Banking / Financial Services
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- TPG-Led Investor Group Acquires Grocery-Anchored Retail Leader ECHO Realty
- 6/8/2026 5:09:59 PM
- TPG Real Estate (“TPG”) announced the acquisition of ECHO Realty (“ECHO”), a full-service owner and operator of best-in-class grocery-anchored retail real estate, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion.
- UK innovation firms plan to scale at home despite procurement delays slowing routes to revenue
- 6/8/2026 10:17:18 AM
- • 56 per cent of UK innovation firms are planning next major phase of growth in the UK • 71 per cent are upbeat about their own business prospects • Computer hardware and defence-focused firms report highest increase in cash inflows into Barclays accounts amongst Tech and Innovation businesses • This is despite sales being slowed by delays, with 54 per cent citing …
- HearstLab & Fitch Learning Take Major Stake in Founderz To Launch Strategic AI Partnership To Help Close Industry Skills Gap
- 6/8/2026 10:12:29 AM
- Fitch Learning, the global leader in financial services education, and Founderz, Europe’s premier AI business school, announced a strategic partnership that will provide learners worldwide with innovative, personalized training that combines Fitch’s deep expertise in financial services education with Founderz’s award-winning, multilingual AI learning platform and global …
- EU implements Palestine facility with $395 million for local banks and €2.1 million in technical assistance
- 6/8/2026 10:06:16 AM
- • The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission are launching the implementation of the €400 million facility announced in October 2025 by making available up to $395 million for Palestinian micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs).
- Standard Chartered appoints Edward McBride as Global Head, Consumer & Retail, M&A Advisory
- 6/8/2026 10:00:34 AM
- Standard Chartered announces the appointment of Edward McBride as Global Head, Consumer & Retail, M&A Advisory, effective today. Based in London, Edward will report to Rajesh Singhi, Global Head, M&A Advisory.
- Barclays highlights gambling support ahead of a summer of sport
- 6/5/2026 9:41:16 AM
- With the FIFA World Cup kicking off on 11 June, Barclays is encouraging customers to feel more in control of their spending as excitement around a summer of sport grows.
- Aviva expands ChatGPT app to life insurance applications
- 6/4/2026 9:45:31 AM
- Aviva has expanded its ChatGPT app to allow customers to obtain an initial life insurance quote. The development builds on Aviva’s Chat GPT launch in April which enables customers to receive a quote for its home insurance Signature policy.
- Hospitality and leisure sector boosts investment in the experience economy despite rising costs
- 6/4/2026 9:39:26 AM
- Barclays’ new Hospitality & Leisure (H&L) report reveals that businesses are continuing to invest and expand, particularly in providing experience-led offerings, even as rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty impacts confidence and consumer spending.
- Are You Ready to Buy a Home? Most Prospective First-Time Buyers Aren’t and Don’t Know It
- 6/3/2026 11:00:24 AM
- For many Americans, buying a home is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. But with the annual homebuying season kicking into full gear, a new Wells Fargo quiz reveals a troubling knowledge gap: most would-be buyers don’t understand some basic facts about purchasing a home.
- Nippon Life Insurance Company Enters into Strategic Partnership with Blackstone
- 6/3/2026 10:22:05 AM
- Nippon Life Insurance Company (“Nippon Life”) has entered into a memorandum of understanding for a comprehensive strategic partnership (the “Strategic Partnership”) with Blackstone (“Blackstone”) to provide investment management services in the private credit and real estate sectors.
- Rick Hansen Foundation, RBC and RBC Foundation Announce 40 Recipients of the RBC Barrier Buster Grants Program
- 6/3/2026 10:18:29 AM
- • Forty communities across Canada -- including municipalities, schools and community groups -- will each receive grants of up to $40,000 to fund physical accessibility improvements through RBC Barrier Buster Grants Program.
- “Future Walking” by Rafael Manzon is Now an International Bestseller
- 6/2/2026 2:27:39 PM
- Best Seller Publishing is proud to announce the International Bestselling status of “Future Walking: Déjà Vu for Money, Health, and Happiness” by entrepreneur, strategist, and thought leader Rafael Manzon.
- Barclays calls for refocussed UK strategy to attract global capital
- 6/2/2026 9:49:20 AM
- Today, Barclays has published a report calling for a refocussed UK foreign investment strategy to strengthen its position as a global investment hub, helping to deliver an investment-led growth model by attracting more high-quality international capital.
- Blackstone Raises its Largest Asia Private Equity Fund at $13.1 Billion
- 6/2/2026 9:36:59 AM
- Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced the final close of Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III (“BCP Asia III”) at $13.1 billion, exceeding its $10 billion target and marking the firm’s largest private equity fundraise in the region.
- RBC Investor Services surpasses $3 trillion assets under administration with strong momentum in Canadian market
- 6/2/2026 9:33:14 AM
- RBC Investor Services (RBCIS), a Canadian leader in asset servicing, reached C$3.1 trillion in assets under administration in Q2 2026, up 15% year over year.
- Oracle, Related Digital, Blackstone, OpenAI, Walbridge and Governor Whitmer Celebrate Construction of Stargate Campus in Saline Township
- 6/2/2026 9:08:10 AM
- Oracle, Related Digital, Blackstone, OpenAI, Walbridge, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated construction of The Barn, the multi-billion-dollar Stargate data center campus under construction in Saline Township, which is the single largest economic investment in Michigan’s history.
- Papua New Guinea to expand drinking-water networks with $25 million in financing from EIB Global
- 6/2/2026 9:01:07 AM
- • EIB Global provides Papua New Guinea with €25 million concessional loan combined with a €16.4 million financial contribution by the European Union to increase availability of drinking water countrywide.
- Visma’s Inexchange emerges as Europe’s leading e-invoicing solution
- 6/1/2026 1:56:07 PM
- Visma, a global provider of mission-critical business software, announces the merger of four of its Nordic companies - Inexchange, Maventa, mySupply and efacto - to create one of Europe’s leading providers of e-invoicing solutions.
- I Squared Capital Launches U.S. AI Inference and Edge Colocation Data Center Platform
- 6/1/2026 1:53:21 PM
- I Squared Capital (“I Squared”), a leading global infrastructure investment manager, announced that it has entered into a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire a portfolio of ten data center facilities from Cogent Fiber, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
- Americans Are Paying More at the Pump–But Buying Less Overall, Rocket Money Study Reveals
- 6/1/2026 1:48:32 PM
- • The average Rocket Money user spent 29% more on gas in early May than in early February, and 34% more than a year ago. Gas prices rose nearly twice as much, though, signaling that drivers are getting by on less fuel.