Chinese Regulators Seek Higher Bar for Humanoid-Robotics ListingsWSJ · 2h
Silver Lake to merge French software groups in €10bn dealFT · 2h
Fed Officials Signal Openness to Warsh Proposal for Fewer Policy MeetingsBBG · 2h
ERG’s Congo Cobalt Site Sees Return of Army-Backed IntrudersBBG · 2h
IMF Rebukes Denmark’s Food Tax Cut Plan as Costly, Too BroadBBG · 2h
The High-Stakes Gamble Playing Out in the Natural-Gas MarketWSJ · 3h
European Gas Prices Hit Highest Since 2023 as Market Braces for Prolonged LNG SqueezeWSJ · 3h
‘I am the house now’: Bessent warns traders not to bet against yenFT · 4h
One ECB Rate Hike 'Could Be Enough,' ING's Blom SaysBBG · 4h
European Indexes Slide as Higher Oil Weighs on Defense Stocks, BanksWSJ · 4h
Stock Market Today: Oil Hits $100 for First Time Since JulyWSJ · 4h
Gold Rises, With Middle East and Fed Policy in FocusWSJ · 5h
Brent Marches Toward $100 As U.S.-Iran Attacks EscalateWSJ · 5h
Oil nears $100 as US launches new strikes on Iranian tankersFT · 5h
French Industrial Output Drops in Blow to Economic OutlookBBG · 5h
Norway’s oil fund says what everyone is thinkingFT · 7h
The clock is ticking on Senegal’s ‘total return swaps’FT · 7h
Defense Tycoon Championed by Loeb Plots IPO of Family FirmBBG · 7h
Corn Steadies as Lack of Catalysts Tests Record Hedge Fund BetsBBG · 8h
BP and Shell’s strategy counterpointFT · 8h
AI borrowing boom shakes up Swiss credit marketFT · 8h
Iran turns to crypto to shore up economyFT · 8h
Revolut takes aim at business banking with FTSE 250 companiesFT · 8h
Poland to Hold Interest Rates With Inflation at 14-Month HighBBG · 8h
JPMorgan, Jane Street Probes Show India Scrutinizing TradersBBG · 10h
CVC hires TPG’s second-in-command Todd Sisitsky as co-CEOFT · 11h
Block Applies to Establish Builders Bank & TrustWSJ · 14h
Treasury Secretary Bessent Says He Has ‘Pretty Good Insight’ on Yen MovesBBG · 14h
Stocks and Bonds Fall as Brent Pushes Past $100: Markets WrapBBG · 14h
Brent Oil Tops $100 as US-Iran War Shows Little Sign of AbatingBBG · 14h
Opinion | The SEC Unmuzzles Jamie DimonWSJ · 14h
WSJ Dollar Index Falls 0.08% to 94.91WSJ · 15h
Financial Services Roundup: Market TalkWSJ · 15h
U.S. Stocks Fall After Saudi Oil Facilities HitWSJ · 15h
Oil Near $100 Threatens U.S. Stocks’ Stellar RunWSJ · 15h
Anthropic and OpenAI bankers push for top-tier credit ratings post-IPOFT · 15h
Opinion | How to Make Life Hard for Small BanksWSJ · 15h
Investors led by L Catterton to buy controlling stake in HyroxFT · 16h
Canada’s Tariffs Take EffectWSJ · 16h
What to Know About Anthropic’s Planned IPOWSJ · 17h
UK Youth Unemployment Czar Hints at Change in Minimum WageBBG · 17h
Stocks Slip as Oil Pares GainsWSJ · 18h
Opinion | What if California Becomes a ‘Failed State’?WSJ · 20h
Qatar’s Deficit Hits Decade-High as Hormuz Ties Up Gas TradeBBG · 21h
UK pays highest borrowing cost since 1998 at gilt saleFT · 22h
Cerberus nears £1bn deal for Goodwin defence unitFT · 22h
10 of the Best Financial Advisor Companies: Well-Known Fiduciary Investment Firms to ConsiderWSJ · 23h
Tech
Is China Stealing American AI? Why ‘Distillation’ Has Washington Up in ArmsWSJ · 5m
Readers Respond to Audit and AI Advice; More Trade Disruptions AheadWSJ · 1h
Google to Invest $15 Billion in AI Infrastructure in FinlandWSJ · 2h
Silver Lake to merge French software groups in €10bn dealFT · 2h
What Qualtrics’ CEO Says Software Companies Must PossessWSJ · 2h
Thiel-backed start-up to mass-produce ‘deep strike’ missiles in Europe and USFT · 2h
Anthropic researcher quits over AI labs ‘gambling with our lives’FT · 3h
Gaming group Evolution’s own report found it made money in banned marketsFT · 5h
Europe turns to carbon capture in bid to clamp down on emissionsFT · 7h
Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agencyFT · 8h
Investors pay steep fees for access to DeepSeek fundraisingFT · 10h
