ cleared the transaction in Novem...

After a January 7, 2026 filing, the EU must d...

Regulators and analysts are focused on vertic...

How Business Insider Is Rebooting Its Media Strategy with AI, Events & Premium Content

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Business Insider is narrowing its mission to ...

The company cut about 21% of staff in May 202...

BI is pushing companywide AI adoption, buildi...

It is diversifying revenue with initiatives l...

Dow Tops 49,000 & AI Leads Shift into Value: What’s Driving Markets Now

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

U.S. stocks rallied, with the Dow closing abo...

AI-driven optimism from CES updates, led by N...

Venezuela-related geopolitical risk supported...

Investors are watching this week’s U.S. labor...

European Equities Stall as Oil Deal, Inflation Drop Shift Market Focus

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

European stocks finished flat as traders weig...

The prospect of added Venezuelan crude pressu...

Euro zone inflation cooled to 2%, boosting ra...

Germany’s jobless rate held at 6.3% but retai...

Defense Stocks Surge as Big Tech Slump Amid U.S. Budget Policy Shake-Up

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

U.S. stocks fell as Big Tech dragged the S&P ...

President Trump proposed a $1.5 trillion 2027...

Defense stocks reacted unevenly, with smaller...

Investors now face a defense trade-off of hig...

Private Equity’s Rise in GP-Stakes, Continuations & Secondaries Amid Exit Pressures

Global Markets Other Investment Pools and Funds

A Dechert/WSJ survey finds 77% of private-equ...

GP-stake deal volume hit $3.5 billion through...

With exits and LP distributions weak and GP c...

Secondary markets are at record scale (about ...

William Blair Sees Deal Activity Surge: IPOs & Carve-Outs Gain Ground Amid Macro Headwinds

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

William Blair’s Matt Zimmer said December 202...

Equity capital markets appear to be reopening...

Rates, policy uncertainty, and regulatory hea...

The durability of the December pickup and the...