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Wednesday, September 9

World

Police investigate Reform UK over donor stingFT · 41m
Drone almost struck Zelenskyy’s plane, says UkraineFT · 42m
Opinion | An India-China Rapprochement Isn’t in the CardsWSJ · 53m
LIV races to re-sign golfers to clinch $300mn bankruptcy rescueFT · 1h
FirstFT: Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo will cost $1,999FT · 1h
Opinion | AI May Become the Third SuperpowerWSJ · 1h
Opinion | The Europeans’ Post-9/11 AdviceWSJ · 1h
Top US official named to OpenAI non-profit board warns advanced AI could be ‘deadly’FT · 2h
Foldable iPhone Duo will cost $1,999 as Apple raises smartphone pricesFT · 3h
Opinion | Hindsight Is Denied in WarWSJ · 3h
Brent Hits $100 as U.S.-Iran Escalation, Houthi Strikes Deepen Gulf Supply FearsWSJ · 3h
Oil hits $100 for first time since JulyFT · 3h
Treasury yields jump as Bessent’s $6bn buyback plan disappoints investorsFT · 4h
US spy chief prepares for greater role in Russia-Ukraine talksFT · 4h
AI labs test the rigour of credit rating agenciesFT · 4h
Huawei Faces U.S. Criminal Trial Weeks Before Trump-Xi MeetingWSJ · 5h
JPMorgan chief Dimon meets Burnham amid Budget windfall tax fearsFT · 5h
Opinion | Leipzig Attack Is a Warning of the Drone Threat Against EuropeWSJ · 6h
‘I am the house now’: Bessent warns traders not to bet against yenFT · 7h
Number 10 backs UK air traffic control boss as airlines hit out at disruptionFT · 7h
The curse of supporting the NFL’s worst teamFT · 7h
France’s Le Pen stays silent on far-right victory in German electionFT · 7h
America Leans on Fusion Breakthroughs to Turbocharge Its Nuclear Weapon ArsenalWSJ · 8h
Serbian leader Vučić calls snap electionsFT · 8h
Adani Group plans international airports pushFT · 9h
Best High-Yield Savings Accounts for September 2026: Up to 4.50%WSJ · 9h
US affordability tracker: the data that could decide the 2026 midterm electionsFT · 9h
PMQs live: Burnham signals more cost of living supportFT · 11h
Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurismFT · 11h
Saudi Arabia’s other war enters dangerous new chapterFT · 11h
The Morning Risk Report: Iranian Airline Favored by the Regime Is Defying SanctionsWSJ · 11h
Mirrors are reaching new depthsFT · 11h
FirstFT: Oil hits $100 as fears rise over global suppliesFT · 12h
China’s giant trade surplus has an increasingly geopolitical twistFT · 12h
How to make your retirement less of a (fiscal) dragFT · 12h
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over Industry’s Rush to Build Self-Improving AIWSJ · 13h
Are Germany’s Factories Turning a Corner?WSJ · 16h
Trump Signs Orders to Ban Some Canadian Products From U.S. MarketWSJ · 20h
U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy ShipsWSJ · 21h
U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy ShipsWSJ · 21h
Nepal’s Big Bet on Hydropower Miscalculated One Thing—Monster FloodsWSJ · 21h
The States on the Front Lines of the Trade War With CanadaWSJ · 23h
The AfD Is Trying to Turn Its First State Government Into a Far-Right Policy LabWSJ · 23h