OpenAI faces competing claims around maths breakthroughFT · 12h
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI FearsWSJ · 12h
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI FearsWSJ · 12h
U.S. Launches New Round of Strikes on Iranian Oil TankersWSJ · 14h
Anthropic and OpenAI bankers push for top-tier credit ratings post-IPOFT · 15h
Opinion | The AI Agent RubiconWSJ · 15h
What You Can Do to Protect Your Family From SextortionWSJ · 15h
What You Can Do to Protect Your Family From SextortionWSJ · 15h
Meta unveils AI personal assistant linked to WhatsApp and InstagramFT · 15h
The End of the Captcha? Not So FastWSJ · 16h
Meta Launches a Personal AI Agent Designed to Be Easy to UseWSJ · 17h
Meta Launches a Personal AI Agent Designed to Be Easy to UseWSJ · 17h
UK says it will force tech giants to stop children sharing nude imagesFT · 18h
OpenAI Says It Has Solved a Millennium Prize Problem—a Holy Grail of MathWSJ · 19h
How Shopify’s Push into AI Is Working OutWSJ · 19h
Apple looks to AI capabilities to drive its new foldable phone salesFT · 20h
Google Cloud, Accenture Launch Unit to Put AI Engineers On-Site With CustomersWSJ · 20h
Think Your Anonymous Account Is Safe? AI Might Figure Out Who You AreWSJ · 22h
Deal Flow
M&A / Strategic
Poste Italiane raised its cash-and-stock takeover offer for Telecom Italia by 5% to $13.2B1h
GE Aerospace agreed to buy castings manufacturer Consolidated Precision Products from Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners for $11.75B1h
PE-backed Florida-based lender EverBank Financial will merge with PWN-based peer WaFd in a $3.9B reverse merger1h
Anthropic walked away from a $6B acquisition of real-world AI model startup Decart AI1h
Blackstone is exploring a $2B sale of medical-grade skincare company ZO Skin Health1h
CVC is exploring a $2B sale of personal care rollup Arthea, which counts Dr Teal's in its portfolio1h
Canada's Tamarack Valley Energy agreed to buy Headwater Exploration in a $2.3B all-stock deal1h
PE firm Cerberus is nearing a $1.4B deal for the defense unit of $2B-listed UK engineering group Goodwin1h
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 valuation1h
Fintech Chime will acquire nationally chartered Stride Bank for $590M1h
Italian PE firm Renaissance Partners will buy yacht interiors maker De Wave from Platinum Equity for $465M1h
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 business1h
Philippine property developer Vista Land & Landscapes is looking to sell assets to meet debt obligations, including a $420M bond due next year1h
CBRE Investment Management acquired Cerberus' net-lease real estate business Tenet Equity for $1.6B1h
Clinical laboratory giant Labcorp agreed to acquire specialty laboratory provider MLM Medical Labs1h
Robinhood will take minority stakes in Crypto.com's crypto exchange and prediction markets business as part of a prediction markets partnership1h
Volkswagen is considering divesting motorcycle maker Ducati as part of its restructuring1h
Italian lender UniCredit acquired a minority stake in German credit markets fintech VC Trade1h
Miner Rio Tinto agreed to acquire the Aurukun bauxite project in Australia from Glencore and Mitsubishi Development1h
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 Equity1h
AI coding startup Cognition raised a $2B Series E at a $48B valuation led by a16z, Accel, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Avenir1h
Rocket launch startup Stoke Space raised a $1B Series E at a $10B valuation led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital1h
Enterprise banking fintech Ramp is in early talks to raise a $1B round at a $60B valuation1h
UK drone startup Uforce is in talks to raise a $500M round at a $5B valuation led by Valor Equity Partners1h
The Exploration Company, a European reusable-space startup, raised a $450M Series C co-led by Atomico and the EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund1h
