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The article argues that the classic build‑vs‑buy debate in pricing modernization has shifted from technical feasibility to strategic resource allocation. Cloud platforms and open‑source tools now let banks prototype pricing engines in months, but maintaining custom systems diverts scarce engineering talent from growth initiatives. Internal MVPs often stall, becoming legacy tools that lag behind regulatory and market changes. Modern pricing SaaS solutions now deploy in weeks, continuously improve, and provide shared validation, making buying the preferred choice for most institutions in 2026.
Canada’s ETF industry closed 2025 with a record $735.1 billion in assets, a 37.5% increase over the prior year. Equity‑focused funds dominated, representing roughly 67.5% of total holdings, while the number of listed ETFs rose to 1,472, adding 255 new products....
CIBC Asset Management announced the launch of four Avantis CIBC ETFs on the Toronto Stock Exchange, covering Canadian equity and three U.S. equity strategies – all‑cap, large‑cap value and small‑cap value. The products are the result of a strategic partnership...
Australian superannuation giant Aware Super has created a new private markets division, appointing Jenny Newmarch as its head. Newmarch, previously the fund’s global head of private equity, will now oversee private equity, infrastructure and other alternative assets. She will report...
Delta Galil reported record full‑year sales of $2.12 bn for FY 2025, a 4% increase over the prior year, while gross profit rose 5% to $900.3 m and gross margin hit a new high of 42.5%. Despite top‑line strength, EBIT slipped to $174.2 m...
Plutus Partners, a Singapore‑based single‑family office, announced it will pursue opportunistic private‑equity investments worldwide. The firm plans to allocate capital across sectors where it can add strategic value and generate outsized returns. By operating without the constraints of a traditional...
CityMall posted Rs 534 crore in operating revenue for FY25, a 25% year‑on‑year increase driven largely by grocery sales. Product sales accounted for 96% of revenue, with staples such as atta, sugar, oil and ghee contributing 39% of total product...
Evercore’s global head of private capital advisory, Nigel Dawn, outlined the outlook for secondary market activity through 2026 in the latest Secondaries Investor podcast. He highlighted accelerating capitalisation, driven by heightened LP liquidity demands and a surge in GP‑led transactions....
This week’s investment roundup highlighted three interlinked themes: a resurgence in unemployment, accelerating consolidation among asset‑management firms, and a surge in semi‑liquid fund inflows. Unemployment edged to 5.2% in Q4 2025, prompting managers to boost cash buffers and reassess risk models....
Anglo American reported a 66% plunge in basic underlying earnings per share, driven by a $511 million EBITDA loss at De Beers and a $2.3 billion impairment on its stake. The loss stemmed largely from "stock balancing initiatives" that forced the company to...
Fraud is evolving into a fast‑moving, AI‑driven threat across e‑commerce, payments and identity, outpacing traditional, institution‑by‑institution defenses. Discover Network argues that sharing data through a consortium enables real‑time signal aggregation, tokenization and enhanced decisioning to spot patterns no single bank...
The 2026 Certainty Project surveyed CFOs of U.S. middle‑market firms (revenues $100 M‑$1 B) and found overall uncertainty stable, but a sharp split between goods and services sectors. Tariff policy shifts and supply‑chain exposure pushed high‑uncertainty among goods producers up 27% year‑over‑year,...
The Wage to Wallet Index reveals that roughly 60 million hourly workers earning $50,000 or less are turning to side work, with one in five performing regular gigs. While overall job‑security sentiment is rising, financial confidence is splitting: higher‑income salaried professionals...
Vietnam aims to host one million electric vehicles by 2030, rising to 3.5 million by 2040, creating a clear need for 100,000‑350,000 public chargers. The paper argues that a shift from a single‑operator, brand‑specific network to an open, interoperable ecosystem will...
Apollo Global Management’s CEO Marc Rowan told Nikkei that Japan’s corporate finance market is becoming more dynamic than London’s, prompting Apollo to expand its private‑credit platform in the country. He highlighted the need for long‑dated funding to support infrastructure, energy...
