Finance Updates – Page 7 – Finance Updates

Inside the U.S. Army’s $10B Enterprise Deal with Palantir: Strategy, Risks & What’s Unclear

Americas Policy Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

The U.S. Army signed a 10-year enterprise agr...

The deal is designed to simplify and standard...

For Palantir, the agreement formalizes much o...

Key uncertainties include the undisclosed min...

Oklahoma Insurance Reforms: Faster Claims, Fairer Coverage & Consumer Protections

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready...

The plan shortens complaint and claim deadlin...

Reforms include a Homeowner Bill of Rights, m...

Mandatory Eagle Mediation and a bar on awardi...

What Colorado’s HB25-1182 Means for Homeowners: Wildfire Risk, Mitigation & Insurance Costs

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

Colorado’s new HB25-1182 law will require ins...

If mitigation efforts are not reflected in an...

Experts say the law may improve fairness and ...

Insurers warn of modeling and actuarial chall...

EU Merger Guidelines Overhaul: Innovation Defence Rising in the Draghi Era

Europe Policy Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The European Commission is revising its merge...

Reforms center on a four-pronged framework as...

The EC is considering an explicit “innovation...

R&D-intensive and tech sectors must now embed...

Canada’s 2025 Budget Unveils Open Banking & Tightened Stablecoin Oversight

Americas Policy Finance and Insurance

Canada’s 2025 budget formalizes a national co...

Consumers and small businesses will gain stan...

The draft Stablecoin Act imposes strict one-t...

The reforms aim to boost competition and fint...

Doug Guzman Named CEO of Canada’s New Defence Investment Agency to Overhaul Procurement

Americas Policy Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

Canada has created a new Defence Investment A...

The DIA’s mandate is to centralize and speed ...

Initial DIA-managed projects include submarin...

Guzman’s performance will be judged on how ef...

Mastering Tax Rules for Section 1256, Futures & Options: Wash-Sale, Straddle, Loss Carrybacks

Americas Policy Finance and Insurance

U.S. taxation of futures and options hinges o...

Section 1256 net losses can be carried back u...

Options and other derivatives outside Section...

Core Section 1256 rules remain unchanged, but...

Private Equity’s Rising Political Clout Sparks Healthcare & Housing Regulation Risks

Americas Policy Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

New research shows that when private equity a...

Private equity control in healthcare is linke...

With leveraged buyouts and assets under manag...

Regulators, lawmakers, and advocacy groups ar...

Calviño’s EIB Strategy: Unity, Defence Finance & Climate Powerhouse

Europe Policy Finance and Insurance

EIB President Nadia Calviño argues that Europ...

The EIB will raise defence and security lendi...

Key priorities include cutting red tape, adva...

These moves increase the EIB’s risk tolerance...

Louisiana Homeowners See 7.5% Rate Cut for SURE & Elevate Amid Regulatory Reform

Americas Policy Finance and Insurance

Louisiana approved an average 7.5% rate decre...

SURE, the state’s second-largest homeowners i...

The rate cuts are driven mainly by lower rein...

Recent regulatory reforms and mitigation focu...