Celero Communications, an AI infrastructure semiconductor company, raised a $275M Series C at a $3B valuation led by Atreides, Valor Equity Partners, and CapitalG1h
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 Levchin1h
TabaPay, a money movement platform, raised a $155M growth round led by FTV Capital1h
Forus, an AI network connecting doctors, pharmacies, payers and biopharma, raised a $150M Series C at a $3B valuation led by Bain Capital Ventures1h
Poseidon Aerospace, an uncrewed cargo aircraft startup, raised a $60M Series A led by TQ Ventures1h
Bluecore Energy, a small nuclear reactor startup building floating barges, raised a $50M seed round led by Silverton Partners1h
Antioch, a robotics simulation platform, raised a $32M Series A led by Greylock Partners1h
Blee, a marketing compliance software for financial services, raised $27M across a seed and Series A led by Fin Capital and SMBC1h
IPOs / Listings / Issuances / Block Trades
Amazon acquired rights to buy $4B of Qualcomm stock as part of a $60B AI chip deal1h
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 valuation1h
Chinese chipmaker Longsys raised $903M in an upsized Hong Kong listing priced at a 44% discount to its China trading1h
Nuclear supplier Holtec is seeking to raise $900M at a $10.2B valuation in an IPO1h
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 investment1h
Torrent's gas distribution arm Torrent Gas filed updated papers for its $418M India IPO1h
Warburg Pincus-backed Singaporean telecoms tech firm Circles Group plans to spin off its digital software services platform for several hundred million dollars1h
Australian data center company Firmus Technologies is starting investor meetings for an Australia IPO1h
SPAC / SPV
Nuclear services firm HGP Intelligent Energy will merge with Meshflow Acquisition at a $1.2B valuation1h
Telecom infrastructure firm Gibson Technical Services will merge with NMP Acquisition Corp. at a $400M valuation1h
Debt
SoftBank is sounding out interest for a $10B-$20B dollar junk-bond sale1h
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 $2.9B1h
Saudi smart city project NEOM raised $3B in financing from HSBC, Bank of China, Crédit Agricole JPMorgan, Bank of America, and others1h
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries plans to raise $1.3B in its first local FX bond sale since 20211h
Amazon hired banks for a debut sterling bond sale1h
Bankruptcy / Restructuring / Distressed
Clearlake-backed specialty materials manufacturer Alkegen filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to eliminate $3.1B of debt1h
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 bailout1h
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 financing1h
Funds / Secondaries
a16z added $1.75B of fresh capital to its fifth growth fund, increasing its size to $8.5B just months after closing1h
UK PE firm Cinven raised $2.7B for its second strategic MM fund1h
Nordic PE firm Axcel raised $2.4B for its eighth flagship fund1h
UK PE firm Bridgepoint raised a $1.4B private credit CV led by Pantheon Ventures1h
PennantPark Investment Advisers raised a $745M MM private credit CV led by Pantheon Ventures1h
Lower MM PE firm Tyree & D'Angelo Partners raised $650M for its fourth fund1h
New York Life-owned MM PE firm Apogem Capital raised $600M for its eleventh PE fund1h
UK venture debt firm Claret Capital raised $510M for its fourth European growth debt fund to back 'less sexy' startups1h
Singapore SWF Temasek's real estate arm CapitaLand Investment is seeking to raise $500M for its third APAC credit program1h
VC investor TrueBridge Capital Partners raised $508M for its second secondaries fund1h
Gainline Capital Partners raised a single-asset CV for gym equipment provider Core Health & Fitness led by StepStone1h
Reforma
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