Finance Updates – Page 8 – Finance Updates

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

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...

What’s Fueling the IPO Market Rebound—Drivers, Shifts & Success Strategies

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

In 2025, global IPO and equity-capital-market...

Investor demand concentrated in high-growth t...

Asia-Pacific took the lead—especially Greater...

Successful listings now require credible scal...

Kenya to float 65% of Pipeline Co via IPO at Ksh 9/share in major sell-off

Global Markets Pipeline Transportation

Kenya is floating 65% of Kenya Pipeline Compa...

Shares are allocated across retail, instituti...

KPC reported FY2024/25 revenue of about Ksh 3...

The deal is part of Kenya’s push to fund infr...

India’s 2025 IPO Boom: HDB Financial, Meesho & NBFCs Redefine Investor Trends

Asia Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

India’s 2025 IPO boom is led by large NBFC an...

HDB Financial Services’ ₹12,500-crore IPO was...

Meesho’s ~$606 million IPO surged ~95% post-i...

Several mega-IPOs, including Tata Capital and...

How AI Is Reshaping Banking Jobs: Cuts, Efficiency & Stringent Hiring by 2030

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Big banks are growing AI hiring even as overa...

In Europe, AI and digitalisation could cut ~2...

Applicant volumes are surging while hiring is...

Banks are replacing fewer leavers and using A...

How 2025 Redefined Finance: M&A Surge, IPO Mega-Cycle & AI’s Boardroom Takeover

Global Forecast Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

2025 M&A value jumped roughly 40–50% to about...

Deal counts fell, signaling fewer but larger,...

2026 could usher in an IPO “mega-cycle” as sc...

AI is becoming a horizontal disruptor, drivin...

Abraaj’s Fall: How Mismanagement & Regulation Upheld Massive Fraud Rulings

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Abraaj appointed Mark Bourgeois in November 2...

In 2018, investor complaints triggered DFSA s...

In 2019, the DFSA fined Abraaj entities about...

In 2023, the Financial Markets Tribunal uphel...

Meriden’s Business Boom: New Tech & Food Retail Spur Commercial Real-Estate Shift

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Meriden registered three new businesses—Minds...

Commercial development is highlighted by Tedd...

Batista Cos. is consolidating operations and ...

Key constraints include shallow lot sizes, pa...