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Houlihan Lokey: Hiring Top Talent Is The Key

Houlihan Lokey’s global co-heads of corporate finance, Jay Novak and Larry DeAngelo, discuss the sector-focused strategy that earned their firm the award for Best Investment Bank for M&A in North America.

Winner Insights

Rand Merchant Bank: Cautious Optimism

Rob Leon, Co-Head of Investment Banking at Rand Merchant Bank, explains Africa’s opportunities to become a global investment hub.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Saudi Arabia: IPO Magnet

Saudi Arabia’s IPO market is entering a more mature phase as listings surge and foreign investor engagement grows. But can it weather the crisis in the Gulf?

How European Corporates Are Redefining Capital Market Strategy

After an extended period of caution, Europe’s largest corporates are no longer sitting on the sidelines – they are actively reshaping the capital markets landscape.

Banking

UniCredit Tests Germany’s Resolve On Commerzbank

UniCredit faces resistance from management and Berlin, as Orcel pushes to cross a 30% threshold and force a takeover of Commerzbank.

Banking

AI: The Crowding-Out Effect

AI infrastructure spending surge could crowd out borrowers as $830 billion capex boom competes for capital, though credit markets remain resilient so far

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ex-Meta Chief AI Scientist Launches Startup

Meta AI veteran Yann LeCun raises $1 billion for AMI, betting on world models to rival today’s text-based AI systems.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New Toyota CEO To Sharpen Focus On Profits

Toyota's new chief, Kenta Kon, is tasked with prioritizing cost discipline and resilience as geopolitical pressures reshape the auto industry.

Expanding In Africa: How Egypt’s CIB Is Pursuing Cross-Border Growth

Looking beyond its home market in Egypt, Commercial International Bank’s (CIB’s) Islam Zekry, Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member, reveals the bank’s vision to be a key financial partner for African economic expansion. To do this, it is leveraging Kenya as a strategic hub, while prioritising high-growth sectors and supporting SMEs, corporates and Egyptian exporters.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

SEC Mulls Semiannual Reporting

SEC weighs semiannual reporting, easing quarterly burden, aligning with global markets and potentially boosting IPO appeal for smaller US companies.

Features

Scandals Slow Private Credit Juggernaut

Leading private credit firms on Wall Street, including Blue Owl, Apollo Global Management, and BlackRock, are in choppy seas as share prices and private credit loans take a hit.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nvidia-Meta Pact Signals New AI Era Of Scale—And Power Constraints

Meta taps Nvidia in multibillion-dollar AI deal, scaling data centers for training and inference as power constraints reshape priorities.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Alphabet Taps Debt Markets With 100-Year Issuance

Alphabet goes long—issuing rare 100-year bond to lock in funding for AI, data centers, and cloud ambitions.

Digital Transformation Blueprint and Showcasing Shell Treasurys Digital Journey

Digitization is critical to the future of finance and treasury. To realize its fullpotential, companies should develop a framework and execution plan thatincorporates a holistic approach. A good example of a company taking suchan approach isShell, writes Swati Mitra, Global Practice Lead, Digital ClientAdvisory, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFO Turnover Rates Quicken

CFO turnover surged in 2025, with rising promotions to CEO roles reflecting the evolving leadership expectations in uncertain times.