Finance Updates – Page 44 – Finance Updates

Sixth Street Raises €3.75B for Europe’s Largest Direct Lending Fund to Date

Sixth Street closed its Specialty Lending Eur...

Including leverage, SLE III expects to deploy...

The raise reflects strong institutional deman...

Rising competition and capital oversupply are...

RBC Capital Markets’ 2025 Leadership in Canada: Revenue, Research & Global Reach

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Euromoney named RBC Capital Markets Canada’s ...

RBC CM posted C$12.0 billion in FY2024 revenu...

It led major multi-product transactions inclu...

Its research platform covers 1,550+ companies...

Why Physical AI Is the Next VC Gold Rush: Trends in Robotics & Generative AI Investment

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

In 2025, Silicon Valley scaleup VC is overwhe...

Investors are now shifting from foundation mo...

Physical AI is a small share of AI scaleups (...

This concentration favors a handful of elite ...

Why the Aya–Cross Country Merger Failed: FTC Delays, Breakup Fee, and Strategic Fallout

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Cross Country Healthcare and Aya Healthcare e...

FTC Second Request review and a 43-day govern...

Aya declined to seek another extension, termi...

Cross Country said it will continue standalon...

Trump’s 10% Credit-Card APR Cap Could Hit Bank Profits and Consumer Credit Access

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

Trump proposed a one-year 10% cap on credit-c...

Banks say the cap would gut card profits, for...

Card-focused stocks sold off on the threat to...

Some fintech and personal-loan lenders see a ...

Citigroup Earnings: Banking Strengths Offset by Write-Downs as RoTCE Still Lags Targets

Americas Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

Citi’s Q4 2025 adjusted EPS beat estimates, b...

Dealmaking rebounded as investment-banking fe...

RoTCE was 5.1% (7.7% excluding Russia), still...

Citi is pushing simplification via Banamex st...

How Rising Rates & Regulation Are Shaping Big Bank Profits and Policy Risk

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Q4 2025 bank earnings were mixed, with Bank o...

Trump’s proposed one-year 10% credit-card APR...

With average card APRs near 21–22%, a 10% cap...

Key uncertainties include how any cap would b...

What Bank Investment-Banking Earnings Reveal About Deal Flow & Investor Expectations

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Big banks posted year-over-year gains in Q4 i...

Citigroup’s investment-banking fees rose 35% ...

Bank of America’s investment-banking fees gre...

Investors are prioritizing 2026 deal pipeline...

2025’s M&A Boom: Mega-Deals, Rio-Tinto-Glencore Merger & Warner Bros Discovery Bids

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Global M&A in 2025 reached roughly $4.5–4.8T,...

Rio Tinto and Glencore revived talks on a $26...

A high-stakes media auction for parts or all ...

Advisers expect deal momentum to carry into 2...

Apple Moves Apple Card from Goldman to JPMorgan: What Users & Markets Should Know

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Apple and Goldman Sachs’ Apple Card partnersh...

The breakup follows heavy losses and friction...

Regulatory and reputational damage intensifie...

The deal cements JPMorgan’s strength in U.S. ...