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Anthropic's Public Debut Arrives as AI Backlash Becomes a Formal Risk
The Claude maker is heading for a record listing while investors, voters and politicians push back on AI data centres. I...
Moody's Upgrades ECOWAS Development Bank BIDC to B1, One Step Closer to Investment Grade
Moody's has lifted BIDC to B1 with a stable outlook, citing capital strength and AfDB's new institutional stake. The upg...
India's $20-Trillion-by-2036 Plan: Five Engines, 20 Reforms and a Rupee Bet
The Equirus policy report says India must let services climb from $2 trillion to more than $11 trillion, release trapped...
Egypt Weighs Joint-Stock Conversion for Bourse to Deepen Capital Markets
A proposal to turn Egypt's bourse into a shareholding company is splitting market professionals: backers see more flexib...
AFC Raises CHF350 Million in Landmark Digital Bond for African Issuers
The Africa Finance Corporation priced a five-year digital note at 1.4925%, with 90% of demand from Swiss investors and t...
Mozambique Stock Exchange Net Income Plunges 86% in 2025 as Fee and Investment Income Slide
The Bolsa de Valores de Moçambique (BVM) saw net income fall to just €477,000 last year, driven by lower commissions fro...
Achieve Closes $261.5 Million HELOC Securitization, First of 2026
The non-bank lender’s ninth overall deal bundles 3,129 home equity lines with a 65.67% weighted average combined loan-to...
Turkey’s Participation Banks Set 119.5 Billion Lira Sukuk Record in First Half of 2026
Total sukuk issuance by Turkish participation banks reached 119.5 billion lira in H1 2026, pushing the cumulative volume...
China's M&A Market Jumps 60.7% in 2025 as Policy Reshapes Deal Logic
Chinese M&A activity hit 2,800 deals worth over 964 billion yuan in 2025, with policy support and AI tools reshaping how...
Milei Proposes Permanent Fiscal Lock, Capital Market Liberalization and Insurance Overhaul
Argentina’s president unveiled three interconnected bills: a constitutional fiscal balance mandate with automatic govern...
NASD Launches Nigeria’s First Regulated Digital Securities Platform
Nigeria’s NASD OTC Securities Exchange goes live with a blockchain-based platform for tokenised securities, with the fir...
KIB Invest Co-Manages $2.75 Billion Saudi Sovereign-Backed Sukuk
Kuwait’s KIB Invest acted as Joint Lead Manager on a landmark two-tranche Islamic bond for the Saudi Real Estate Refinan...
Bundesbank Pushes for Digital Euro and Capital Markets Union to Secure European Sovereignty
Bundesbank President calls for rapid progress on the digital euro and the savings and investments union, warning that Eu...