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S&P Global has entered into a strategic collaboration with Cambridge Associates and Mercer to develop comprehensive private markets performance analytics, scheduled to launch in beta by late 2025. Built on S&P Global’s iLEVEL portfolio monitoring platform, the initiative will provide aggregated and anonymized insights into fund performance, fundraising activity, and deal analytics...

Cybersecurity firm Netskope has completed its Nasdaq debut under the ticker NTSK, raising about $992 million after underwriters exercised their over-allotment option. Shares were priced at $19, the top of the expected range, giving the company an implied fully diluted market capitalization of roughly $9.6 billion...

BMO Financial Group has announced that Chief Financial Officer Tayfun Tuzun will retire in early 2026, with Rahul Nalgirkar set to succeed him as CFO on January 1, 2026. Tuzun, who joined BMO in 2020, guided the bank’s finance, treasury, corporate development, and investor relations functions during a period marked by the acquisition and integration of Bank of the West and the expansion of BMO’s North American footprint...

PepsiCo, Unilever, and other major food and beverage companies have launched Supporting Trusted Engagement and Partnership for Agriculture (STEP up for Ag), a new effort to strengthen farmer-facing support organizations across North America. The initiative will provide training, funding, and strategic resources to local groups that work directly with farmers, helping them expand advisory capacity, improve profitability, and adopt regenerative practices...

Snowflake announced the appointment of Brian Robins as its new Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Mike Scarpelli. Robins will oversee Snowflake’s global finance functions, including planning, treasury, tax, reporting, and investor relations, and will play a key role in shaping financial strategies to support the company’s long-term growth. CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy stated, “Brian’s deep commitment to operational rigor and long-term high growth aligns perfectly with the strategic direction of Snowflake”..

As 2025 moves into its final months, CFOs are preparing for a period shaped by both uncertainty and opportunity. A key trend is the broadening of the CFO’s role, with many finance leaders now working more closely with fellow C-Suite Executives or taking on hybrid responsibilities such as CFO-COO positions...

Zentiva, a European generics pharmaceutical company, has announced its planned sale from Advent International to private equity firm GTCR. Advent acquired Zentiva from Sanofi in 2018 and supported the company’s transformation into a standalone business by expanding its medicine portfolio and manufacturing footprint through organic investments and acquisitions...

Blockchain lender Figure Technology raised $787.5 million in its U.S. initial public offering, marking a significant step for digital asset-based financial companies entering mainstream markets. The company, which now trades on Nasdaq under the ticker “FIGR,” sold 31.5 million shares at $25 each, exceeding its revised range of $20 to $22...

Citigroup CFO Mark Mason said the bank expects investment banking fees and market revenue to rise by mid-single digits in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, signaling steady momentum across its core businesses. Speaking at a New York conference, Mason also noted that both revenue and expenses for the full year could surpass earlier guidance of $84 billion and $54.3 billion, respectively, but emphasized that the ratio between the two remains intact—keeping the earnings impact neutral to positive...

More than 350,000 European small and mid-sized businesses are set to benefit from a €17.5 billion financing initiative aimed at cutting energy costs and boosting competitiveness. Announced by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group with support from the European Commission, the program nearly doubles previous funding levels and is expected to mobilize over €65 billion in total investment by 2027...