OxyChem is set to be Berkshire’s largest acquisition since it took over the insurer Alleghany in 2022. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reached a deal to buy Occidental Petroleum’s petrochemical business for about US$9.7 billion in cash. The deal is the latest...
Chainlink launched a groundbreaking technical solution that enables financial institutions worldwide to manage tokenised fund workflows directly through their existing Swift messaging infrastructure at Sibos Frankfurt. This announcement includes plans for a production rollout of SWIFT’s integration with Chainlink’s Cross-Chain...
Today, global trade faces high volatility and regulatory scrutiny. To help institutions navigate these challenges, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Trade Register serves as the foundation of risk assessment. With over a decade of aggregated data spanning $25.7...
A combination of greater clarity on trade tariffs and growth in global stock markets, has seen the net assets of European investment funds rise above €24 trillion. Figures for July 2025 provided by the European Fund and Asset Management Association...
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase have landed leading roles in the largest leveraged buyout ever, as Electronic Arts agreed to a $55bn sale to a consortium led by Silver Lake. Goldman is serving as adviser to EA, while JPMorgan is...
New issue activity increases in most segments, JP Morgan tops rankings. Global capital markets activity — both equity and debt issuance — is up so far this year, according to new data from LSEG Data & Analytics. Through the first nine...
Business consulting services firm CGI has partnered with Barclays to integrate its global trade finance solution, CGITrade360, with Komgo’s platform Konsole. Connecting Komgo’s multi-bank network with CGI’s processing capabilities aims to provide Barclays with increased transaction speed, reduce the need...
Nature finance is gaining momentum, but the complexity of the sector often leaves nature underpriced, undervalued and underfinanced, a new report has said. A new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, Finance Solutions...
Global currency trading volumes soared to a record $9.6 trillion a day in April as Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' U.S. trade tariff blitz triggered widespread market volatility, the world's most comprehensive FX market survey showed on Tuesday. The Bank for...
Sector could amplify and spread economic shocks. While Fitch Ratings doesn’t currently view the private credit sector as a systemic risk, it warns an episode of economic stress could expose it as an increasingly important channel for transmitting risk across...