Business

Philip Morris Expands Zyn Nicotine Pouch Lineup, Adds More Pouches Per CanWSJ · 7m
Windscreen giant Belron explores mega-IPOFT · 23m
American Eagle Says Still ‘Work to Do’ on Core Brand as Sales RiseWSJ · 27m
Drone almost struck Zelenskyy’s plane, says UkraineFT · 42m
LIV races to re-sign golfers to clinch $300mn bankruptcy rescueFT · 1h
Bond Market Rebuffs Treasury’s $6 Billion Plan to Reduce Borrowing CostsNYT · 1h
FirstFT: Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo will cost $1,999FT · 1h
Ford CEO Says Transportation Secretary Had ‘Basic Misunderstandings’ in LetterWSJ · 1h
Hunter Biden’s ‘Laptop’ Crypto Coin Plummets Upon LaunchingNYT · 1h
Opinion | The Europeans’ Post-9/11 AdviceWSJ · 1h
Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market TalkWSJ · 1h
Top US official named to OpenAI non-profit board warns advanced AI could be ‘deadly’FT · 2h
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.NYT · 2h
Trump’s Midterm Pitch Clouded by Iran War and Canada TariffsNYT · 2h
Meet Deere’s JD, an AI Assistant Aimed at Helping Farmers—and Its SalesWSJ · 2h
Foldable iPhone Duo will cost $1,999 as Apple raises smartphone pricesFT · 3h
Brent Crude Tops $100 A Barrel on Middle East EscalationWSJ · 3h
Brent Hits $100 as U.S.-Iran Escalation, Houthi Strikes Deepen Gulf Supply FearsWSJ · 3h
Oil hits $100 for first time since JulyFT · 3h
Best Small-Business Loans in September 2026WSJ · 3h
Saudi Oil Exports Plunge as Spread of War Shuts Off Shipping RoutesNYT · 4h
AI labs test the rigour of credit rating agenciesFT · 4h
Dunkin’ Boss Named Interim CEO of Inspire Brands Ahead of IPOWSJ · 5h
Huawei Faces U.S. Criminal Trial Weeks Before Trump-Xi MeetingWSJ · 5h
JPMorgan chief Dimon meets Burnham amid Budget windfall tax fearsFT · 5h
Porsche AG Eyes Wider Margins After $1.2 Billion Sale of Bugatti, Rimac StakesWSJ · 5h
Joseph Rice, Lowcountry Lawyer Who Took On Big Tobacco, Dies at 72NYT · 6h
Why California Is Reconsidering Its Decision to Shun Nuclear PowerNYT · 6h
Tether launches private credit fund in effort to boost stablecoin useFT · 6h
Chewy Shares Slide as Consumers Pare Back Spending on Pet TreatsWSJ · 6h
Clay, an A.I. Sales Tool Provider, Raises $115 MillionNYT · 7h
The cost of UK air disruptions spreads far beyond the hit to airlines’ profitFT · 7h
Number 10 backs UK air traffic control boss as airlines hit out at disruptionFT · 7h
The curse of supporting the NFL’s worst teamFT · 7h
Bezos appoints Washington Post CEO after February job cutsFT · 7h
America Leans on Fusion Breakthroughs to Turbocharge Its Nuclear Weapon ArsenalWSJ · 8h
Peter Thiel-Backed AI Startup Cognition Raises Funds at $48 Billion ValuationWSJ · 8h
States That Gave Data Centers Billions in Tax Breaks Are Now Ripping Up the DealsWSJ · 8h
DOJ Requests Additional Information Regarding Fox, Roku DealWSJ · 8h
