US regulator sues ISS as it steps up scrutiny of proxy advisersFT · 18h
US strikes three Iranian oil tankers in response to attacks on warshipsFT · 20h
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Trump Renames Lake Ontario, Canada RespondsBBG · 21h
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Bloomberg This Weekend 09/05/2026BBG · 23h
Tech
Who’s Boring Now?WSJ · 1h
Was Huawei’s rise built on crime? A Brooklyn jury will decideFT · 4h
America’s Own Banks Are a Weak Link in the Campaign to Cut Off IranWSJ · 5h
Which Sleep Data to Trust From Oura and Other WearablesWSJ · 5h
How the UK can stop accidentally exporting its best tech start-upsFT · 12h
UBS demands new junior bankers show AI proficiencyFT · 12h
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Deal Flow
M&A / Strategic
Contract manufacturer Flex will acquire power conversion systems maker EPC Power in a $4.4B deal2d
Diversified Energy agreed to acquire Elliott-backed O&G company Birch Resources in a $1.8B deal2d
Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance and Samsung Life Insurance will acquire 90% of UK reinsurance company Canopius by buying an additional 50% stake for $1.5B from Centerbridge Partners2d
Shell and Chevron signed non-binding agreements for the acquisition of production rights over Ghana's South Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block2d
TSG Consumer made a strategic investment in iconic NYC taco chain Los Tacos No. 12d
US family holding company Friedkin Group is exploring a stake sale in UK soccer club Everton FC just two years after acquiring the club2d
Thai state-owned O&G firm PTT is considering bringing in strategic partners for for its Taiwan-listed Lotus Pharmaceutical2d
VC
Robotics startup Figure raised an undisclosed investment from AI cloud firm Nscale as part of a $3.5B compute deal2d
Enterprise AI platform Wonderful raised a $550M Series C at a $5B valuation led by Insight Partners2d
Thyme Care, an oncology navigation startup, raised a $125M Series E at a $2B+ valuation led by Morgan Health2d
Immediate, an earned wage access and financial wellness platform, raised a $13M Series B led by BankTech Ventures2d
IPOs / Listings / Issuances / Block Trades
Vietnam's EV taxi firm Green & Smart Mobility is weighing expanding in US ahead of a planned Hong Kong IPO which could fetch a $20B valuation2d
UK AI cloud firm Nscale has $103B of total contracted revenue ahead of its $3B US IPO2d
Swedish smart ring maker Oura Health filed for a US IPO to raise $3B at a $16B valuation2d
Pet food platform Golden Pet Brands hired banks for an IPO that could fetch a $1B valuation2d
Chinese chipmaker Longsys priced its $780M Hong Kong listing below the top end of the marketed range at a 44% discount to its China trading2d
Olympus-backed data center infrastructure firm Accelevation filed for an IPO2d
Crypto exchange Kraken delayed its IPO until Q2 next year2d
Debt
Anthropic is set to expand its revolving credit facility to $15B ahead of its IPO2d
Pakistan raised a record $3B in international high-yield bond markets after securing credit rating upgrades2d
A unit of Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Group raised $2.5B in commitments from four banks to finance its acquisition of Shell's Indian renewable energy unit Solenergi Power2d
Public Storage is looking to raise $360M in a debut Canadian bond sale2d
Silver Lake and Related Companies-backed luxury gym chain Equinox is in advanced talks with for a cash infusion and refinancing to reduce debt and fund expansion2d
Bankruptcy / Restructuring / Distressed
EQT-backed French medical diagnostics firm Cerba Healthcare filed for a court-supervised restructuring in France to tackle its $5.8B debt pile2d
Air India is close to securing $1.1B in financial aid from owners Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines2d
Funds / Secondaries
CVC raised $10B for its sixth and largest PE secondaries fund2d
Swish Ventures, the VC firm of Israel's first NBA player Omri Casspi, raised $250M for its third fund2d
Reforma
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