Finance Updates – Page 52 – Finance Updates

New CRA Bank-Size Thresholds for 2026: What Community Banks Need to Know

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

Effective Jan. 7, 2026, the Fed and FDIC rais...

Intermediate small banks are those with at le...

The thresholds apply through Dec. 31, 2026 un...

Banks near the cutoffs may shift CRA exam cat...

CFPB Funding Clash: OLC Opinion vs Judge Jackson, Appropriations Risks Ahead

Americas Policy Public Administration

A Nov. 2025 OLC opinion says Dodd-Frank lets ...

Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in NTEU v. Vou...

The dispute leaves CFPB operations vulnerable...

Although the Supreme Court upheld the CFPB’s ...

Fed & GOP Push to Index Bank Thresholds to GDP—What It Means for Community Banks

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowma...

Analysts estimate indexing since 2018 would l...

Backers say this would make supervision more ...

Key uncertainties include which thresholds re...

Hedge Funds Eye Venezuela’s Oil Sector Amid Trump-Era Geopolitics

Americas Markets Oil and Gas Extraction

After the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro and Tr...

Funds are buying distressed Venezuelan bonds ...

Likely early winners include firms already op...

The trade is high-risk, hinging on legal legi...

Why Credo (CRDO) and Nebius (NBIS) Are Poised to Lead the AI Stock Surge

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Insider Monkey’s “10 Must-Buy AI Stocks” high...

Credo is riding AI interconnect demand, growi...

Nebius is scaling AI compute infrastructure w...

Key investor questions are whether growth-dri...

Karatage Taps Shane O’Callaghan: A New Era in Institutional Crypto Strategy

Europe Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

London-based digital-asset hedge fund Karatag...

O’Callaghan previously led institutional part...

The hire supports Karatage’s thematic approac...

Karatage is positioning for faster execution ...

Bridgewater Tops Records in 2025: New Leadership, AI Edge, and Employee Ownership Redux

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Bridgewater posted record profits in 2025, le...

Veteran co-CIO Bob Prince was named board cha...

Assets were about $92 billion as of Sept. 30,...

The firm is expanding AI-driven macro investi...

BlueCrest’s 73% Return in 2025: Macro Investing, Structure & Risk for Family Offices

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

BlueCrest Capital Management, Michael Platt’s...

Since ditching external capital in 2015, it h...

A major 2025 driver was a short US dollar pos...

Key risks are whether such returns are repeat...

Chris Hohn’s TCI Posts 27% Return, $81.6M Dividend & $796M in Philanthropy

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

TCI’s revenues rose to about $1.02bn in the y...

Charitable giving nearly doubled to roughly $...

The fund returned about 27% net in 2025, boos...

TCI’s strong year mirrored a broader 2025 reb...

Emerging Markets Angel Investing: Growth, Challenges & Sustainable Exit Paths

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Angels and angel networks are becoming the ma...

Checks are typically small (about USD 1,000–5...

Activity is concentrated in major hubs and se...

Weak exit markets, macro/political risk, and ...