geopolitical – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:28:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png geopolitical – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Big Six profits seen rising in 2025: DBRS https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/big-six-profits-seen-rising-in-2025-dbrs/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:28:04 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=499601 Economic outlook supportive for banks, but risks are all to the downside

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]]> Crypto crime up in 2024: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/crypto-crime-up-in-2024-report/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:17:31 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498945 Hacking eased in second half, as North Korean attacks dropped

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]]> Oil prices seen sliding, but volatility risks rising https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/oil-prices-seen-sliding-but-volatility-risks-rising/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:11:47 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498847 Supply and demand should see lower prices, but geopolitics could interfere

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]]> Bank regulators to take a breather in 2025: Fitch https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/bank-regulators-to-take-a-breather-in-2025-fitch/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:12:43 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498745 Amid an expected easing in the U.S., the rating agency has a neutral outlook on global bank regulation

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]]> OSFI seen keeping Big Six buffers unchanged: DBRS https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/osfi-seen-keeping-big-six-buffers-unchanged-dbrs/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:19:13 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498266 Despite intensified uncertainty, risk landscape is largely stable

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]]> U.S., European bank merger prospects rising https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/u-s-european-bank-merger-prospects-rising/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:12:45 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498270 Regulators in both markets are increasingly friendly to bank consolidation: Fitch

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]]> Bank of Canada to run ahead of the Fed: DBRS https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/bank-of-canada-to-run-ahead-of-the-fed-dbrs/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:03:27 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498171 Tariff threats cloud an otherwise positive North American outlook

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]]> Bank sector outlooks improving https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/bank-sector-outlooks-improving/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:01:29 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498112 Moody's, Fitch revise rating outlooks higher

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]]> U.S. inflation risks resurgent: Fitch https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/u-s-inflation-risks-resurgent-fitch/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:30:13 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=498093 Resilient U.S. consumers, tariff threats, immigration shifts potentially inflationary

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]]> Securities industry’s systemic risk worries ease https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/securities-industrys-systemic-risk-worries-ease/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:20:29 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=497904 Level of concern declines alongside interest rates, CSA reports

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