More Money Than They Ever Imagined—and No Clue How to Spend ItWSJ · 8h
TSA PreCheck Now Unlocks Access to Visit Airports Without a Plane TicketNYT · 9h
Adani Group plans international airports pushFT · 9h
Richemont promotes founder’s son as Cartier owner steps up succession planningFT · 9h
Sydney Sweeney Brings Star Power to Prediction Market PushWSJ · 9h
Analog Devices to Acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 BillionWSJ · 9h
Best Business Debt Consolidation Loans in September 2026WSJ · 9h
Oil Hits $100 a Barrel as Turmoil Intensifies in Middle EastNYT · 10h
Measuring the Cost of Trump’s Multiple WarsNYT · 10h
Albertsons Names Former HP, eBay CEO Meg Whitman as Executive Chair to Help Spur GrowthWSJ · 11h
Jersey Mike’s Logs Higher Revenue on Growing Customer BaseWSJ · 11h
Readers Respond to Audit and AI Advice; More Trade Disruptions AheadWSJ · 11h
Signet Jewelers Raises Outlook After Swinging to Quarterly ProfitWSJ · 11h
A.I. Music Giant Suno Tries to Play Nice With Record LabelsNYT · 11h
Shipping Nations Warn of Structural Shift in Global TradeWSJ · 11h
The Morning Risk Report: Iranian Airline Favored by the Regime Is Defying SanctionsWSJ · 11h
Independence Realty Trust and Centerspace Agree to $8.1 Billion MergerWSJ · 11h
Millennium to follow Rokos in move to GreeceFT · 11h
FirstFT: Oil hits $100 as fears rise over global suppliesFT · 12h
Silver Lake to merge French software groups in €10bn dealFT · 12h
What Qualtrics’ CEO Says Software Companies Must PossessWSJ · 12h
Thiel-backed start-up to mass-produce ‘deep strike’ missiles in Europe and USFT · 12h
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over Industry’s Rush to Build Self-Improving AIWSJ · 13h
Anthropic researcher quits over AI labs ‘gambling with our lives’FT · 13h
The High-Stakes Gamble Playing Out in the Natural-Gas MarketWSJ · 13h
It’s Getting Harder to Return Things—and It’s Making Shoppers MadWSJ · 13h
It’s Getting Harder to Return Things—and It’s Making Shoppers MadWSJ · 13h
As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented WorkersNYT · 13h
The U.S. Wants Companies to Hire More Vets. Most Are Falling Short of Targets.WSJ · 13h
Nordic Energy Company Fortum Shares Jump on Google Nuclear Power AgreementWSJ · 14h
Oil nears $100 as US launches new strikes on Iranian tankersFT · 15h
Gaming group Evolution’s own report found it made money in banned marketsFT · 15h
L Catterton-Led Consortium to Buy Majority Stake in HyroxWSJ · 17h
Europe turns to carbon capture in bid to clamp down on emissionsFT · 17h
Hedge fund billionaires’ permanent holidayFT · 18h
Amazon Plane’s Systems Weren’t Deployed to Slow Jet Before Crash, Investigators SayWSJ · 19h
Carney Says Retaliation Against U.S. Tariffs Was UnavoidableNYT · 20h
Trump Announces Ban on Some Canadian ImportsNYT · 21h

