Ceccato: ‘Barclays is focusing on Italia. The EU needs to reform securitisation’

The group is benefiting both from the focus on the space sector – fuelled by SpaceX’s debut and its ‘stellar’ valuations – and from the particularly favourable climate for the defence sector. The German firm Rheinmetall and the French firm Thales are also on the rise

Defence and aerospace sectors are booming in Europe; Avio is also boosted by a 35 million order from France

Banking sector gains are driving the Milan Stock Exchange, alongside signs of détente and the SpaceX effect. Crude oil prices plummeted, with Brent futures down 7.5% on the eighth trading day. During Friday’s trading session, the rest of Europe was hit by rising bond yields. Across the Atlantic, stock markets were closed for a public holiday on the final trading day of the week.

Stock markets: Milan still surging, up 17.6% in the first half of the year - 

Podcast: The opening of the Strait of Hormuz

The group, best known for its gyms, is getting back on track as it prepares to go public with a fundraising target of 175 million pounds

From fitness to the stock market: Virgin Active reduces its debt ahead of its stock market listing

The first Banor senior debt fund will be operational from the second half of 2026, with a target of around 500 million euros, and is open to institutional investors (during the preliminary phase in the UK, it secured a commitment from an anchor investor for 200 million euros). In 2027, the Special Situations III fund, with a similar fundraising target,

Banor: two new funds worth one billion over two years and its debut in <i>senior debt</i>

The fintech company, in which Poste Italiane and Banca Generali hold stakes, has obtained the CASP authorisation required under the European MiCAR regulation. With over 450,000 customers, it will be able to continue offering services related to digital assets and is focusing on developing tokenisation projects for banks, businesses and investors

Conio secures MiCAR licence: green light for crypto services and tokenisation

St is well positioned, with the chip sector buzzing with excitement over the new iPhones and the Apple-Intel alliance

The market rose sharply in the first part of the session, before reversing course in the wake of the US giant

A mixed bag for Avio, between the successful launch of Ariane 6 and the SpaceX effect

Less than a week after its flotation, Elon Musk’s company has become one of the most controversial firms on the financial market

SpaceX takes Wall Street by storm: is it worth less than a thousand billion or more than five thousand?

BC Partners is reportedly leading the consortium. The French group may be delisted

Edenred celebrates the interest shown by investment funds in Paris

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