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Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge extended the stay of CFFI Ventures’ CCAA restructuring until May 29, keeping the $1.4 billion (≈ $1.0 billion USD) debt under court protection. A monitor from FTI Consulting will re‑evaluate the company’s roughly $367 million (≈ $270 million USD) asset base, the $1 billion (≈ $730 million USD) claim by lender HPS Investment Partners, and disputed creditor claims including a $23 million (≈ $17 million USD) loan and a $331 million (≈ $240 million USD) CRA tax bill. Creditors question the asset valuations and debt calculations, potentially affecting the proposed transfer of assets to HPS. The court also raised the restructuring’s administrative fees to $400,000 (≈ $292,000 USD).
HM Treasury has published transparency data covering business‑appointment advice given between October and December 2025. The dataset details guidance provided to former senior civil servants (SCS1 and SCS2) and equivalent special advisers on taking outside roles. It aims to document compliance...
The article outlines six essential due‑diligence categories that CPA firms should evaluate before merging, stressing that the scope must be tailored to each transaction. It recommends pairing a Letter of Intent with reviews of financial, tax, legal, operational, cultural, and...
The Aurora Solar Snapshot shows third‑party ownership (TPO) models have become the leading financing choice for U.S. residential solar, with 55% of installers favoring PPAs or leases over loans and cash. The shift follows the Trump administration’s rollback of Inflation...
Goeasy Ltd. secured debt‑relief concessions after a Q4 charge‑off surge of C$331 million ($241 million) forced its auto‑lending unit LendCare out of compliance, sending shares down over 60 % and its 6.875 % note to 79.25 cents. Lenders waived covenants, raised spreads by 100 basis...
Abivax plans a June capital raise ahead of a pivotal maintenance trial readout for its lead asset, obefazimod, which targets ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. CEO Marc de Garidel told CNBC the company is in no hurry to sell, believing...
UK importers buying from China face cost volatility because most Chinese suppliers invoice in US dollars, forcing businesses to manage both GBP/USD and USD/CNY pairs. A 5‑10% swing in the pound can instantly raise cost of goods sold, while freight...
Consistency rules in proprietary trading firms are designed to prevent traders from relying on a single, oversized profit day and to promote repeatable, controllable performance. These rules often cap daily profit contributions, require a minimum number of trading days, or...
Vantage Data Centers announced the appointment of Scott Beasley as its global chief financial officer, overseeing finance, accounting, capital markets, procurement, and corporate development. Beasley, based in Denver, brings extensive experience from leading Frontier Communications through a $12 billion fiber investment...
Spain’s finance ministry has floated a new eligibility pathway that would allow sovereign bonds to be classified as sustainable under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The proposal seeks to broaden the pool of assets that can meet ESG...
Feedzai has launched RiskFM, a fraud‑prevention platform that moves beyond sole reliance on card‑network data by incorporating customer onboarding, payments and broader digital activity. The solution processes roughly $9 trillion in global payments across 120 billion events each year. Early testing is...
Starling Bank announced the appointment of Keith Algie as its new group chief risk officer, pending regulatory sign‑off. Algie succeeds Cyrille Salle De Chou, who is leaving after a two‑year tenure focused on scaling the bank’s risk framework. Algie joins from ANZ,...
Institutional investors are allocating more capital to private‑credit strategies, according to Nuveen. The firm notes a surge in demand for bespoke investment vehicles, with custom mandates and separate accounts topping the list of preferred structures. This shift reflects a broader...
HDFC Mutual Fund announced that its Gold ETF will tap exchange‑traded commodity derivatives (ETCDs) only when physical gold becomes temporarily scarce. The fund currently holds 15,262 kg of 99.5% pure gold, representing 98.65% of its assets, with cash and net current...
Spade announced a $40 million Series B round led by Oak HC/FT, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and other fintech investors. The New York‑based fintech reported 470% year‑over‑year growth and a peak daily transaction volume of 1.9 billion, underscoring rapid adoption. The capital will...
South Africa’s Post Office, under business rescue, has been denied permission to sell assets or borrow externally due to the Public Finance Management Act, leaving it financially stranded. The rescue team says an additional R3.8 billion (≈$210 million) is required on top...
