Pro Medicus FY26 slides: record growth, margins near 75%

The European Central Bank is expanding its digital euro efforts with its new Pontes solution. Announced Monday (Sept. 21), Pontes allows wholesale transactions in tokenized assets to be settled using central bank money. “The Eurosystem is working to enable a more integrated, innovative and resilient European financial market in the digital age,” Christine Lagarde, president of the ECB, said…

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With unaffordability on the rise, younger Americans are less frequently turning to homebuying as a primary way to build wealth and create economic stability. Low starter-home inventory and high costs are among the main drivers, as millennials and Generation Z turn to alternative ways to build wealth.  Processing Content Nine in 10 adults younger than…

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., a leading provider of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, reported that the national delinquency rate rose 14 basis points (bps) to 3.53% in August but was effectively flat after accounting for the prior month’s calendar-driven decline. That’s according to the August 2026 ICE First Look at mortgage delinquency,…

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) on Tuesday proposed a Public Insurance Registry (PIR) as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for the insurance sector.   The regulator said its consultation paper linked the proposal to the objectives of the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025.   Irdai described…

LPL Financial has added HighWater Wealth, a San Diego-based firm with $2.4 billion in advisory assets focused on high-net-worth investors, from U.S. Bank. The team has joined Quotient Advisor Partners, an office of supervisory jurisdiction of LPL. The HighWater team includes Kristian Forster, Mike Rookus, Falko Hörnicke, Tim Davidson and Brian Rissman. They focus on…