Reona Sasaki of Japan Securities Finance Co. analyzes the growth and dynamics of the Japanese Government Bond (JGB) repo market, highlighting its response to Bank of Japan policy changes, arbitrage opportunities, and increasing international participation.

Sunil Daswani, repo business lead at MarketAxess, discusses how the firm's Post-Trade Repo platform addresses operational inefficiencies in the repo market, enhances regulatory compliance, and prepares for future trends like T+1 settlement and blockchain.

HDB Financial Services’ ₹12,500 crore IPO saw a 16.69x overall subscription, with qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) oversubscribing 55.47x, driven by strong fundamentals and HDFC Bank’s backing, while retail investors subscribed only 1.41x due to valuation concerns and past IPO disappointments.

Labour’s 2025 industrial strategy embraces state-led investment in industry and clean energy, critiquing market failures, but avoids challenging the financial system’s dominance, risking limited economic transformation.

An analysis of three artificial intelligence (AI) stocks—Palantir Technologies, Upstart Holdings, and CoreWeave—projected to drop significantly based on select Wall Street price targets, highlighting valuation risks and market challenges.

Sweden’s Norrsken Foundation has pledged €300 million ($348 million) to invest in European startups leveraging AI to address global challenges in climate, health, food, education, and society, aiming to drive impactful solutions beyond commercial applications.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and COO Brad Lightcap discussed AI’s impact on jobs, regulation, talent competition, and OpenAI’s Microsoft partnership in a Hard Fork podcast interview, highlighting Trump’s grasp of AI’s geopolitical and economic significance.

A summary of recent news highlights covering the Las Vegas Raiders' AI adoption under Pete Carroll, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's relationship, NFL updates, WNBA developments, MLB news, and other trending topics like social security and stimulus payments.