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Nordic Investment Bank Mulls SRTs After Adding Defense Focus
The Nordic Investment Bank is considering adding synthetic risk transfers to its toolkit as a precautionary measure to bolster its balance sheet and give it more scope to lend to industries including defense. Helsinki-based NIB is working with…
U.S. midterms, jobs, earnings put credit markets to the test: SocGen (US10Y:)
Investors face a crowded week of political and economic events, with Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, Friday's employment report and another wave of corporate earnings threatening to disrupt a tentative recovery in global credit markets, according…
Private Equity's Take-It-Or-Leave-It Continuation Deals Frustrate Investors
Private-equity investors fear they are being shortchanged on deals that let fund managers hold their best assets for longer, an increasingly common tool for the buyout industry as its long slump drags on. The use of continuation funds, in which a…
Goldman raises oil price forecast for December and 2027. Here's why
Goldman Sachs is raising its price forecast for oil in December and 2027, citing a high supply disruption risk due to the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, as well as in the Middle East. Markets are pricing in a higher risk premium, as many…
Coinbase has been battered over the past month. Morgan Stanley says steer clear
Coinbase Global could be under sustained pressure following a massive hack on one of its competitors along with a slowdown in crypto trading, according to Morgan Stanley. The investment bank downgraded the crypto exchange to underweight from equal…
The paths to Wall Street success: Where 25 rising stars went to school and started their careers
While there's no single route to the top of Wall Street, some paths are more well-trodden than others. Of the 25 rockstar professionals on Business Insider's Rising Stars of Wall Street, 11 attended Ivy League universities — more than double…
UBS finds itself in the path of NextDC's share price bloodbath
The bloodbath at ASX-listed data centre giant NextDC – which is facing questions about its financial health after a significant delay at a critical Melbourne asset – appears to have spread to a new casualty: UBS. That pain dated back…
Knight's Choice to win 2026 Melbourne Cup: Savana
While Macquarie Capital's quantitative analysts drag their feet on their much-anticipated Melbourne Cup predictions, another player has mailed out its form guide. Sydney-based Savana Active ETFs, which correctly picked Spain as the 2026 FIFA World…
The mid-term races Wall Street and other financial firms are watching
Wall Street and financial market players are watching this year's US midterm elections for more than which party controls Congress. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT A handful of unusually competitive races could determine the fortunes of some of the…
Macquarie's quants have landed on their pick for Melbourne Cup
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
In stock market's troubles, bond platforms see opportunity
Your feedback has been reported succesfully. The Indian stock market's abject performance in recent years has been enough for the government to consider ways to entice foreign investors, who have dumped $52 billion of Indian shares since April 2024…
Top fashion brands divert Christmas stock from struggling David Jones
At least two high-profile womenswear brands are betting on a not so merry Christmas at David Jones, the 188-year-old department store chain that last week kicked off do-or-die restructuring talks with its lenders and landlords. Seed Heritage, a…
Singaporean investment fund, Ovolo circle $75m Sunshine Coast hotel
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
'Triple in five years': Angus Aitken's surprise Barrenjoey pitch
High-profile stockbroker Angus Aitken has surprisingly thrown his support behind home-grown investment bank Barrenjoey, declaring the firm could triple in value over the next five years despite attracting widespread criticism from rival brokers. On…
Evidentia's CEO-turned-chair steps down as GDG wields the axe on staff
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
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