** Bank of America keeps a positive outlook on European finance platforms, citing "structural and cyclical tailwinds" in a sector note, with Germany's flatexDEGIRO FTKn.DE as top stock pick
** The brokerage sees AI fears as "significantly overdone," and expects recent momentum in trading activity and rising interest rates to continue
** It ups FinecoBank FBK.MI to "buy," seeing the Italian bank as the greatest beneficiary of a rising rate environment, given the strong net interest income (NII) contribution to revenue
** It downgrades Swissquote SQN.S to "neutral" on the lack of a short‑term catalysts boosting share price, fewer NII benefits and falling valuations of competitors
** The brokerage reaffirms its "neutral" rating for Avanza AVANZ.ST and "underperform" for Nordnet SAVE.ST, but raises Nordnet's PT on "robust volumes and strong exposure to NII"