Dawn Kopecki

Washington, D.C., United States

Corporate Finance Editor, Americas and ESG at Reuters

Doing something new @Semafor. Former Deputy Biz & Finance Editor @TheMessenger Sr Editor @CNBC Biz Editor @ExpressNews @Business @BW @WSJ /DJ PSU |Opinions MINE

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M&A deal signing hits 20 year-low after Trump's 'Liberation Day'

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Dawn Kopecki |Chizu Nomiyama |Sabrina Valle |Matthew Lewis

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bankers and CEOs hit the brakes on mergers and acquisitions after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a global trade war on April 2, with fewer deals getting signed than during the bleakest days of the COVID-19 pandemic and the...
Top officials to leave US SEC's anti-bribery unit, sources say

1 month ago | ground.news | Chris Prentice |Dawn Kopecki

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Top Officials to Leave US SEC's Anti-Bribery Unit, Sources Say

1 month ago | usnews.com | Chris Prentice |Dawn Kopecki

By Chris Prentice and Dawn KopeckiNEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two leaders of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's foreign corrupt practices unit are leaving the agency, according to two people familiar with the matter, at a time when the Trump administration has been hitting the brakes on anti-corruption enforcement.
Top officials to leave US SEC's anti-bribery unit, sources say

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Dawn Kopecki |Paul Simao |Chris Prentice

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two leaders of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's foreign corrupt practices unit are leaving the agency, according to two people familiar with the matter, at a time when the Trump administration has...
Analysis-Trump turbulence stalls large pharma and biotech deals, bankers say

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Dawn Kopecki |Bill Berkrot |Sabrina Valle

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Large deals involving pharmaceutical and biotech companies are stalling as executives grapple with mercurial White House economic policies that have roiled markets and set off a global trade war, according to four top healthcare...
Analysis-In TikTok sale, the White House is playing an unprecedented role

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Dawn Kopecki |Kane Wu |Milana Vinn |Dawn Chmielewski

(Reuters) - In the closely watched sale of TikTok, the White House is playing the role of investment bank, with Vice President JD Vance running the auction. It is an unprecedented level of involvement in a private deal by the country's highest office...
Trump policies cast chill on Wall Street dealmaking

2 months ago | today.westlaw.com | Dawn Kopecki |Svea Herbst Bayliss |Milana Vinn |Sabrina Valle

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A private equity firm in early talks to buy a small U.S. snack food maker and merge it with a Canadian rival was optimistic about getting a deal done this year - until U.S. President Donald Trump took office in late January.
BlackRock to buy Hong Kong firm's Panama Canal port stake amid Trump pressure

2 months ago | today.westlaw.com | Ross Kerber |Dawn Kopecki |Suzanne McGee |Lisa Shumaker

(Reuters) -An investor group backed by BlackRock agreed to buy a majority stake in the Hong Kong-based company that runs ports along either side of the Panama Canal, giving a U.S. firm control of key docks amid pressure from the White House to take...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Says Trump 'Wasn't Wrong About Some of These Critical Issues'

Jan 17, 2024 | themessenger.com | Rocio Fabbro |Dawn Kopecki

JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon gave props Wednesday to former President Donald Trump for his handling of the U.S. economy and several other "critical" issues that marked his four years in office. “He was kind of right about NATO, he was kind of right about immigration, he grew the economy quite well, tax reform worked, he was right about some of China," Dimon said in an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Goldman Sachs' Suddenly Important Asset Management Division Shines in What Would Have Otherwise Been a Terrible 4Q

Jan 16, 2024 | themessenger.com | Dawn Kopecki |Al Lewis

Goldman Sachs on Tuesday reported a 51% jump in profits for the fourth-quarter and soundly topped earnings and revenue forecasts, riding strong performance in its asset and wealth management business. But revenue from the global banking and markets segment Goldman is known for — trading and advising on big corporate deals — fell 3% year-over-year to $6.35 billion during the last three months of the year.