Finance Updates – Page 4 – Finance Updates

2025 M&A & Investment Banking: Record Deal Value, Regulators Take Center Stage

Global M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Global investment banking fees hit about US$1...

Dealmaking value rose to roughly US$4.5tn, dr...

Goldman Sachs led global M&A fees (10.9% shar...

The rebound was helped by abundant capital an...

Why You’re Seeing Bloomberg’s “Unusual Network Activity” Alert – What It Means for Digital Security

Americas Forecast Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Bloomberg is using bot-mitigation interstitia...

These challenges can hit legitimate users due...

Publishers deploy such controls to protect pa...

The arms race pressures apps and tools to beh...

Jefferies Gains Momentum in Investment Banking as M&A & Underwriting Surge

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Jefferies posted a sharp fourth-quarter inves...

The quarter included a $30 million pre-tax lo...

Industrywide, 2025 investment-banking fees ro...

Rate-cut and easing-regulation expectations a...

Why Bloomberg Triggers Captcha Blocks: Key Causes & Cybersecurity Best Practices

Europe Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

Bloomberg blocks access with a PerimeterX CAP...

Common triggers include disabled JavaScript o...

Access is usually restored by passing the CAP...

The approach strengthens anti-scraping securi...

Jefferies Faces $30M Q4 Loss From Point Bonita Exposure in First Brands Fallout

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Jefferies took a $30 million pre-tax Q4 FY202...

Point Bonita held about $715 million of First...

First Brands’ collapse, alleged fraud and acc...

Jefferies’ core investment banking revenue ro...

Beacon Pointe Acquires Hemington: Scaling Growth with Female-Led Wealth Firm

Americas M&A Other Financial Investment Activities

Beacon Pointe Advisors of Newport Beach acqui...

The deal lifts Beacon Pointe to about $55B in...

Hemington co-leaders Eileen O’Connor and Jen ...

Strategically, the acquisition expands Beacon...

Australia’s Equity Markets Face Major Reforms: ASX’s Dominance Challenged

Asia Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

Australian equities are being reshaped by shr...

ASIC has approved Cboe Australia as a listing...

Regulators are forcing ASX governance and inf...

Market plumbing is changing too, with new ope...

Tech Cooling, Defense Rally & Why Profits Now Trump Promises in Market Rotation

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

U.S. stocks showed sharp sector rotation, wit...

Defense contractors jumped after a proposed $...

Megacap techs like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft a...

Mixed data, including higher jobless claims a...

SEBI’s Show-Cause Notice: BofA Accused of Leaking Info in USD180M Block Trade

Asia Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Indias SEBI says Bank of America leaked price...

The information allegedly spread beyond the d...

SEBI alleges weak internal controls and misle...

BofA is said to be pursuing a multi-million-d...

Goldman Sachs Dominates M&A in 2025 with $1.48T in Deals Amid Rising Regulatory Pressure

Global M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs led global M&A advisory in 2025...

It also topped M&A fee rankings with $4.6 bil...

Goldman’s share of EMEA-involved M&A reached ...

Despite its dominance, Goldman missed roles o...