Financing

Artificial intelligence is gaining a more specific role in post-trade operations, where the quality of underlying data can determine how effectively it is used. Rather than treating AI as a standalone automation tool, financial institutions are increasingly examining how...

Europe's move to a one-business-day settlement cycle is changing the amount of time available for the processes that sit between trade execution and settlement. The transition to T+1 settlement is scheduled for 11 October 2027, giving market participants a...

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-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 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 Banking Group has announced a target of directing £100 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...

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...