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RBC Posts Record $6.0 Billion Net Income

Wealth Management net income rose 32% year-over-year as fee-based client assets lifted the Canadian lender's $8.7 billion pre-provision, pre-tax earnings.
August 31, 2026 · 4 min read

Getty Investors Form Capital-Solutions Group With KED

Getty Investments and KED acknowledged a Section 13(d)(3) group on August 25, 2026, as Getty Images weighs financing alternatives.
August 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Stilwell Group Adds Letter Amendment at Wheeler REIT

The activist group reported a 49.99% stake in the real estate investment trust after new side agreements.
August 25, 2026 · 1 min read

Diamondback Energy sells mineral interests to Viper Energy

The companies entered a definitive purchase agreement for royalty interests in exchange for units and Class B common stock.
August 6, 2026 · 1 min read

Chemours and Chiron Lead Weekly Insider Buying Clusters

Six distinct insiders at Chemours and a $2.5 million commitment at Chiron Real Estate headline a week of concentrated open-market activity.
August 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Insiders Buy Into Boston Scientific Restructuring

Three Boston Scientific executives added $9.3 million in shares as the company accelerates cost reduction initiatives.
August 7, 2026 · 1 min read

Elevance Health Insiders Lead Weekly Buying Clusters

Concentrated open-market purchases emerged across six companies, led by a $1.4 million commitment at Elevance Health.
July 24, 2026 · 1 min read

Banco do Brasil's Credit Costs Ease as Capital Ratio Slips Further

Banco do Brasil's cost of credit fell 2.1% quarter over quarter to R$18.5 billion in the second quarter, even as its CET1 ratio slid another 32 basis points to 11.27%.
August 13, 2026 · 4 min read

BBVA Net Interest Income Rises 2.1% on Spanish Spread Growth

The global financial services group saw net interest income reach €7,627 million in the second quarter.
August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

CaixaBank Raises Interest Income as Margin Narrows

Second-quarter net interest income rose 2.5% to €2.729 billion despite higher funding costs.
August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Insider Buying

GameStop Insiders Bought $21.7 Million of Stock

Four GameStop insiders added 1.07 million shares in a week, the largest cluster of the period.
Insider Signal · September 11, 2026 · 1 min read

Chemours and Chiron Lead Weekly Insider Buying Clusters

Six distinct insiders at Chemours and a $2.5 million commitment at Chiron Real Estate headline a week of concentrated open-market activity.
Insider Signal · August 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Insiders Buy Into Boston Scientific Restructuring

Three Boston Scientific executives added $9.3 million in shares as the company accelerates cost reduction initiatives.
Insider Signal · August 7, 2026 · 1 min read

Elevance Health Insiders Lead Weekly Buying Clusters

Concentrated open-market purchases emerged across six companies, led by a $1.4 million commitment at Elevance Health.
Insider Signal · July 24, 2026 · 1 min read

Netskope and Gloo Lead Weekly Insider Buying Clusters

Six companies saw coordinated open-market purchases by executives and directors this week.
Insider Signal · July 17, 2026 · 1 min read

Simon Property Group Directors Lead Weekly Buying Surge

A concentrated wave of director-level purchasing at Simon Property Group anchors a week of broad insider conviction.
Insider Signal · July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

Liberty Latin America Insiders Commit $31.6 Million

A surge of open-market buying at Liberty Latin America leads a week of concentrated insider conviction across six issuers.
Insider Signal · June 26, 2026 · 1 min read

Fiserv and EquipmentShare Lead Heavy Insider Buying

Six Fiserv insiders and a cluster at EquipmentShare committed millions in open-market purchases this week.
Insider Signal · June 19, 2026 · 1 min read

Concentrated Conviction at Horizon and Hamilton Lane

A surge in cluster buying highlights significant insider commitment across finance and healthcare.
Insider Signal · June 12, 2026 · 1 min read

