Cumberland's Monday Memo
Cumberland's Monday Memo
Cumberland's Monday Memo
Noah Walters is the co-founder of Tower, a custom-built AI platform for every stage of the due diligence process. He previously practiced at Dentons Canada, where he focused on tech regulatory compliance, private M&A, and venture financings as a founding member of the firm’s FinTech and AI industry teams. Noah is based in Canada. Recorded live…
Ailing Alexandria Real Estate Equities is showing signs of improvement as leasing increased over the second quarter of 2026, a hopeful sign of progress after several quarters of declining fundamentals. The life sciences-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) posted earnings Tuesday that show declining balance sheet performance with $73.7 million in net income for the…
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced a second cash rate hike of 2026, making rare back-to-back moves in February and March. The decision will likely impact variable rate mortgage holders, with two thirds of 2025’s easing now wiped from play due to stubborn inflation and energy price risks. Five of the RBA board’s…
Rate hold path stays intact ahead of September decision The Bank of Canada held its overnight rate at 2.25% on July 15, for the sixth consecutive time, with its next announcement set for September 2. Brokers monitoring variable-rate mortgage exposure will note that divisions among Bank of Canada decisionmakers on the economy’s resilience have surfaced in…
By Sammy Hudes That marks the 22nd consecutive month of year-over-year declines in the average cost being sought by landlords, according to the latest monthly analysis from Rentals.ca and Urbanation. Asking rents have now fallen 7.5% over the past two years. However, July’s decrease was the smallest year-over-year drop since February, and prices continue to…
Webull revealed Monday that it has added CME Group’s E-nano S&P 500 and E-nano Nasdaq-100 futures to its platform, expanding its futures offering with smaller-sized contracts aimed at retail investors. The online investment platform, which has been actively expanding its product suite across artificial intelligence and new trading instruments, said the contracts, which are sized…