Can the housing market weather Iran conflict 2.0 and higher rates?
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a circular ordering internet brokers and virtual asset trading platform operators (VATPs) in Hong Kong to abandon one-time passwords (OTPs) in favour of phishing-resistant authentication methods, as account takeover attacks targeting client credentials continue to rise. The regulator’s directive, published on 9 July 2026, requires firms to…
Key insight: The Bank of New York Mellon’s raised its full-year guidance, signaling sustained confidence that its push into AI deployment and on-chain financial infrastructure is translating into durable earnings momentum. Expert quote: “The way one gets disintermediated is when you don’t invest, when you don’t participate in the new thing.” — CEO Robin Vince…
After months of congressional gridlock, political jockeying, gradual progress and hard compromises, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is officially law. The mammoth bipartisan package, which broadly seeks to modernize federal housing programs, improve affordability and increase housing supply, passed in the House of Representatives in late June by a 358-32 margin and in…
MeridianLink appointed John Wiseman as chief revenue officer and Adam Gray as chief transformation officer. Wiseman brings more than three decades of leadership experience across financial technology, data and analytics. He served in the same role at Addepar, Real Capital Analytics and FactSet, where he drove sustained revenue growth and led the adoption of innovative…
One perceived weakness of Palantir‘s (PLTR +1.54%) business is that it was too concentrated in its native U.S. On the company’s Tuesday announcement of a major new deal abroad, those worries abated somewhat. Grateful investors pushed the company’s stock 1.4% higher, in a trading session that saw the S&P 500 index slump by 0.5%. South…
The numbers The national average sale price was $673,335 in December 2025, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association – roughly unchanged from December 2024 but up around 57% from the national average of approximately $430,000 in 2015. The National Bank of Canada Housing Affordability Monitor puts the national mortgage payment as a percentage of…