Concentrated Conviction in Specialty Finance and Biotech

A surge of insider clusters across banking and therapeutics reveals targeted open-market buying.
Insider Signal · June 5, 2026 · 1 min read

Activist Stakes

Getty Investors Form Capital-Solutions Group With KED

Getty Investments and KED acknowledged a Section 13(d)(3) group on August 25, 2026, as Getty Images weighs financing alternatives.
Stake Watch · August 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Stilwell Group Adds Letter Amendment at Wheeler REIT

The activist group reported a 49.99% stake in the real estate investment trust after new side agreements.
Stake Watch · August 25, 2026 · 1 min read

Diamondback Energy sells mineral interests to Viper Energy

The companies entered a definitive purchase agreement for royalty interests in exchange for units and Class B common stock.
Stake Watch · August 6, 2026 · 1 min read

CD&R Adjusts Stake Following Resideo Spin-Off

The investor exchanged preferred shares and extended lock-up restrictions as Resideo separated its global specialty distributor segment.
Stake Watch · August 5, 2026 · 1 min read

Coliseum Capital Management takes stake in Sonos

The investment firm is monitoring the audio company's operations and strategic matters for potential extraordinary transactions.
Stake Watch · August 4, 2026 · 1 min read

Lynrock Lake LP Secures Board Seat at Yext

The investor is transitioning its reporting status as Ms. Paul joins the board of directors.
Stake Watch · July 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Gary Friedman reduces RH stake

The RH executive sold shares to fund personal residence improvements and debt repayment.
Stake Watch · July 13, 2026 · 1 min read

Cerberus Shuffles Board Seats at Eos Energy

The private-equity firm replaces one director with another at the battery maker, exercising its rights as a major preferred shareholder.
Stake Watch · July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

Institutional Ownership

Passive Ownership Shifts in Index Holdings

Recent data shows significant changes in the share of reported holdings held by passive funds.
Passive Ownership Watch · July 22, 2026 · 1 min read

Institutional Exits Hit Honeywell in 2026Q2

Honeywell saw a complete withdrawal from eight institutional holders while Intel experienced fragmented positioning shifts.
Ownership Pulse · July 8, 2026 · 1 min read

Crowded Shorts

EchoStar and BlackSky Lead Surge in Short Crowding

Delayed FINRA settlement data shows a sharp increase in short interest relative to real float for several issuers.
Short Crowding · July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

Buybacks & Dilution

Utilities Lead Quarterly Dilution as Materials Buybacks Gain

Aggregate share counts rose across Utilities, Energy, and Healthcare while Materials and Retail saw net reductions.
Share Count Trends · June 30, 2026 · 1 min read

Fund Flows

Sector Funds Saw Their Largest Weekly Outflow Since March

Money left sector-specific equity funds while broad-market vehicles took in cash — a rotation, not a withdrawal.
Fund Flow Watch · July 24, 2026 · 1 min read

Financials Signal

Hard Assets Draw Capital as Financing Costs Stay High

Long-duration property and infrastructure contracts are attracting fresh capital, while lenders are demanding rich returns and stronger collateral.
Financials Signal · July 16, 2026 · 2 min read

Real Estate Operators Pivot to Liquidity and Asset Recycling

Real estate firms are aggressively optimizing balance sheets through strategic asset sales and debt refinancing as demand for specialized housing holds firm.
Financials Signal · July 9, 2026 · 2 min read

Regional Banks Find Margin Relief as Deposit Costs Dip

Smaller lenders are seeing net interest margins expand as the cost of funding eases and loan portfolios shift toward higher-yield products.
Financials Signal · June 25, 2026 · 2 min read

Regional Banks Shed Risk as Hospitality Recovers

United Community Banks is offloading its equipment finance arm to slash charge-offs and boost capital.
Financials Signal · June 18, 2026 · 3 min read

