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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global M&A Nears $4T as Megadeals Defy Geopolitics

Global mergers and acquisitions are on track to reach roughly $4 trillion in total value in 2026. That's up 13% from 2025 — only the second-highest spike to the pandemic-era peak of 2021 — that figure obscures a market increasingly defined by a handful of blockbuster transactions.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ecobank Bets $450M Africa’s Biodiversity Can Be Saved

In May, Togo’s Ecobank became the first commercial bank in Africa to issue a nature bond, mobilizing $450 million that...

Technology

PwC, OpenAI Prep AI Treasury Agents

Working in conjunction, global accountancy and advisory firm PwC and OpenAI are bringing agentic AI to CFOs and their organizations....

BSIC Sénégal: Bridging Innovation and Financial Inclusion in Africa

Sami Gargouri, Directeur Général, discusses how BSIC Sénégal plays a pivotal role in the BSIC Group's pan-African strategy—driving innovation, supporting SMEs, and fostering financial inclusion across the Sahel-Sahara region.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Bolivia Plans New Electricity Law Amid National Crisis

Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Marcelo Blanco said that allowing private companies to import and export energy products would end ENDE’s state-run electricity monopoly.

Banking

US Banks Ace Fed’s 2026 Stress Test

This year’s Federal Reserve Stress Test, which involved 32 U.S. banks, simulated a hypothetical real estate Armageddon in which commercial...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nike Names New CFO as Turnaround Stumbles

Nike Inc. said Tuesday it has hired David Denton as its next chief financial officer, tapping the former Pfizer Inc....

News

Citi Taps Gaming Exec as India M&A Chief

Citigroup Inc. has appointed veteran investment banker Raj Rathi as its new head of mergers and acquisitions in India, effective...

TDB Group at 40: Reflecting on Four Decades of African Growth

Celebrating 40 years of advancing trade, regional economic integration, and sustainable development across the continent, with Admassu Tadesse, Group President and Managing Director at development bank TDB Group.

Banking

Assessing Alan Greenspan’s Legacy

Alan Greenspan, the second-longest serving chairman of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, has died just months after his 100th...

News

Banks Send in the Clones

Banks are testing products on fake customers. It's faster, cheaper, and ethically murky.

News

JPMorgan Names Aiyengar as Head of Investment Banking

JPMorgan Chase, the global leader in investment banking revenue, has named Anu Aiyengar global chair of Investment Banking and M&A,...

News

A Commercial Real Estate Reckoning in the Making

Delinquencies are soaring past 12%, yet loan originations are up 50%. Inside the starkly divided reality of the 2026 commercial real estate market.

Beyond Speed and Cost: The Push for Transparency in Cross-Border Payments

As cross-border payments evolve, Frantz Teissèdre, Head of Public Affairs for Cash Clearing Services at Societe Generale and a member of the G20 Payments, Interoperability, and Extension (PIE) Task Force, examines how the focus on transparency is raising the bar for efficiency, security, and trust in global payments systems.

News

Private Markets Are the New Must-Haves

With valuations of nonpublic companies reaching record levels on the back of the AI boom, private-market access is increasingly becoming...