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ONEOK Secures $9 Billion Apollo Investment for Brazos Deal

ONEOK has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brazos Midstream's Permian Midland Basin natural gas gathering and processing assets for $4.425 billion in cash. The deal, announced on 30 August 2026, is backed by a $9 billion nonvoting...

Blue Owl Leads $2.4 Billion AI Factory Financing for IREN

Blue Owl-managed funds have led $2.4 billion in AI Factory Financing for IREN, providing capital for the purchase of NVIDIA Accelerated Computing Infrastructure for the Mackenzie data centre campus in British Columbia, Canada. The AI Factory Financing consists of a...

Canada and AfDB Advance Development Finance Framework

Canada and the African Development Bank Group are consolidating their financial partnership into a single integrated investment framework. The approach brings together development finance, export credit, climate finance and private-sector engagement under one coordinated structure, with the aim of...

Lloyds Sets ยฃ100bn Sustainable Finance Target by 2030

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a target of directing ยฃ100 billion into sustainable finance and transition finance by 2030. Alongside this commitment, the bank has launched a new Sustainable and Transition Finance Framework that sets out how the capital...

Strengthening Operational Resilience in Modern Financing

In the contemporary financial landscape, the definition of stability has evolved significantly. While capital and liquidity remain the traditional pillars of institutional health, a third pillar has emerged as equally critical: operational endurance. As the industry becomes more interconnected...

Intelligent Data Governance Driving Capital Markets Globally

In the hyper-competitive world of capital markets, data is often described as the new oilโ€”a raw resource that, when refined, powers everything from algorithmic trading to complex risk modeling. However, the sheer volume, variety, and velocity of financial data...

Ways to Foster Global Competitiveness in European Markets

The landscape of international finance is more contested than ever before, with established hubs and emerging markets vying for the same pool of global capital. For Europe, maintaining its position as a leading financial center requires a strategic and...

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