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  M&A

  European M&A proves more resilient than global peers despite ECB rate hike

  July 13, 2026

  Deal value fell less steeply than in North America, as sponsors and corporates alike chase higher returns in a fragmented market.

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  M&A

  Russell Investments changes hands as asset manager M&A accelerates

  July 9, 2026

  B Capital is buying the $416 billion asset manager from TA Associates and Reverence Capital, the latest example of VC aiming to transform a staid industry using tech.

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  Buyouts

  Energy M&A kicks into high gear amid AI’s thirst for power

  July 9, 2026

  Dealmaking reached roughly $217 billion in Q2, growing 5x year-over-year.

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  Global M&A Report

  Global M&A Report

  July 9, 2026

  The Q2 2026 Global M&A Report provides an overview of key factors shaping global mergers and acquisitions, breaking down the industry by region and vertical.

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  IPO

  PE exits seesaw from M&A to IPOs

  July 6, 2026

  US PE exits were down roughly 46% in Q2, with both strategic buyers and sponsors going risk-off

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  Credit

  Q&A: Apollo on lending in a world of shifting valuations

  July 6, 2026

  ‘There’s a disconnect between what investors are seeing now and what they are anticipating,’ said Apollo’s co-head of private equity and head of hybrid investing, Matt Nord.

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  SaaS

  The great software margin boom begins in a sea of fear

  July 1, 2026

  Encoding human judgment into scalable workflows promises to cut costs and drive revenue.

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  Limited Partners

  Bending Spoons, owner of a collection of ailing internet brands, soars in Nasdaq IPO

  July 1, 2026

  The company’s stock closed 39.7% above its IPO price of $29 per share.

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  IPO

  8 charts: SPACs, from boom to bust, and back again

  June 30, 2026

  They’re making a comeback, but much has changed since the heydays of the pandemic era.

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  Commentary

  Momentum Midstream could be the latest target in US LNG buildout

  June 29, 2026

  A potential $5.5B deal for the energy infrastructure operator is set against robust growth in global LNG demand, which nearly doubled from 2010 to 2025.

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  Analyst Note

  Enterprise SaaS M&A Review

  June 23, 2026

  This analyst note explores the trends in enterprise SaaS M&A dealmaking in Q1 2026, examining investment activity across deal types, segments, and subsegments.

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  Commentary

  Danone bets on protein with Made Group buy

  June 22, 2026

  The French strategic’s purchase of an Australian functional-dairy maker directly taps into the major trends driving consumer demand.

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  Private Equity

  PE firms want software deals, but lenders don’t want to fund them

  June 16, 2026

  Big lenders have pulled back from financing software buyouts amid investor concerns about AI’s threat to the sector.

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  Corporates

  Tech giants close AI gap with big buys

  June 16, 2026

  Salesforce just acquired AI customer service startup Fin for $3.6 billion, and SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billion.

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  Limited Partners

  KKR-owned Arctos eyes investments in Indian cricket

  June 11, 2026

  The Indian Premier League was valued at $18.5B last year, making it more valuable than the top soccer competitions of England and Spain.

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  Analyst Note

  Building, Backing, and Buying AI

  June 4, 2026

  This analyst note examines how Big Tech’s AI spending is shifting toward infrastructure and strategic partnerships over acquisitions, and what this means for AI companies evaluating exit options.

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  Private Credit

  PE-backed companies are losing their direct lending dominance

  May 28, 2026

  But their shrinking share of deals doesn’t mean direct lenders are pulling back from private equity, yet.

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  VC

  More than 1 in 5 startup acquisitions include an earnout provision

  May 21, 2026

  Even in a much-improved startup market, earnouts remain a more prevalent fixture in M&A.

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