Markets & Economy

Port of LA Hits Three-Month Record as Cargo Peak Stretches OnBBG · 21m
Windscreen giant Belron explores mega-IPOFT · 23m
Citadel Securities Urges SEC to Take Oversight of Some WagersBBG · 32m
Asian Stocks to Fall as Oil Stokes Inflation Fears: Markets WrapBBG · 37m
Carney Woos Investors on Deals for Data Centers, Mines and LNGBBG · 40m
Energy Transfer Switches Listing to Texas From NYSE, WSJ SaysBBG · 42m
Latest Oil Market News and Analysis for Sept. 10BBG · 46m
Republicans Kick Off Midterm Rally in TexasWSJ · 1h
WSJ Dollar Index Falls 0.06% to 94.85WSJ · 1h
Reflecting on 25 Years Since 9/11 AttacksBBG · 1h
U.S. Stocks Fall as War Escalation, Oil Spike ContinueWSJ · 1h
Boom eléctrico de Brasil atrae a Trafigura y MacquarieBBG · 1h
Houston, London Challenged by Volatile Brazil Power Market on Trader PayBBG · 1h
Australian Property Stocks Vulnerable Following Bathla CollapseBBG · 1h
Fund Veteran Says Australia Private Credit Should Be Less OpaqueBBG · 1h
Basic Materials Roundup: Market TalkWSJ · 1h
Bessent’s Latest Buyback Move Leaves Investors Wanting MoreWSJ · 1h
Financial Services Roundup: Market TalkWSJ · 1h
Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market TalkWSJ · 1h
Texas Stock Exchange Is Close to Winning Its First Major Listing From New YorkWSJ · 2h
Anti-AI Politics Is About to Get BigBBG · 2h
Enbridge to Buy Tallgrass Crude Business for $2.6 BillionBBG · 2h
Bond Market Rate Spiral Has Potent Accelerator Behind the ScenesBBG · 2h
U.S. Treasury Plans $6 Billion Buyback, Yields RiseWSJ · 2h
Steve Witkoff Earned More Than $100 Million From Entity Tied to Trump CryptoWSJ · 2h
Apple Introduces Foldable iPhoneWSJ · 2h
AI Can Create Massive Opportunities For All Of Us: ShahBBG · 2h
Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin crashes shortly after launchFT · 2h
Husband & Wife Explore Sale of $37B Credit FirmBBG · 2h
U.S. Natural Gas Futures Fall As Weather Set to TurnWSJ · 3h
Brent Crude Tops $100 A Barrel on Middle East EscalationWSJ · 3h
Oil hits $100 for first time since JulyFT · 3h
Xerox Shareholder Pushes for Activist Changes at CompanyBBG · 3h
Gold Futures Edge Up Despite Higher U.S. YieldsWSJ · 4h
Treasury yields jump as Bessent’s $6bn buyback plan disappoints investorsFT · 4h
AI labs test the rigour of credit rating agenciesFT · 4h
ECB’s Nagel Says AI Will Be ‘Litmus Test’ for Europe’s FutureBBG · 5h
Tether launches private credit fund in effort to boost stablecoin useFT · 6h
‘I am the house now’: Bessent warns traders not to bet against yenFT · 7h
Traders Bet on Four Rate Hikes From ECB and BOE as Oil SurgesBBG · 7h
Bessent’s Upsized Buybacks Get Hit by Bond Market RealityBBG · 7h
Bessent Jawboning Risks Raising Expectations BOJ Can’t MeetBBG · 8h
Poland Keeps Rates Unchanged as Fuel Costs Boost InflationBBG · 9h
10 of the Best Financial Advisor Companies: Well-Known Fiduciary Investment Firms to ConsiderWSJ · 9h
India Seeks Payment-System Links in ‘Every Free Trade Agreement’BBG · 10h
Mexico Inflation Ticks Up Again as Banxico Holds Rates FirmBBG · 10h
South Africa’s 3% Inflation Goal Is Robust, Central Bank Study ShowsBBG · 10h
AI Boom Set to Push S&P 500 Earnings Growth to 32% This YearBBG · 10h
Denmark Seen Unlikely to Need Extra Rate Hike in Next 12 MonthsBBG · 10h
Dimon Meets Burnham, Healey in UK Amid Bank-Tax ThreatBBG · 10h
How to fix the brittleness caused by Treasury basis tradesFT · 11h
Fuel Price Premiums Reach Record Levels, Raising Alarm for Inflation WatchersBBG · 11h
Argentinos aún compran dólares pese a la estabilidadBBG · 11h
US-Canada Trade WarBBG · 11h
Japan’s 2014 Playbook Shows a Muscular Option to Move the YenBBG · 11h
ARS/USD: Argentine Peso Stable Against Dollar Thanks to High Oil PricesBBG · 11h
Platinum Set for Surplus in 2026 After Three Years of DeficitWSJ · 12h
FirstFT: Oil hits $100 as fears rise over global suppliesFT · 12h
Watch the AI Boom’s Weakest LinkWSJ · 12h
Chinese Regulators Seek Higher Bar for Humanoid-Robotics ListingsWSJ · 12h
Silver Lake to merge French software groups in €10bn dealFT · 12h
The High-Stakes Gamble Playing Out in the Natural-Gas MarketWSJ · 13h
European Gas Prices Hit Highest Since 2023 as Market Braces for Prolonged LNG SqueezeWSJ · 13h
European Indexes Slide as Higher Oil Weighs on Defense Stocks, BanksWSJ · 15h
Stock Market Today: 10-Year Yield Jumps as Treasury Buyback Plan Disappoints InvestorsWSJ · 15h
Dollar Ends Day at Lowest Since February as Bessent Aids YenBBG · 15h
Oil nears $100 as US launches new strikes on Iranian tankersFT · 15h
Norway’s oil fund says what everyone is thinkingFT · 17h
The clock is ticking on Senegal’s ‘total return swaps’FT · 17h
BP and Shell’s strategy counterpointFT · 18h
AI borrowing boom shakes up Swiss credit marketFT · 18h
Iran turns to crypto to shore up economyFT · 18h
Revolut takes aim at business banking with FTSE 250 companiesFT · 18h
Bolivia Central Bank Sells Dollars to Curb FX VolatilityBBG · 19h
Sheinbaum Budget Sees Smaller Deficit, More Public WorksBBG · 20h
CVC hires TPG’s second-in-command Todd Sisitsky as co-CEOFT · 21h
Shipping Nations Warn Global Trade is Fracturing — And Everyone PaysBBG · 21h
Mexican Government Slashes Pemex Aid by 70% in New BudgetBBG · 21h

