Finance Updates – Page 33 – Finance Updates

Evercore Secures Saudi Arranging License, Opens Riyadh Office Under Mohammed Aldekmary

Asia Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Evercore has received an Arranging License fr...

The Riyadh office will be led by Mohammed Ald...

This expansion deepens Evercore’s on-the-grou...

Evercore’s move aligns with Vision 2030 and a...

KeyCorp Embraces Buybacks Amid HoldCo Pressure While Resisting Board Shake-Up

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

KeyCorp CEO Chris Gorman says the bank is lar...

HoldCo, which owns about 0.7% of KeyCorp, con...

KeyCorp plans to return more capital to share...

The standoff raises the risk of a proxy fight...

KeyCorp Sides With HoldCo: Chooses Share Buybacks Over M&A But Leaves Governance in Question

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Activist investor HoldCo Asset Management is ...

CEO Chris Gorman has embraced a moratorium on...

HoldCo is also demanding Gorman’s removal and...

Management now targets a long-term RoTCE of 1...

JPMorgan Q4 2025: Slight IB Fee Growth, Stronger Markets Upside amid Rising Costs

Americas Forecast Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

JPMorgan expects only low-single-digit year-o...

Markets and trading revenue is projected to g...

Management forecasts about $105 billion of 20...

The bank remains highly profitable with ROE a...

HSBC Shifts Investment Banking Focus from West to Gulf & Asia Amid $1.5B Redeployment

Asia M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

HSBC is winding down its M&A and equity capit...

The bank is shifting investment banking resou...

Through 11 non-core exits, HSBC aims to free ...

This pivot targets Gulf economic transformati...

How AI Is Fueling JPMorgan’s Push to Double High-Net-Worth Clients in the Carolinas

Americas Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

J.P. Morgan Private Bank plans to roughly dou...

AI tools like “Coach AI” and the firmwide LLM...

The Carolinas are viewed as a high-growth tes...

Success depends on managing AI-related regula...

ABGSC’s Acquisition of FIH Partners: Strategic Gains and Key Risk Factors

Europe M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

ABG Sundal Collier is acquiring Danish adviso...

The deal involves DKK 50 million upfront in c...

The strengthened Danish platform, co-headed b...

ABGSC expects the acquisition to enhance its ...

ABG Sundal Collier Acquires FIH Partners to Boost Danish Investment Banking Reach

Europe M&A Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

ABG Sundal Collier is acquiring Danish M&A ad...

The deal includes DKK 50 million upfront in c...

FIH Partners brings a strong mid- to large-ca...

The combination is expected to create synergi...

Why BK & USB Stocks Could Outperform as Funding Costs Ease and Rates Fall

Americas Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Zacks highlights Bank of New York Mellon (BK)...

The Major Regional Banks group trades at a di...

BK’s appeal stems from strong projected earni...

Key risks include deteriorating asset quality...

UK Campaign Launched to Lift Retail Equity Investment from G7’s Lowest Levels

Europe Firms Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Nineteen major firms including Barclays will ...

The initiative aims to shift UK savers from p...

Research shows widespread inertia and low con...

Aligned regulatory reforms on ISAs, risk disc...