Tether announced it has engaged an unnamed Big Four accounting firm to perform its first full financial‑statement audit of the $184 billion USDT stablecoin. The audit will scrutinize the token’s assets, liabilities, internal controls and reporting processes, moving beyond the periodic...
Bank of Montreal (BMO) announced a tokenized cash platform built with CME Group and Google Cloud, aiming to deliver near‑instant settlement for capital‑market participants. The service will allow continuous fund movement, eliminating traditional banking‑hour constraints and reducing capital tied up...
The European Banking Authority released its second impact assessment of the Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL). The report finds that by the end of 2024 EU resolution entities hold MREL‑eligible instruments equal to 34.7% of total...
Euler Motors secured a $47 million Series E round led by Lightrock, complemented by roughly $30 million in debt financing. The funding will boost product development, manufacturing capacity, and its dealer network across India. Revenue grew 12% to about $23 million in FY25 while...
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 introduced a centralized audit system for partnerships, restricting Administrative Adjustment Requests (AARs) once the IRS issues a Notice of Administrative Proceeding (NAP). This limitation can trap taxpayers, as illustrated by an estate‑partnership scenario where...
Indonesia’s Danantara fund, launched a year ago to operate like a sovereign wealth fund while managing state assets, has largely focused on direct support to domestic firms. In its first twelve months it pumped $1.4 billion into Garuda Indonesia, $295 million into...
Omnes and Apex Group announced a tokenized secured debt note, the Omnes Mining Note (OMN), that provides institutional investors exposure to Bitcoin mining hash‑rate on Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum layer‑2 network. The structured note packages mining output into a regulated on‑chain...
Indian coworking operator DevX announced a ₹35 crore (~$4.2 million) capital raise within six months of its September 2025 IPO. The board approved ₹15 crore in warrants for co‑founders and a ₹20 crore equity injection from Infibeam Projects Management, giving the latter a 4.7%...
Zalos, a London‑San Francisco fintech, raised a $3.6 million seed round led by 14Peaks Capital to develop AI agents that automate finance‑team workflows. The startup’s agents log into existing ERP, CRM, spreadsheet, and banking systems, handling tasks without requiring a stack...
The article clarifies how municipal bonds differ from bank loans, emphasizing that bonds do not create money while loans do through deposit creation. It walks through a $900 bond issuance, showing how an investment‑bank underwriter sells the securities, deducts fees,...
Turkcell secured a $1 billion syndicated loan from 14 banks to fund its 5G and next‑generation network rollout, ahead of Turkey’s April 1 launch. The facility, initially offered at $500 million under a Murabaha structure, was oversubscribed and doubled in size. HSBC acted...
Regulators worldwide are elevating enterprise‑wide financial crime risk assessments from a compliance formality to the core blueprint of AML/CTF programmes. The new standard demands assessments that are accurate, complete, evidence‑based and fully integrated with governance, controls and risk appetite. Generic...
ACCA has announced its collaboration with the UK Financial Reporting Council to strengthen the audit market for small and medium‑sized enterprises. The partnership will focus on implementing the FRC’s proposed reforms covering regulation, supervision, technology and ethical guidance, including a...
DNV has helped Grenergy Renovables secure financing for its Central Oasis solar‑plus‑storage portfolio in Chile. The 398 MW solar PV and 1.4 GWh battery complex spans the Maule and Bíobío regions. International lenders, led by BNP Paribas with Santander and Rabobank, provided the...
Financial crime fuels a massive global child sexual exploitation market, with an estimated half‑million Filipino children forced to produce content and 105 million abuse files identified worldwide in a single year. Demand originates mainly from high‑income Western economies, where offenders may...
Industrial developer Panattoni has promoted Nick Cripps to head of international capital markets, expanding his remit to 18 markets across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India. Cripps, who joined five years ago, previously built joint ventures and helped...
UBS Asset Management has introduced a US‑dollar‑denominated share class of its Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF on the London Stock Exchange, joining an existing sterling‑denominated class. The ETF tracks the MSCI Europe Net Return Index, holds roughly $1.14 bn in assets...
The Federal Reserve paused its easing cycle in March, keeping the federal funds rate at 3.50‑3.75% after three consecutive quarter‑point cuts. This “hawkish hold” arrives amid a wartime‑style energy shock that could lift headline inflation by 0.8 percentage points and...
