Finance Updates – Page 28 – Finance Updates

Commerce Bancshares Completes FineMark Acquisition: $36B In Assets, Earnings Accretive

Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) completed its all-...

The exchange ratio was adjusted from 0.690 to...

Pro forma, CBSH has about $36B in assets and ...

Management expects ~6% 2026 GAAP EPS accretio...

BioMarin’s $4.8B Acquisition of Amicus Boosts Rare-Disease Portfolio & U.S. Patent Exclusivity

Americas M&A Technology

BioMarin will buy Amicus for $4.8B in cash ($...

The deal brings about $599M in trailing annua...

BioMarin will fund the purchase with ~$3.7B o...

Shares jumped (Amicus ~30%, BioMarin ~18%–20%...

Retail Rallies & AI Boom: How High-Beta Stocks Fueled Market Outperformance in 2025

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Retail investors outperformed for a third str...

Interactive Brokers data echoed the edge: ind...

Returns were driven by concentrated, high-bet...

The trade-off is higher downside risk in corr...

2026 Market Outlook: Gold Soars, EV Shakeup, AI Leads Stock Rally

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

U.S. stocks opened 2026 slightly higher, led ...

Tesla reported weaker vehicle deliveries, ced...

Major banks expect gold to stay strong in 202...

Strategists broadly see the S&P 500 extending...

Deregulation Set to Unlock Billions: What U.S. Banks Gain from Capital & Leverage Reforms

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

U.S. bank regulators are pursuing rapid dereg...

Changes including the eSLR overhaul, rollback...

Regulators are simultaneously accelerating AI...

Critics warn looser rules may raise systemic ...

OpenAI’s People-First AI Fund: Financing AI Literacy, Community Innovation & Inclusive Impact

Americas Firms Scientific Research and Development Services

OpenAI Foundation’s People-First AI Fund awar...

Eligible 501(c)(3)s have $500K–$10M annual bu...

Funding priorities include AI literacy, commu...

Arkansas recipients include TheatreSquared, a...

How Tyler Technologies Drives Payments Modernization in Public Sector: Trends & Risks

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Tyler Technologies expects a 2026 wave of sta...

The company is prioritizing fraud analytics p...

Recent wins in Oklahoma (statewide cashiering...

Financial momentum supports the push, with re...

US Corporate Bankruptcies in 2025: Mega Filings Soar Amid Inflation, High Rates

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

US corporate bankruptcies hit 717 filings thr...

Mega bankruptcies (over $1B in assets) rose t...

Industrials and consumer discretionary lead t...

Distress is uneven despite growth, with small...

Washington Reels Amid Rising Wildfire Risk Scores Hike Insurance Rates

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

Stevens Fire District #1 Chief Mike Bucy says...

A state work group recommends insurers share ...

RCW 48.19.390 could be used to challenge insu...

Homeowners across multiple counties report lo...

Louisiana’s 2026 Auto Insurance Reforms Begin Lowering Rates Amid Medical Cost Pressures

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

Louisiana has the nation’s highest auto insur...

New laws effective Jan. 1, 2026 tighten injur...

Insurers have begun filing rate decreases, in...

Reforms may curb lawsuit and billing-driven c...