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Proofpoint, a California cybersecurity firm, will take over Florida-based Varonis Systems, a data security firm, in a transaction valued at about $6.3b. AI agents can access and gather corporate data at unimaginable speeds.
They are uniting to best combat AI agents the CEO stated
The rule allowing govt bonds to be seen as liquid is a risk but proposals to remove it have so far failed. Lacking enforcement powers, the ECB continues to urge banks to cut their holdings of their countries’ sovereign debt.
Still, govt bonds made up 41% of commercial banks - FT.
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The London Stock Exchange Group has agreed to pay $3.54b for Octus, a financial data research & analysis firm specializing in intelligence about companies in financial distress.
The deal, which LSEG will borrow money to fund, is its largest since it bought data service Refinitiv for $27b in 2019.