Vietnam aims to build an international financial centre by drawing on global precedents such as Dubai’s DIFC, China’s Shenzhen and Hangzhou, and Kazakhstan’s AIFC. Experts stress that independent, long‑term regulation, niche specialization in digital and green finance, and adaptive legal...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and HM Treasury have published the Public Sector Finances bulletin for January 2026, delivering the latest estimates of public‑sector net borrowing, net debt and the current budget deficit. The release includes a 51‑page PDF and...
iFOREX listed on the London Stock Exchange at a £43.3 million valuation, equating to roughly 1.1× 2025 revenue and 19.4× earnings. The broker reported $55.1 million revenue and $3.0 million profit for the twelve months to June 2025, down sharply from its 2022 peak....
Progcap, the Tiger Global‑backed fintech, nearly doubled its FY25 revenue to Rs 268 crore, a 93% jump from the prior year. The firm slashed its net loss by 87% to Rs 6 crore and posted a positive EBITDA of Rs 75 crore, delivering a 28% margin....
Africa’s growth potential is hampered by a $350 billion SME financing gap and annual infrastructure needs of $130‑170 billion, far exceeding current investment. While the continent’s population tops 1.5 billion and GDP surpasses $3 trillion, capital flows remain fragmented and short‑term. The article argues...
A viral post claimed Google’s $4 trillion market capitalisation exceeds India’s GDP, prompting entrepreneur Sanjeev Bikhchandani to debunk the analogy. He explained that market cap is a stock measure reflecting investor expectations, while GDP is a flow metric tracking annual economic...
Creator capital markets (CCMs) are emerging as a way for influencers to monetize future earnings through equity, revenue‑sharing tokens, or meme‑coins. Early platforms like GigaStar have raised millions by offering fans a stake in YouTube ad revenue, while crypto launchpads...
Blue Owl Capital announced the sale of $1.4 billion of assets across three credit funds and permanently halted redemptions in one fund to return capital and reduce leverage. The announcement triggered a broad sell‑off in listed alternative‑asset managers such as Apollo,...
OUE Commercial REIT, controlled by Indonesian tycoon Mochtar Riady, is seeking buyers for its flagship One Raffles Place tower in Singapore’s CBD. The sale, handled by CBRE and JLL, targets a reserve price of up to S$2.4 billion, roughly 24% above...
Xerox Holdings Corp. announced its board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.025 per common share, payable April 30, 2026 to shareholders of record March 31, 2026. The company also set a $20 per share quarterly dividend on its Series A...
The First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX® Fund (FXR) has underperformed the sector benchmark XLI since its 2007 launch, delivering a CAGR 1.38 % lower while exhibiting higher volatility and deeper drawdowns. Despite a sophisticated AlphaDEX screening process and a modest value...
Opendoor reported Q4 2025 revenue of $736 million, a 33% drop from the previous year, while net loss ballooned to $1.1 billion, nearly ten times the prior period. New CEO Kaz Nejatian, who took over in September, outlined “Opendoor 2.0” and pledged transparency,...
Commercial real‑estate REITs have recently slumped amid AI‑related worries, but the dip may create a buying window for investors. The NEOS Real Estate High Income ETF (IYRI) stands out with an almost 11% distribution rate and a 3.15% 30‑day SEC...
Quantum eMotion Corp. received approval to list its common shares on NYSE American under the ticker QNC, with trading slated to start around February 24, 2026. The move will see the company exit the OTCQB market while retaining listings on the TSX Venture...
MAS Financial Services (MFSL) posted double‑digit year‑on‑year growth in assets under management, revenue and net profit for the December 2025 quarter and the first nine months of FY 26, driving its stock up 9% versus the BSE Financial Services index. The...
ICMA responded to the FCA’s CP25/32 consultation on improving the UK transaction‑reporting regime, focusing on MiFIR cash‑bond reporting and the SFTR repo reporting framework. The feedback was produced by two dedicated ICMA working groups—a newly formed MiFIR Transaction Reporting Taskforce...
Centerra Gold reported nearly $100 million of free cash flow in the quarter, driven by strong production at Öksüt and elevated metal prices. Gold output reached almost 82,000 ounces and copper 13.4 million pounds, while all‑in sustaining costs rose to $1,652 per...
PPL Corp reported fourth‑quarter 2025 earnings with ongoing EPS of $1.81 per share, a 7.1% year‑over‑year increase that hit the midpoint of its guidance. The utility raised its quarterly dividend to $0.285 and reaffirmed a 4‑6% dividend growth target while...
DNOW completed its merger with MRC Global on November 6, creating a larger, diversified distributor platform. Full‑year 2025 revenue rose 19% to $2.8 billion, and fourth‑quarter adjusted EBITDA reached $61 million, reflecting a 6.4% margin. The integration added $388 million of stub‑period revenue and...