Capital Recycling and Credit Divergence

Insurance and real estate firms are aggressively restructuring debt and portfolios while subprime lenders show a widening gap in credit quality.
Financials Signal · June 11, 2026 · 2 min read

REITs and banks ride leasing strength, lower deposit costs

Smaller REITs and regional banks report rising rents, falling funding costs, and disciplined capital allocation this week.
Financials Signal · June 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Finance Research

IMF's August Slate Runs Five Article IVs Plus a Ghana Review

The Fund's August 2026 output centers on bilateral surveillance, with five Article IV consultations and one combined Ghana program review rounding out the month.
Central Banking · September 13, 2026 · 2 min read

BIS July Papers Trace How Financial Risk Travels

Six new BIS working papers this month examine how stress moves between sovereigns, banks, non-banks, currencies and firms.
Central Banking · August 4, 2026 · 3 min read

BIS Working Papers Trace Stablecoins Into Monetary Transmission

June's twelve BIS working papers converge on how household beliefs, sovereign debt and stablecoin balance sheets now sit inside the pipeline that carries a policy rate decision into the economy.
Central Banking · July 5, 2026 · 4 min read

Finance Indicators

Policy Rates Diverge as the ECB Cuts and the Fed Holds

Two central banks moved in different directions in the same week, and the spread is now at its widest in two years.
Central Banking · July 25, 2026 · 1 min read

Central Banks

Central Banks Split on Rates, Converge on Guidance Style

The Bank of England and the People's Bank of China are using near-identical conditional language this round even as the major central banks pull in four different directions on rates.
Central Banking · July 9, 2026 · 1 min read

Regional Banking (US)

U.S. Community Bank Deposits Stabilize as Capital Buffers Grow

Regional and community banks saw total assets climb to $3.7 trillion in the first quarter of 2026 amid a broad recovery in deposit flows.
Banking · July 4, 2026 · 1 min read

Global Banking

RBC Posts Record $6.0 Billion Net Income

Wealth Management net income rose 32% year-over-year as fee-based client assets lifted the Canadian lender's $8.7 billion pre-provision, pre-tax earnings.
Global Banks · August 31, 2026 · 4 min read

UBS Investment Bank Revenues Hit Record 3.7 Billion

The global wealth manager reported a 31% year-over-year increase in investment bank revenues driven by a 53% surge in equities.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Standard Chartered Wealth Income Accelerates as Retail Profit Rises

Wealth Solutions income climbed 38% to a record $2.11 billion in the half.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

State Bank of India NII Rises 14.88% on Loan Growth

Net interest income for the lender reached ₹46,992 crores in the first quarter of fiscal 2027.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Royal Bank of Canada Sells Moneris Stake for $1 Billion

The bank returned $3.1 billion to shareholders in the third quarter as net income rose 23% to $5.4 billion.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 1 min read

NatWest Margin Expansion Persists as Loan Growth Accelerates 45%

NatWest Group's net interest margin widened to 2.48% in H1 2026 even as net loans jumped £17.0bn, more than 45% faster than the prior year's pace.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 3 min read

MUFG Profit Surges 48% as Net Interest Income Climbs on Rising Rates

Japan's largest bank by assets reported ¥809.4 billion in first-quarter profit, up 48.2% year-over-year, as net interest income swelled 27.7%.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 3 min read

Itaú Margin Growth Accelerated as Lending Rebounded

Managerial financial margin rose 3.6% from Q1 to R$33.49 billion as credit growth resumed.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Hana Financial Group Fee Income Surges 22.7% in Second Quarter

Asset management and M&A advisory fees drove group fee income to 819.6 billion won in the second quarter.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 2 min read

DBS Wealth Fees and Markets Trading Offset NIM Squeeze in Q2

DBS Group Holdings (DBS) posted a record $3.08 billion in second-quarter net profit even as its net interest margin slipped to 1.87%, with wealth-management fees up 42% year over year filling the gap.
Global Banks · August 13, 2026 · 4 min read

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