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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas kept its benchmark policy rate at 4.25% after an unexpected off‑cycle meeting, citing the sharp oil‑price shock from the Middle East conflict. Domestic fuel costs have surged up to 177%, prompting a national energy emergency and a 45‑day fuel buffer warning. Governor Eli Remolona warned that a rate hike now would delay economic recovery, even as inflation is projected to breach the 4% ceiling in 2026. The central bank says it will stay data‑driven and reassess as conditions evolve.
Thrive Holdings, the venture‑capital arm spun out of Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, is negotiating a new fundraising round of at least $2 billion. The firm has already locked in $1 billion of capital commitments and is gauging investor appetite for an additional...
IPA Capital Markets, a Marcus & Millichap division, arranged a $31.61 million refinancing for The Flats at Leighton District, a 234‑unit multifamily complex with ground‑level retail in Lincoln, Nebraska. The loan carries a five‑year term, full‑term interest‑only payments and a fixed...
Crosby Enterprises filed Chapter 11 cases for its subsidiaries Crosby Tugs, Crosby Dredging and Crosby Marine Transportation in the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 23, 2026. The filings aim to restructure secured debt while keeping daily operations, employee wages and vendor payments...
Lassonde Industries reported fiscal 2025 sales of $2.14 billion USD, a 7% increase year‑over‑year, driven by price adjustments in Canada and higher U.S. volumes. Quarterly results showed Q4 revenue of $560 million USD, up 4%, with operating profit of $52 million USD and...
Arizona’s state pension fund is adopting a more aggressive stance toward private equity, citing “cautious optimism” about an improving M&A environment. The fund plans to allocate additional capital to capture opportunities in what it describes as a bifurcated market, where...
Nasdaq is advancing tokenization through three parallel projects: settlement upgrades, tokenized share issuance, and support for offshore blockchain venues. TD Securities warns this could create a dual‑market structure where the same stock trades on regulated U.S. exchanges and on offshore...
Sanuwave Health reported record Q4 and full‑year 2025 results, with quarterly revenue of $13.4 million—a 29.7 percent increase—and annual revenue of $44.1 million, up 35 percent from 2024. Gross margin slipped to 74.7 percent in Q4 due to a $486 k inventory write‑off, while adjusted EBITDA...
The Federal Reserve Board announced it has completed the joint findings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency required for the OCC to approve Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.'s request for an exemption under Section 23A of the Federal Reserve...
Veritone reported preliminary Q4 2025 revenue of $18.1 million to $30.0 million and a GAAP net loss ranging from $25.1 million to $37.0 million. The company highlighted a strategic multi‑year agreement with Oracle to run its AI solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, aiming to...
GameStop transferred almost its entire bitcoin portfolio—4,709 of 4,710 BTC—to Coinbase Prime and used the coins as collateral for a covered‑call options program. The over‑the‑counter strategy writes short‑dated calls with strike prices between $105,000 and $110,000, earning premium income while...
Micron Technology is in talks to purchase Japan Display's shuttered LCD production plant in Chiba, Japan. The U.S. memory maker plans to repurpose the facility for semiconductor chip assembly and testing rather than display manufacturing. Acquiring the site would give...
Hanover Capital provided a $25.8 million refinancing loan for Vorea Group’s 52,578‑square‑foot retail development at 10‑04 Borden Avenue in Long Island City. The property, opened in 2024, is 100 percent leased to experiential anchors iFly and Vibe Fitness. Hanover highlighted the asset’s proximity to...
Bank of Montreal (BMO) announced a plan to lift its return on equity (ROE) above 15% by 2028, hinging on stronger performance in its U.S. operations, deeper client relationships, and expanded use of artificial intelligence. The bank reported an adjusted...
Everybody Loves Languages Corp. (ELL) announced that shareholders approved its amalgamation with ELL Ventures Ltd., creating a new entity called Amalco. The transaction is slated for completion around April 10 2026, subject to customary conditions. Upon closing, ELL common shares will be...
Euronext’s MTS BondVision platform has launched Portfolio Trading for rates and credit, enabling buyside clients to execute baskets of bonds simultaneously via API and GUI. The service, built with dealers and buyside input, already supported trades in European government bonds,...