Array Digital Infrastructure closed a $1.018 billion AT&T spectrum sale in January 2026, triggering a $726 million special dividend and enabling TDS Telecom to retire its final $150 million term loan. The company raised its long‑term fiber build target to 2.1 million service addresses...
Amgen reported double‑digit revenue and earnings growth for 2025, driven by strong performance across its oncology, rare‑disease, biosimilar and general‑medicine portfolios. Fourteen products surpassed $1 billion in sales, with Repatha, Evenity and Tespire each posting over 30% year‑over‑year growth. The company...
Safe Bulkers (CMDB) reported adjusted earnings of $0.14 per share for Q4 2025 and declared a $0.05 dividend. The company held $385 million in total liquidity, with $167 million cash and $218 million of undrawn revolving credit. Operating expenses rose 13% year‑over‑year to...
Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) closed a $1.018 billion spectrum sale to AT&T and repaid its remaining $150 million term loan, dramatically strengthening its balance sheet. The company repurchased $67 million of shares in Q4, bringing total buybacks to 2.8 million shares for 2025....
Lamar Advertising reported Q4 2025 acquisition‑adjusted revenue growth of over 4%, driven by a 6% surge in December and continued digital expansion. Adjusted EBITDA rose 3.7% to $288.9 million, lifting margin to 48.5%, while diluted AFFO per share reached $2.24 and...
AdvanSix reported a strong finish to 2025, delivering $157 million of adjusted EBITDA and expanding its margin to 10.3%, up 90 basis points year‑over‑year. Q4 sales rose 9% to $360 million, driven by an 11% volume increase and modest pricing gains, while...
Cogent Communications reported Q4 2025 revenue of $200.1 million, a modest 0.6% sequential decline, while on‑net services grew 7.8% year‑over‑year and now represent 58% of total revenue. Off‑net revenue contracted 17.9% YoY, but the high‑margin Wavelength business surged 74% YoY, expanding to...
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp reported Q4 2025 revenue of $2.97 billion, a 14.8% year‑over‑year increase, and adjusted EPS of $2.10, up 25%, while GAAP EPS fell 4.1% due to restructuring charges. The company expanded its multiyear backlog to $27 billion, up...
Edgewell Personal Care closed its feminine‑care divestiture on Feb. 2, 2026 and reported Q1 2026 results on a continuing‑operations basis. Organic net sales slipped 0.5% overall, with North America posting a near‑1% increase driven by a 60% jump in Sun Care and solid...
M&T Bank’s Wilmington Trust subsidiary is defending a New York lawsuit alleging it failed to fulfill custodial duties for several Tricolor‑related trusts. Plaintiffs claim the bank breached contracts and fiduciary obligations, seeking unspecified damages, interest and fees. M&T reports that...
Blue Owl Capital Corp II, a non‑traded business development company, has halted its quarterly redemption program, effectively gating investors. The manager simultaneously sold approximately $1.4 billion of loans across three of its BDC portfolios to bolster liquidity. The redemption freeze and...
Medallion Financial, the former taxi‑medallion lender, is pivoting to accelerate home‑improvement loan growth, aiming for mid‑teens percentage expansion in 2026. The strategy is anchored by hiring veteran consumer lender Joel Cannon from Regions Financial to lead a dedicated home‑improvement team....
Morningstar released its February 19 2026 Operational Risk Assessment report ranking CMBS servicers and originators. The ranking evaluates entities on credit underwriting, servicing quality, and capital resilience, highlighting the top performers and those with heightened risk exposures. Methodology incorporates recent loss‑experience data...
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced a temporary pricing method for NIC1 options, adjusted MidWestOne contracts, because the cash‑in‑lieu for the 0.75 fractional share remains undetermined. OCC will calculate the NIC1 price by multiplying the closing price of Nicolet Bankshares...
In 2025 Washington’s State Board of Accountancy issued a record 2,086 new CPA licenses, a 16.3% increase from the previous year. Remarkably, more than 60% of those licenses were awarded to international candidates who sat the exam at overseas testing...
TIP Solar, backed by GoodLeap’s residential solar leases and PPAs, has issued $179.7 million in asset‑backed securities. The ABS are collateralized by 7,812 leases held by Jaguar Solar Owner 2026‑1 and structured into A‑ and B‑tranches with anticipated repayments through March 2033 and...