Tech

Star AI Researcher Is Leaving MetaWSJ · 30m
Drone almost struck Zelenskyy’s plane, says UkraineFT · 42m
Republicans Kick Off Midterm Rally in TexasWSJ · 1h
FirstFT: Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo will cost $1,999FT · 1h
Opinion | AI May Become the Third SuperpowerWSJ · 1h
Top US official named to OpenAI non-profit board warns advanced AI could be ‘deadly’FT · 2h
Meet Deere’s JD, an AI Assistant Aimed at Helping Farmers—and Its SalesWSJ · 2h
Apple Debuts New Foldable iPhone Duo, New CEO and New (Higher) PricesWSJ · 3h
Apple Debuts New Foldable iPhone Duo, New CEO and New (Higher) PricesWSJ · 3h
Foldable iPhone Duo will cost $1,999 as Apple raises smartphone pricesFT · 3h
The Case for Saving Every AI ChatWSJ · 3h
AI labs test the rigour of credit rating agenciesFT · 4h
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI FearsWSJ · 5h
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI FearsWSJ · 5h
Huawei Faces U.S. Criminal Trial Weeks Before Trump-Xi MeetingWSJ · 5h
Choose your own adventure, career editionFT · 6h
America Leans on Fusion Breakthroughs to Turbocharge Its Nuclear Weapon ArsenalWSJ · 8h
America Leans on Fusion Breakthroughs to Turbocharge Its Nuclear Weapon ArsenalWSJ · 8h
Peter Thiel-Backed AI Startup Cognition Raises Funds at $48 Billion ValuationWSJ · 8h
States That Gave Data Centers Billions in Tax Breaks Are Now Ripping Up the DealsWSJ · 8h
More Money Than They Ever Imagined—and No Clue How to Spend ItWSJ · 8h
A Quieter Kind of AI BreakthroughWSJ · 9h
Analog Devices to Acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 BillionWSJ · 9h
Is China Stealing American AI? Why ‘Distillation’ Has Washington Up in ArmsWSJ · 10h
Is China Stealing American AI? Why ‘Distillation’ Has Washington Up in ArmsWSJ · 10h
Silver Lake to merge French software groups in €10bn dealFT · 12h
Thiel-backed start-up to mass-produce ‘deep strike’ missiles in Europe and USFT · 12h
Anthropic researcher quits over AI labs ‘gambling with our lives’FT · 13h
Gaming group Evolution’s own report found it made money in banned marketsFT · 15h
Europe turns to carbon capture in bid to clamp down on emissionsFT · 17h
Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agencyFT · 18h
Investors pay steep fees for access to DeepSeek fundraisingFT · 20h
OpenAI faces competing claims around maths breakthroughFT · 22h

