Finance Updates – Page 6 – Finance Updates

How EU Banking Is Shifting After Brexit: Paris Emerges as Regulatory & Headcount Powerhouse

Since Brexit, the top five Wall Street banks ...

ECB scrutiny has pushed banks to avoid “empty...

Paris has become the main EU markets hub, dra...

New rules such as CRD 6 from 2027 will furthe...

Boutique Banks Gain Stake in French M&A Fees While Lazard and Rothschild Still Lead

Europe M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

U.S. advisory boutiques have lifted their sha...

Paris remains dominated by Lazard and Rothsch...

French M&A is becoming more top-heavy: 2024 d...

The boutiques’ selective, high-fee strategy c...

Tietoevry Banking Joins Norway’s NCE Finance Innovation Cluster to Boost Fintech SaaS

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Tietoevry Banking has joined Norways NCE Fina...

The partnership leverages Tietoevrys scale as...

NCE Finance Innovation, now a NIC Impact Clus...

Impact will hinge on converting membership in...

NIB Issues €750M Dark-Green Bond Under Revised EU-Taxonomy Framework

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In September 2024, Nordic Investment Bank iss...

The revised framework broadened eligible cate...

S&P Global Ratings gave the framework a “Dark...

The bond drew a €1.2bn orderbook and supports...

Norway’s NBIM Cuts BP Stake by 25% amid Energy-Transition & ESG Pressures

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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (NBIM) cut its...

At BP’s roughly US$91 billion market cap, the...

BP shares fell about 3.16% after the disclosu...

Neither NBIM nor BP gave a reason, but the mo...

Citi Appoints Åkermark & Dichow to Lead Nordics Investment Banking Push

Europe Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Citigroup hired Tobias Åkermark (ex-Barclays)...

Åkermark starts in late 2025 and Dichow in ea...

They report to Patrick Frowein and Erik Savol...

The hires underline Citi’s push to expand in ...

Denmark Pension Funds Shift Strategy: Private Capital Backed ESG Defence Investments Surge

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Denmark’s banks, pension funds and insurers h...

Danish pension funds have sharply increased d...

Major providers such as PFA and Danica are lo...

Pension funds are also backing defence-focuse...

Bloomberg “Unusual Activity” Block: Key Facts & What It Means for Cybersecurity Risk

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Access to the Bloomberg article is blocked by...

The block page provides a session-specific re...

The likely trigger is bot-like traffic patter...

The block disrupts timely content access and ...

Denmark Sets New Standard: Nationwide Verification of Payee with SurePay Before EU Deadline

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Finance Denmark chose SurePay to deliver a na...

Denmark is moving ahead of the EU Instant Pay...

SurePay is a proven provider with 9B+ VoP che...

The rollout makes Denmark the first Nordic an...

Denmark’s High-Stakes Strategy: Spending Big to Hold Greenland Amid Geopolitical Tension

Europe Policy Public Administration

Denmark is spending more political and milita...

Keeping Greenland is costly for Denmark (abou...

Greenland’s Arctic location is central to NAT...

Denmark must balance upholding sovereignty an...