The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted not to add a project that would change how airlines record settlement payments from manufacturers for grounded aircraft. Under existing GAAP, such payments reduce the cost basis of the aircraft and are amortized over...
Defense technology startups collectively raised $405 million in recent financing rounds. ORAN Development Company (ODC) secured $45 million in a Series A to build an AI‑native, open‑architecture platform that turns cell sites into distributed compute hubs, a step toward the 6G era. Performance...
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) will price $675 million of water‑system revenue bonds, split between a $329 million green series and a $365 million refunding series. The issuance arrives amid heightened market volatility caused by the Israel‑Iran conflict, yet EBMUD’s strong credit...
Morningstar DBRS issued provisional‑to‑final credit ratings for Archwest Mortgage Trust’s 2026‑RTL1 residential mortgage‑backed securities. The A1 tranche received an A (low) rating, A2 was assigned BBB (low), M1 earned BB (low) and the most junior M2 tranche was rated B...
VanEck’s Alternative Asset Manager ETF (GPZ) has been hit hard by the private‑credit sell‑off, sliding about 25% year‑to‑date, yet recent trading shows a reversal of sentiment. On March 19 the fund logged a record 1.03 million shares traded and captured roughly $19 million...
The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) has launched a project to examine whether new ethical standards are needed for accounting firms that operate under alternative practice structures, including those backed by private‑equity capital. Data from the International Federation...
Moniepoint has secured a foothold in Kenya by acquiring a 78% stake in Sumac Microfinance Bank, gaining an immediate deposit‑taking licence. The acquisition follows a stalled attempt to buy Kopo Kopo and comes days after Moniepoint bought Nigerian restaurant‑software firm...
Scholastic Corporation launched a $200 million partial self‑tender offer to repurchase up to $200 million of its common shares at a cash price between $36 and $40 per share. The offer, which expires at 5 p.m. EDT on April 20, 2026, permits shareholders to tender...
Corebridge Financial and Equitable Holdings have signed an all‑stock merger creating a $22 billion entity that will operate under the Equitable name. The combined firm will manage roughly $1.5 trillion in assets, serve 12 million customers, and expect over $5 billion in operating earnings...
Compliance teams are drowning in false‑positive alerts generated by blanket mobile‑communication surveillance, a byproduct of post‑Dodd‑Frank regulatory pressure. A 2025 benchmark of over 200 leaders shows firms lose roughly $232,457 each year reviewing irrelevant messages. The overload forces officers to...
The Trump administration has pledged to retain the implicit government guarantee for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but experts warned that the guarantee has never been paid for by taxpayers. A panel at the American Enterprise Institute highlighted that the...
The U.S. Treasury auctioned $44 billion of 7‑year notes at a 4.255% yield, just 0.3 basis points above the when‑issued rate, a tighter tail than the 2.0 bps and 1.3 bps seen in recent 2‑year and 5‑year sales. Meanwhile, 2‑year yields surged 8.8 bps...
Davidson Kempner’s new white paper warns that mounting stress in private‑equity funds and their portfolio companies is likely to trigger a wave of capital‑structure resets. Higher interest rates and elevated leverage are pushing many firms toward refinancing, covenant breaches, and...
Big banks are steering clear of public blockchains, opting to develop private, permissioned networks that restrict data visibility. DRW founder Don Wilson argued that full transparency conflicts with fiduciary duties, exposing trade strategies and causing price impact. While Ethereum and...
Ipsos disclosed its February 2026 share count and voting rights in the required monthly filing. The company has 43,203,225 shares outstanding, with theoretical voting rights of 49,276,265 and exercisable voting rights of 49,093,732. The figures include all shares attached to voting...
DEME Group NV released its 2025 Annual Report, the fourth since its 2022 Euronext listing. The report highlights a record‑high profitability year, reinforcing the momentum built over recent years. It also details progress on ESG initiatives and outlines the strategic...
The Committee on European Pension Funds (CoEPB) has publicly backed a shareholder proposal urging Volvo to adopt a more ambitious climate policy, including tighter emissions targets. The move reflects growing activist pressure on automakers to align with the Paris Agreement....
