M&T Bank Profit Rises on Higher Net Interest Income
M&T Bank posted higher fourth-quarter profit, boosted by growth in its net interest income and net interest margin.
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Private Equity Sees Slim Prospects for Big Rebound in Fundraising This Year
Dealmaking is back for buyout firms, but there is little optimism that fundraising will make up for 2025's dismal results.
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Why This CEO Won't Let Private Funds Near His Company's 401(k)
Untangling his father's estate caused an executive to rethink the benefits of alternative investments.
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Housing Affordability Is Topic A. Just Ask Rival Mortgage Lenders Rocket and UWM.
Banks have retreated from home loans because of increased capital requirements and low margins, leaving the field to upstarts like UWM and Rocket.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Bank of China and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.
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Goldman Sachs Profit Rises on Jump in Dealmaking and Lending
The bank reported record annual revenue in its core Wall Street engine of investment banking and trading. Morgan Stanley also benefited from a surge in dealmaking activity.
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Fed's Goolsbee: Investigating as a Pretext Because of a Rate Disagreement 'Is a Mess'
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said anything that is infringing or attacking the independence of the central bank "is a mess."
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Trump's Mortgage Bond Plan Is Bad News for Fannie and Freddie Stocks
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares have slumped as investors fear the administration may keep the companies under government control rather than pursue an IPO.
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Philly Fed's Paulson Says Rate Cuts Can Wait, Shows Support for Powell
In her first interview with a national outlet since taking the job, Anna Paulson says the central bank chair has been "very effective."
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Fed's Schmid Says Inflation Warrants Keeping Interest Rates Unchanged
Schmid, one of three dissenters in Federal Reserve's decision for quarter-point rate cut in December, said that with inflation above the Fed's 2% target for more than four years policymakers don't have room to be complacent.
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Wall Street Powers Nation's Biggest Banks to Record Year
Revenues were up across the board of the leading financial firms, with trading, banking and lending all busy.
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BlackRock Caps 2025 With Record $14 Trillion in Assets
The world's largest money manager posted net income of $1.13 billion, down 33% from a year earlier.
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Investors Flock to Buy Eurozone Government Bonds Even as Supply Jumps
Continued diversification away from U.S. assets is supporting the trend, which has taken hold despite expectations that gross eurozone supply will rise to a record high this year.
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H.I.G. Collects $1.87 Billion to Back European Lower-Midmarket Companies
The U.S. firm wrapped up a fast-paced fundraising on strong investor demand for European midsize businesses.
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Biotech Venture Limped Through 2025. A Brighter 2026 Beckons.
Venture capitalists point to a surge in M&A and a glint of revival in the IPO arena as signs of better days ahead.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 16, 2026 07:00 ET (12:00 GMT)
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