Finance Updates – Page 6 – Finance Updates

Private Equity Enters 2026: Aged Portfolios, Exit Pressure & Sector Winners

Americas Forecast Other Investment Pools and Funds

U.S. private-equity firms are sitting on abou...

Dry powder remains large at roughly $880 bill...

Exits rebounded in 2025 but are bifurcated, w...

In 2026, advantage shifts to scaled managers ...

Morgan Stanley Elevates 184 to Managing Director in 2026 with Surge in Institutional Securities

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Morgan Stanley promoted 184 employees to mana...

About 70% of the new MDs are in revenue-gener...

The class is concentrated in the Americas (67...

The larger MD slate follows strong 2025 deal ...

First Student IPO on Horizon: EQT Weighs Electrification, Scale & Regulatory Risks

Americas Markets Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

EQT is weighing a U.S. IPO for First Student ...

EQT bought the North American school-bus lead...

Growth initiatives center on safety and routi...

IPO prospects hinge on market conditions, pub...

Massive Mega-Deals Drive U.S. M&A Surge as Deal Count Slips

Americas M&A Rail Transportation

July 2025 U.S. M&A deal count fell 3.6% to 1,...

Only 4 of 21 sectors showed year-over-year ga...

Union Pacific’s proposed $85B acquisition of ...

With August already showing a pullback from J...

Rodman & Renshaw’s 75th Year: Energy Expansion, PIPE Deals & Margin Challenges Ahead

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Rodman & Renshaw is using its 75th-anniversar...

It is broadening sector reach via the ~$10.1M...

Recent activity includes serving as ATM sales...

The firm is emphasizing scaled client-facing ...

How Antitrust Forced Verizon’s $600M Divestiture of PrimeCo’s Chicago Spectrum Market

Americas M&A Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)

Verizon, under DOJ antitrust and spectrum-cap...

An investor group led by Clarity Partners bou...

The business held about 13% Chicago market sh...

The deal underscored the high value of urban ...

ServiceNow’s Seat-Based Model in Peril: AI, Armis Deal & Pricing Risks Unveiled

Americas Firms Software Publishers

KeyBanc issued a rare Underweight on ServiceN...

ServiceNow agreed to buy Armis for $7.75B in ...

Shares fell ~11–12% on the deal and downgrade...

The core debate is whether ServiceNow can piv...

U-Haul’s Pivotal Year: Storage Growth vs. Rising Debt and Valuation Gap

Americas Firms Lessors of Real Estate

U-Haul Holding Company will present at the Ke...

It remains North America’s third-largest self...

Self-storage revenue is rising, but occupancy...

Investors will focus on returns from U-Box an...

Strong Growth Meets High P/E: Why Dutch Bros Hits $77 Target Amid Mixed Ratings

Americas Firms Restaurants and Other Eating Places

KeyBanc reiterated an Overweight rating on Du...

Other firms including UBS, Mizuho, and TD Cow...

Recent results show rapid growth, including F...

Key risks are valuation sensitivity plus marg...

ACA Subsidy Cuts Threaten Millions With Spiking Premiums as Eligibility Tightens

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers

In 2025, about 24 million Marketplace enrolle...

Premium subsidies are calculated from househo...

Under the enhanced rules, benchmark Silver pr...

If enhanced subsidies expire after 2025, the ...