Deal Flow

M&A / Strategic

Poste Italiane raised its cash-and-stock takeover offer for Telecom Italia by 5% to $13.2B12h
GE Aerospace agreed to buy castings manufacturer Consolidated Precision Products from Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners for $11.75B12h
PE-backed Florida-based lender EverBank Financial will merge with PWN-based peer WaFd in a $3.9B reverse merger12h
Anthropic walked away from a $6B acquisition of real-world AI model startup Decart AI12h
Blackstone is exploring a $2B sale of medical-grade skincare company ZO Skin Health12h
CVC is exploring a $2B sale of personal care rollup Arthea, which counts Dr Teal's in its portfolio12h
Canada's Tamarack Valley Energy agreed to buy Headwater Exploration in a $2.3B all-stock deal12h
PE firm Cerberus is nearing a $1.4B deal for the defense unit of $2B-listed UK engineering group Goodwin12h
LVMH-linked PE firm L Catterton will buy a controlling stake in fitness competition brand Hyrox from Switzerland-based Infront Sports & Media at a $700M valuation12h
Fintech Chime will acquire nationally chartered Stride Bank for $590M12h
Italian PE firm Renaissance Partners will buy yacht interiors maker De Wave from Platinum Equity for $465M12h
Czech activist investor Starteepo built a 7.3% stake in $420M-listed office solutions firm Xerox and is pushing for a review of its financial services business12h
Philippine property developer Vista Land & Landscapes is looking to sell assets to meet debt obligations, including a $420M bond due next year12h
CBRE Investment Management acquired Cerberus' net-lease real estate business Tenet Equity for $1.6B12h
Clinical laboratory giant Labcorp agreed to acquire specialty laboratory provider MLM Medical Labs12h
Robinhood will take minority stakes in Crypto.com's crypto exchange and prediction markets business as part of a prediction markets partnership12h
Volkswagen is considering divesting motorcycle maker Ducati as part of its restructuring12h
Italian lender UniCredit acquired a minority stake in German credit markets fintech VC Trade12h
Miner Rio Tinto agreed to acquire the Aurukun bauxite project in Australia from Glencore and Mitsubishi Development12h

VC

Europe's biggest AI startup Mistral raised a $3.5B round at a $24.5B post-money valuation led by Samsung, EU's Scaleup Europe Fund, and PSG Equity12h
AI coding startup Cognition raised a $2B Series E at a $48B valuation led by a16z, Accel, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Avenir12h
Rocket launch startup Stoke Space raised a $1B Series E at a $10B valuation led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital12h
Enterprise banking fintech Ramp is in early talks to raise a $1B round at a $60B valuation12h
UK drone startup Uforce is in talks to raise a $500M round at a $5B valuation led by Valor Equity Partners12h
The Exploration Company, a European reusable-space startup, raised a $450M Series C co-led by Atomico and the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund12h
Celero Communications, an AI infrastructure semiconductor company, raised a $275M Series C at a $3B valuation led by Atreides, Valor Equity Partners, and CapitalG12h
Split Pay, a lending startup focused on rent and mortgage lending, raised $125M across a Series A and Series B led by Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Affirm CEO Max Levchin12h
TabaPay, a money movement platform, raised a $155M growth round led by FTV Capital12h
Forus, an AI network connecting doctors, pharmacies, payers and biopharma, raised a $150M Series C at a $3B valuation led by Bain Capital Ventures12h
Poseidon Aerospace, an uncrewed cargo aircraft startup, raised a $60M Series A led by TQ Ventures12h
Bluecore Energy, a small nuclear reactor startup building floating barges, raised a $50M seed round led by Silverton Partners12h
Antioch, a robotics simulation platform, raised a $32M Series A led by Greylock Partners12h
Blee, a marketing compliance software for financial services, raised $27M across a seed and Series A led by Fin Capital and SMBC12h

