Crux, a capital markets technology company focused on clean energy and manufacturing, has raised $50m in a Series B funding round. The investment was led by Lowercarbon Capital, with participation from new investors Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures. The round also saw continued backing from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z),
Taktile, a decision automation platform that is redefining risk management strategies in financial services, has secured $54m in a Series B raise. The funding was spearheaded by Balderton Capital and saw contributions from existing stakeholders including Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, and Visionaries Club, as well as notable investment from Larry Summers,
Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official, said Monday the U.S. central bank is watching for any stresses to the financial system amid a weakening economy, and signaled that stiffer oversight of cryptocurrency is in the offing. The Fed “will be heightening its focus on liquidity, credit, and interest-rate risks as supervised institutions manage
UBS reported on Tuesday a net income of $1.8 billion for the first quarter, revealing that it had taken a considerable hit to earnings from the collapse of Archegos Capital Management. The Swiss bank said that it had taken a $774 million hit to revenue as a result of Archegos’s default earlier in the quarter.
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Dow component The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) is trading lower by more than 2% in Tuesday’s pre-market despite beating fourth quarter 2020 top- and bottom-line estimates by wide margins. The company booked a profit of $2.65 per share, $0.28 better than expectations, while revenue surged 25.1% year over year to $32.26 billion, beating consensus by
Nasdaq-100 component Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) is trading lower by less than 1% in Thursday’s pre-market session after meeting fourth quarter 2020 revenue guidance and beating profit estimates by a small margin. The Chinese search engine giant earned RMB 20.08 per share during the quarter, or $3.10 per share in greenbacks, while revenue rose 4.8% year
