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Deutsche Bank analysts warn that private credit - especially direct lending - continues to weigh on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, creating persistent headwinds for boutique advisory firms whose deal flow relies heavily on sponsor-backed transactions. The bank highlights measurement challenges around private credit usage, its outsized role…
Visma AS, the privately held software company backed by private equity firm Hg, has pushed its planned initial public offering into 2027, according to Bloomberg. The business had earlier shifted a 2026 IPO to October after a selloff in technology shares tied to AI concerns and is now unlikely to list this year. Visma had provisionally selected Lond…
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on March 27 vacated a $16.1 billion judgment that a lower court awarded to former YPF shareholders who sued Argentina over its 2012 seizure of the state-owned oil company. The appeals court questioned the case's presence in U.S. courts and noted that a UK-based litigation fun…
Barclays analysts mapped companies integral to the artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout, identifying leaders across compute, chip design, foundry services and data-center hardware. The bank notes Western hyperscalers and AI labs could push annual AI infrastructure spending above $1 trillion ahead of a projected peak in 2028 and flagged m…
Jose Luis Crespo, who recently succeeded Andy Marsh as CEO of Plug Power, said his near-term focus is on execution: converting the company’s technological deployments into predictable, profitable revenue streams. Crespo highlighted large-scale projects in Europe, a clear timeline for margin milestones through 2028, and a multi-pronged approach to d…
Carnival Corp trimmed its annual adjusted earnings-per-share forecast as rising fuel costs tied to unrest in the Middle East increase margin pressure. The company, which does not hedge fuel, said its guidance now reflects fuel purchased in March and early April and assumes specific Brent crude averages for the rest of April through the fourth quart…
Mizuho analyst Jordan Klein described markets as stagnant and prone to forced selling amid persistent geopolitical tensions. Equity volumes were exceptionally light, fund managers trimmed risk, and systematic strategies continued to reduce exposure as volatility rose. Semiconductor and AI-related stocks were especially weak, while software and IT s…
Airlines around the world continue to adjust schedules and cancel services as the Iran war has led to closures of key Middle Eastern air hubs. Carriers from Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East have announced suspensions and delays affecting routes to and from Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi and other regional destinations. Some airline…
One and One Green Technologies (NASDAQ:YDDL) saw its shares climb 29% Friday morning after unveiling a Luzon-based copper-gold ore tailings slag recovery venture in the Philippines. The company intends to source tailings slag through partnerships with small-scale mining operators in Luzon, process material at its main plant, and export recovered me…
Heightened conflict in the Middle East has driven unprecedented trading activity at Intercontinental Exchange, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, with futures, options and equities hitting multiple records in March as investors responded to risks to energy supply and broader market uncertainty. Commodity open interest and closing auction volume…
Bank of America upgraded Tripadvisor from Neutral to Buy, increasing its price target to $15 from $14, and pointed to heightened activist involvement from Starboard Value and growing strategic optionality as drivers for unlocking value across Tripadvisor's portfolio, particularly in Viator and TheFork.
This report catalogs the most notable insider purchases and sales filed for Thursday, March 26, 2026, and the surrounding days. It details meaningful insider buys at a handful of smaller-cap companies alongside large block disposals by major shareholders and insiders at several publicly traded firms. Each transaction is presented with the reported …
Futures tied to Canada's principal stock index declined modestly on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a White House deadline for potential strikes on Iran, a move that offered only limited comfort to investors. Equity futures in both Canada and the United States moved lower as risks tied to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, disru…
Shares of Avis Budget Group (CAR) and Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ) declined Friday after the U.S. Senate approved legislation to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security and President Donald Trump signaled he would issue an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents. The legislative progress and the president's stat…
Savannah Guthrie is scheduled to return to the Today show in the studio on April 6, marking her first in-person broadcast since January 30. Her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing from her Arizona home two days later; the family has received ransom notes and offered a $1 million reward for information leading to her recovery.
British equities extended losses on Friday as ongoing tensions in the Middle East dampened investor appetite. The FTSE 100 and sterling both fell, while fresh official data showed a month-on-month drop in February retail sales. Corporate headlines saw AstraZeneca shares rise after positive trial results and Harbour Energy stock slip following a lar…
U.S. stock futures opened lower on Friday while crude oil reclaimed levels above $110 a barrel after a presidential extension to a deadline tied to Iranian energy infrastructure failed to calm markets. By mid-morning futures for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were all trading down, and a range of individual equities from energy majors to biotech a…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced the appointment of five independent directors and a cooperation agreement with Elliott Investment Management L.P., moves that produced a short-lived uptick in the stock before it retreated and finished lower amid pressure from higher oil prices. The board will shrink to nine members, eight of whom will be in…
UBS has trimmed price targets across a range of European carriers, citing a sharp rise in jet kerosene and the continuing Middle East conflict as headwinds. While most ratings were left unchanged, the bank made notable downward revisions to earnings and price targets for several airlines, with Air France-KLM and Wizz Air facing the most substantial…
RBC Capital Markets identifies a group of large-cap U.S. banks that it believes are entering a turning point as 2026 approaches. Analysts point to improving operating leverage, easing regulatory constraints, and potential for stronger capital returns as the main drivers. The report highlights the role of scale, diverse revenue streams, and efficien…
A growing number of countries have introduced or are preparing laws to restrict children’s access to social media platforms, citing concerns about health, safety and addictive product features. Measures range from full bans for users under certain ages to parental-consent regimes, mandatory age verification and curbs on features such as infinite sc…
Oaktree Capital Management’s Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund (OSC) will meet 100% of first-quarter redemption requests totaling 8.5% of shares. The fund plans to repurchase about 13.9 million shares, equal to 6.8% of outstanding shares, while parent Brookfield will buy a further 1.7% of shares. The move comes amid heightened scrutiny of private credi…
J.P. Morgan lowered its rating on Finnish telecom operator Elisa to underweight from neutral, pointing to higher customer churn, intensifying pricing pressure and slowing mobile revenue growth. The bank left its December 2027 price target for Elisa at €39, signaling roughly 10% downside from the stock's March 26 close of €43.50. J.P. Morgan retaine…
Emerging-market sovereign and corporate bond issuance that surged at the start of the year has largely paused as volatility linked to the Iran conflict drives up borrowing costs and prompts investor caution. While a handful of oil-linked issuers have successfully tapped markets, many countries face a funding limbo as secondary-market dynamics, outf…
Major cybersecurity stocks declined sharply on Friday after reports emerged that descriptions of Anthropic’s upcoming AI model, codenamed Claude Mythos, were exposed in a publicly accessible data cache. The startup attributed the exposure to 'human error' in its content management configuration. The draft suggested a new, larger model tier called '…
