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Japan’s Bond Strain Tests U.S. Treasuries: Rising Term Premiums and Policy Risks

Japan’s 40-year government bond yield jumped ...

The shock spilled into global rates as U.S. T...

Foreign appetite for U.S. Treasuries is showi...

With term premiums at decade highs and U.S. n...

Global Bond Yields Surge Amid Fiscal Deficits, Tariffs & Debt Risks

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Bond sell-offs accelerated after Trump escala...

Japan’s curve steepened as the 40-year JGB yi...

Long-dated yields also jumped across Europe, ...

Markets are repricing sovereign risk as globa...

Japan’s JGB Yields Soar: 40-Year Bond Tops 4% as Fiscal Strain Intensifies

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Japans 40-year government bond yield jumped a...

Super-long yields spiked as investors priced ...

Demand has weakened at long-end auctions whil...

With debt near 240% of GDP and rates normaliz...

NYSE & ICE Plan Tokenized Securities Venue with 24/7 Trading & Stablecoin Funding

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

NYSE/ICE plans a regulator-approved tokenized...

The venue would pair NYSE’s Pillar matching e...

ICE is upgrading clearing and working with ba...

Tokenized shares would be fully fungible with...

U.S.-EU Tariff Tensions: Markets React to Trump’s Greenland Threat

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Trump threatened new U.S. tariffs on eight Eu...

Denmark, the targeted nations, and the EU rej...

Global markets sold off on renewed trade-war ...

The standoff risks longer-term damage to U.S....

AI Funding Soars: $20B xAI Raise & $250M Merge Labs Seed Signal Big Trends

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

xAI raised $20B in an oversubscribed Series E...

Merge Labs raised a $250M seed at an $850M va...

Global AI funding hit about $202B in 2025, wi...

With the U.S. drawing ~79% of capital, infras...

South Korea Doubles Down: Public Venture Funding to Fuel Next-Gen Unicorns in AI & Deep Tech

Asia Policy Other Investment Pools and Funds

South Korea will boost 2026 venture financing...

The “Next-Generation Unicorn” program unifies...

Policy leans on crowding in private and regio...

To improve exits and capital recycling, f120B...

2025 Explosion in Defense-Tech VC: Why Autonomous Systems & AI Manufacturing Are Winning Big

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Defense-tech startups hit a funding record in...

Equity funding more than doubled to $17.9B, l...

Investors concentrated on AI, autonomy, drone...

Exits jumped to $54.4B, mostly via acquisitio...

ASPEN Lux: Adams Street’s Global Evergreen PE Fund Expands Access for Non-US Investors

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Adams Street launched ASPEN Lux, a Luxembourg...

The fund offers monthly subscriptions and qua...

ASPEN Lux broadly mirrors the U.S. ASPEN Prog...

Key risks and suitability considerations incl...

Big Profits and Mixed Outcomes: Q4 2025 U.S. Investment Banking Trends

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley posted sharp...

Goldman’s investment-banking fees rose 25% to...

Morgan Stanley’s investment-banking revenue j...

Elsewhere, Citigroup’s advisory and underwrit...