IPOs / Listings / Issuances / Block Trades

Amazon acquired rights to buy $4B of Qualcomm stock as part of a $60B AI chip deal12h
National Stock Exchange of India is likely to price its downsized India IPO below a marketed range to raise $2.5B at a $46.6B valuation12h
Chinese chipmaker Longsys raised $903M in an upsized Hong Kong listing priced at a 44% discount to its China trading12h
Nuclear supplier Holtec is seeking to raise $900M at a $10.2B valuation in an IPO12h
Danish energy company Andel Holding is looking to sell a 1.6% stake worth $467M in Danish wind farm company Orsted just one year after its investment12h
Torrent's gas distribution arm Torrent Gas filed updated papers for its $418M India IPO12h
Warburg Pincus-backed Singaporean telecoms tech firm Circles Group plans to spin off its digital software services platform for several hundred million dollars12h
Australian data center company Firmus Technologies is starting investor meetings for an Australia IPO12h

SPAC / SPV

Nuclear services firm HGP Intelligent Energy will merge with Meshflow Acquisition at a $1.2B valuation12h
Telecom infrastructure firm Gibson Technical Services will merge with NMP Acquisition Corp. at a $400M valuation12h

Debt

SoftBank is sounding out interest for a $10B-$20B dollar junk-bond sale12h
Lenders including Bank of America and Deutsche Bank launched a $3.3B debt sale to back Platinum Equity's 50% purchase of Nestle's water business for $2.9B12h
Saudi smart city project NEOM raised $3B in financing from HSBC, Bank of China, Crédit Agricole JPMorgan, Bank of America, and others12h
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries plans to raise $1.3B in its first local FX bond sale since 202112h
Amazon hired banks for a debut sterling bond sale12h

Bankruptcy / Restructuring / Distressed

Clearlake-backed specialty materials manufacturer Alkegen filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to eliminate $3.1B of debt12h
Senegal will seek to negotiate a debt reprofiling instead of a restructuring in talks with creditors to make its loans sustainable and qualify for an IMF bailout12h
Saudi's PGA rival LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after SWF PIF pulled funding with players in advanced talks to take control of the business and BC Partners and others in talks to provide exit financing12h

Funds / Secondaries

a16z added $1.75B of fresh capital to its fifth growth fund, increasing its size to $8.5B just months after closing12h
UK PE firm Cinven raised $2.7B for its second strategic MM fund12h
Nordic PE firm Axcel raised $2.4B for its eighth flagship fund12h
UK PE firm Bridgepoint raised a $1.4B private credit CV led by Pantheon Ventures12h
PennantPark Investment Advisers raised a $745M MM private credit CV led by Pantheon Ventures12h
Lower MM PE firm Tyree & D'Angelo Partners raised $650M for its fourth fund12h
New York Life-owned MM PE firm Apogem Capital raised $600M for its eleventh PE fund12h
UK venture debt firm Claret Capital raised $510M for its fourth European growth debt fund to back 'less sexy' startups12h
Singapore SWF Temasek's real estate arm CapitaLand Investment is seeking to raise $500M for its third APAC credit program12h
VC investor TrueBridge Capital Partners raised $508M for its second secondaries fund12h
Gainline Capital Partners raised a single-asset CV for gym equipment provider Core Health & Fitness led by StepStone12h

Reforma

Da Taddei puesto clave en INE a colaborador cercanoNacional · 1h
Descarta SHCP 'incremento explosivo' en trayectoria de deudaNegocios · 1h
Reclama Oposición a 4T por T-MEC y respuesta a arancelesNacional · 1h
Dice Rubio que esfuerzo antinarco de México no es suficienteNacional · 1h
Gana crudo más de 3% y Brent cierra en 101.21 dólaresNegocios · 3h
Evalúa SEP a modoPortada · 11h
Van contra deducciones para elevar recaudaciónPortada · 11h
Proponen IEPS ¡al huachicol!Portada · 11h
Encuentran en cateo documentos de OjedaPortada · 11h