Goldman Sachs’ latest research argues that even if private‑credit defaults surge to 10%—a level seen during the 2008‑09 financial crisis—the macroeconomic fallout would be modest, trimming U.S. GDP by only 20‑50 basis points. The sector, with roughly $1.7 trillion in leveraged...
South Korean memory leader SK Hynix has signed a KRW11.95 trillion (~$8 billion) contract with Dutch lithography supplier ASML to acquire up to 20 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) scanners over the next two years. The agreement covers equipment, installation and modification costs, with...
A CFP at a major firm, referred to as ACME, offered advisory services to a friend without disclosing his revenue‑sharing arrangements, raising conflict‑of‑interest concerns. The client discovered that about 21% of advisers receive similar incentives, which the SEC requires to...
Life360’s first‑quarter guidance signals monthly active user growth below 20%, raising concerns about near‑term expansion. Despite this, the company issued FY26 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance that modestly exceeds consensus, buoyed by stronger advertising contributions from its Nativo acquisition. Management...
Schroders Capital’s latest report argues that combining public catastrophe bonds with private insurance‑linked securities (ILS) can temper the inherent trade‑offs of each structure. Public cat bonds deliver market liquidity and transparent pricing, while private ILS provide higher illiquidity premiums and...
Didero, a New York‑based software firm, closed a $30 million Series A round led by Chemistry and Headline, with participation from Microsoft’s M12 venture fund. The financing will accelerate development of its AI‑agent platform that embeds directly into ERP, email and spreadsheet...
Founders rarely realize they need a CFO until financial complexity outpaces simple bookkeeping. At that inflection point, a fractional CFO delivers senior‑level expertise, turning raw data into strategic decisions that safeguard cash flow and guide growth. By contextualising metrics against...
RecVue announced the launch of RecVue Revenue Recognition for Salesforce, now listed on the Salesforce AppExchange. The solution automates ASC 606 and IFRS 15 revenue recognition, embedding GAAP‑aligned logic directly within the Salesforce ecosystem. It integrates with RecVue’s Agentforce Revenue Management platform...
On 23 March 2026 the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Minister for Pensions convened a meeting with economists from the primary dealer firms that act as wholesale gilt‑edged market makers (GEMMs) at HM Treasury. The session focused on the participants’ views...
Tharisa, a dual‑listed mining and metals group, has secured new trade‑finance facilities totaling $60 million from HSBC and Absa. The revolving facilities, including a $15 million accordion, replace more restrictive financing and cover both pre‑ and post‑shipment needs. The funding enhances working‑capital...
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the NHAI‑backed Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) on the Bombay Stock Exchange, where the inaugural public issue was oversubscribed about 14 times. The trust aims to monetize roughly 1,500 kilometres of national highways over the...
Delhi's 2026‑27 budget tops ₹1.03 lakh crore (~$12.5 billion), a record allocation that prioritises health, education and green infrastructure. The health portfolio receives ₹12,645 crore (~$1.5 billion) and education ₹19,148 crore (~$2.3 billion), together accounting for over 30% of total spending. Infrastructure funding includes ₹5,921 crore for...
Storebrand ASA published its Q1 2026 quarterly newsletter, reminding investors of the financial guidance previously issued and outlining the key themes shaping its performance. The Norwegian‑based group highlighted its scale, serving roughly 61,000 corporate and 2.6 million individual customers while managing about...
Grameenphone, Telenor’s 55.8%-owned Bangladeshi subsidiary, warned that Q1 2026 momentum is softer than expected due to a confluence of energy‑price shocks and seasonal storms. The company projects revenue roughly 2% lower and EBITDA about 3% down versus the same quarter...
The MVIS Digital India Index, the benchmark for VanEck’s DGIN ETF, is overhauling its methodology to mirror India’s shift from export‑focused IT services to a domestically driven digital economy. A new rule requiring over 50% of revenue from Indian customers...
Frasers Group has raised its total economic exposure to online fashion retailer ASOS to 29.26% by buying additional sold put options, increasing its put‑option exposure from 5.09% to 5.93%. The move does not alter Frasers’ voting rights, which remain tied...
