Newswire: Feb 9, 2026 2:54 AM EST

Highlights:

• Apollo Global Management teams up with Schroders to develop funds targeting wealth and pension clients in a strategic partnership expected to raise billions annually. Source

• Advent International and FedEx-led consortium agrees to acquire Polish parcel-locker company InPost at €7.8 billion valuation. Source

• Nikkei 225 jumps after Japan's ruling LDP achieves biggest post-war single-party election victory under PM Sanae Takaichi. Source

• China's low interest rates drive surge in interbank borrowing as financial institutions use cheap funding to purchase bonds. Source

• Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister says government will begin discussing updated Vision 2030 strategy for next five years this week. Source