LAZ - Latest News
Lazard Ltd (LAZ), operates in Financial Services / Financial - Capital Markets, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $4.45B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 16.23. Beta to the broader market is 1.43.
The article list below shows the most recent LAZ headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent LAZ Headlines
Lazard to hire McCabe from JPMorgan to head North American energy investment banking, sources say
reuters.com - May 14, 2026
Lazard is set to hire Brian McCabe from JPMorgan Chase & Co to head the investment bank's energy practice in North America, two people familiar with
Lazard's April AUM Rises 6.2% on Market Appreciation & Net Inflows
zacks.com - May 13, 2026
LAZ's April AUM rises 6. 2% to $275.
Lazard Reports April 2026 Assets Under Management
prnewswire.com - May 12, 2026
NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) reported today that its preliminary assets under management ("AUM") as of April 30, 2
Lazard: Attractive Yield Is Not Enough To Buy Its Shares
seekingalpha.com - May 8, 2026
Lazard lacks a durable competitive moat in investment banking or asset management, raising doubts about its ambitious growth targets. LAZ's business
Lazard to Expand Private Capital Advisory With Campbell Lutyens Deal
zacks.com - May 4, 2026
LAZ is set to acquire Campbell Lutyens for $575M, forming Lazard CL and targeting $500M revenue by 2027 to boost its private capital advisory growth.
How News Affects LAZ Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track LAZ's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked LAZ news questions
- What is the latest LAZ news headline?
- The most recent LAZ headline (May 14, 2026) is "Lazard to hire McCabe from JPMorgan to head North American energy investment banking, sources say". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the LAZ news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What LAZ news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual LAZ options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.