Today the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board issued exposure drafts proposing amendments to three sector‑focused SASB standards covering Agricultural Products, Meat, Poultry & Dairy, and Electric Utilities & Power Generators. The revisions expand scope to direct farming operations, add...
Finnish software firm TietoEVRY announced a share repurchase on March 26, 2026, buying 60,000 TIETO shares at an average price of €17.6739 per share, costing approximately $1.16 million USD. The transaction brings the company’s treasury holdings to 1,936,693 shares. The buyback...
Uber is reportedly close to acquiring premium chauffeur service Blacklane for roughly $1.03 bn, a move that would add a high‑margin, pre‑booked offering to its portfolio. Blacklane operates in about 500 cities across more than 50 countries, serving business and luxury...
AF Gruppen ASA, a major Norwegian construction firm, approved its 2025 audited accounts on March 26, 2026. The company reported profit before tax of NOK 1.653 billion (≈$182 million) and net profit of NOK 1.289 billion (≈$142 million) after a NOK 365 million ($40 million) tax...
ContextVision AB announced that its share buy‑back programme, originally capped at NOK 10 million (≈$1.1 million) and 4 million shares, was extended to 11 May 2026. Between 18 March and 26 March 2026 the company repurchased 1,306,216 shares for NOK 4.98 million (≈$550 k), bringing total buy‑back holdings to 2,547,673 shares, or...
Custodian Property Income REIT plc announced the latest tranche of its share buyback programme, purchasing 200,000 ordinary shares on 24‑26 March 2026. The two purchases of 100,000 shares each were executed at 78.8p and 79.1p per share, costing roughly $100,000...
IDB Invest released its 2025 Annual Report, highlighting a landmark year of record performance. Total activity reached $13.1 billion, including $7.7 billion in mobilized capital, driven by strong demand and early effects of the IDBInvest+ reforms. The report details the rollout of...
The Philippines is entering a belt‑tightening phase as a four‑week‑old Middle East conflict drives global oil prices higher, eroding the peso and inflating consumer costs. A temporary suspension of petroleum excise taxes will cut government revenue by roughly $2.5 billion, potentially...
Blossom Health, a New York‑based telepsychiatry startup, raised $20 million in Seed and Series A financing led by Headline and a broad investor syndicate. The capital will fund geographic expansion, new payer contracts, clinician onboarding, and accelerated AI research. Blossom’s platform combines...
Fastned announced that long‑time CFO Victor van Dijk will leave the executive board to become Vice President of Strategy, joining the leadership team directly below the board. In his new role, van Dijk will shape the company’s long‑term vision, equity...
Data centre operator CyrusOne has expanded its revolving credit facility and U.S. term loan to a combined $8 billion in commitments. The revolving credit line rose by roughly $1 billion to $3.8 bn, while the term loan grew by $300 million to $4.2 bn, both...
Consultant Alexis Kingsbury launched Accrual Intentions, the world’s first fully AI‑staffed accounting firm, using Claude Code to create 11 distinct AI agents and a complete workflow. The experiment was tested on ICAEW fellow Ryan Pearcy’s company, producing a full set...
Norway's sovereign wealth fund manager NBIM has temporarily suspended its ethical exclusion framework, prompting the finance ministry to demand enhanced due diligence on investments linked to armed conflict. The move follows criticism from the UN Business and Human Rights Commission...
DBRS Ratings GmbH (Morningstar DBRS) issued provisional credit ratings for Golden Bar (Securitisation) S.r.l.’s Series 2026‑1 on March 26, 2026. The senior Class A notes received a AAA rating, while Class B was rated AA and Classes C, E, and D received A‑level ratings. The lower‑rated Class A2 notes...
Telehealth company eMed announced a $200 million Series A round that lifts its valuation above $2 billion. The round was led by Aon Consulting and includes backing from Tom Brady, who also serves as founding chief wellness officer. eMed will use the capital to...
Petrofac confirmed that HM Revenue & Customs will not appeal a Scottish court decision upholding the company’s voluntary arrangement (CVA) with creditors. The CVA, approved on Jan 30, clears the path for the sale of Petrofac’s Asset Solutions division to CB&I,...
On 26 March 2026 the European Parliament approved the crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) package, bundling the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, the Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation and the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive. The reforms broaden the resolution framework...
