Finance Updates – Page 74 – Finance Updates

Bridgewater’s Record 2025: Pure Alpha Gains 33%, Asia & China Outperform Too

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha fund returned 33% in...

Other Bridgewater strategies also posted stro...

The firm, managing about $92 billion, has tig...

Open questions center on the sustainability o...

Why Mid-Level PE Talent Are Fleeing Big Firms & How Smaller Funds Win

Americas Firms Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Deferred and uncertain carry at large private...

Slow exits, higher interest rates, long vesti...

Smaller or sector-focused funds are luring ta...

This talent reshuffling threatens execution c...

GP-Stake Sales Surge Past $3.5B: Private Equity Firms Turn to Divestitures for Liquidity

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private-equity firms are increasingly selling...

Surveys show a sharp rise in managers plannin...

These stake sales sit alongside booming secon...

While the tools offer capital and flexibility...

US Private Equity’s Exit Bottleneck: Dry Powder Piles Up as Hold Periods Stretch

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

US private equity enters 2026 with a large ba...

Dry powder has fallen to about $880 billion f...

Bankruptcy risk and sector stress, especially...

Firms are leaning on carve-outs, continuation...

Record SRF Borrowing Hits $74.6B at Year-End, Raising Funding Pressure on Goldman Sachs

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

Year-end demand for cash drove record use of ...

Goldman Sachs shares slipped about 0.3% on Ne...

The record SRF take-up remains small versus r...

Investors now focus on Goldman’s January 15 e...

Hong Kong ECM surges in H1 2025 as A-to-H listings & IPO boom restore investor confidence

Asia Markets Finance and Insurance

Hong Kong’s equity capital markets rebounded ...

IPO and second-listing proceeds in Hong Kong ...

Regional risk appetite improved as Asia’s equ...

Shein’s anticipated Hong Kong IPO in H2 2025 ...

Banks’ 2026 Battle: Neutral Rates, AI Boosts & Regulatory Shifts Redefining Winners

Americas Markets Finance and Insurance

The Fed’s three 25-basis-point cuts in late 2...

Wall Street giants like JPMorgan and Bank of ...

Regional and mid-sized banks lagged as higher...

Strategic shifts include heavier AI adoption,...

Wells Fargo’s Investment Banking Soars After Fed Removes $1.95T Asset Cap

Americas M&A Finance and Insurance

Wells Fargo’s investment bank is having its s...

The Federal Reserve’s June 2025 removal of We...

Investment banking fees, wallet share, and re...

Despite momentum, Wells Fargo still lags top ...

VTB’s $1B September SPO: Dilution, Free Float Surge & Investor Confidence Tested

Europe Markets Finance and Insurance

Russia’s state-owned VTB Bank is raising up t...

The deal will cut the state’s stake to the le...

The SPO is priced at about a 7% discount to t...

VTB aims to bolster capital amid profit press...

CCMP Acquires Jamieson Laboratories: Scaling Canada’s VMS Brand Globally

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

CCMP Capital acquired Jamieson Laboratories i...

The deal’s price was undisclosed and only loo...

Regulatory due diligence confirmed high-quali...

CCMP’s thesis centred on scaling Jamieson glo...