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  PE Fundraising

  Growth strategies grab a bigger slice of shrinking UK PE fundraising

  August 13, 2026

  LPs have redirected capital toward growth funds this year even as overall fundraising collapsed.

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  IPO

  PE-backed UK companies shirk IPOs while delistings mount

  August 10, 2026

  Since 2022, the number of companies coming off the LSE has vastly outpaced the total of new listings.

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  AI

  UK VC bets big on AI, leaving other sectors starved for cash

  August 7, 2026

  AI took over 70% of deal value in H1, with just 18 deals accounting for almost 60% of the total.

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  Retail

  Sainsbury’s sells Argos to Swift Partners for $161M a decade after $1.8B deal

  July 31, 2026

  The deal comes less than a year after failed talks to sell the retailer to JD.com.

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  United Kingdom

  Andy Burnham inherits a UK plc raid he can’t easily stop

  July 20, 2026

  Foreign buyers have led eight of Britain’s 10 largest take-privates over the past year and a half, while domestic pension funds remain on the sidelines.

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  United Kingdom

  M&A in the UK is set to break record, but PE sponsors are sidelined

  July 15, 2026

  PE sponsors captured just 15% of the country’s 10 largest deals by value in H1.

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  Public-to-Private

  EasyJet swaps Castlelake for Apollo in $7.7B bidding war

  July 10, 2026

  The rival offer for the British budget airline extends a run of US-led take-privates of UK companies that hit £12.5B in the first four months of 2026.

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  United Kingdom

  Why Wayve’s record Pisces trade could mean fewer IPOs, not more

  July 9, 2026

  The UK’s private stock market was pitched as a stepping stone to going public. Its biggest trade yet may be doing the opposite.

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  UK

  UK’s biggest pension fund pushes deeper into VC with $1.3B target

  July 8, 2026

  Workplace retirement accounts provider Nest initially allocates £200M with plans to increase exposure by 2030.

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  Sports

  Shamrock Capital joins Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg at Swansea

  June 30, 2026

  The Los Angeles buyout shop said it has committed “significant capital” to boost the soccer club’s commercial prospects and expand its global fanbase.

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  Public-to-Private

  EQT’s pending $14.3B Intertek takeover adds to run of UK take-privates

  May 13, 2026

  Investors are again targeting British companies to capitalize on relatively low valuations and a weaker pound.

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  Secondaries

  Lazard’s acquisition of Campbell Lutyens highlights growing complexity of private markets

  April 30, 2026

  Investment banks must offer more than M&A advice to keep their clients happy in the exit drought.

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  UK

  AI, mega-deals push UK VC to its best quarter in over three years

  April 28, 2026

  British deal value was almost 30% higher in Q1 than in the previous three-month period.

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  United Kingdom

  UK sovereign AI fund offers startups a boost, but VCs say deeper problems remain

  April 17, 2026

  Funding constraints, high electricity prices and talent shortages limit British ambitions.

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  UK

  QPlay becomes first Pisces trade, but London IPO boost is uncertain

  March 18, 2026

  The UK’s new private shares trading framework is currently geared towards early-stage companies.

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  Autonomous Vehicles

  Wayve raises $1.2B as it gears up for London autonomous driving trials

  February 25, 2026

  The UK-based startup faces stiff competition just when more robotaxis head for the British capital this year.

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  Secondaries

  CVC Capital expands secondaries platform with $1.1B M&G commitment

  February 16, 2026

  The deal enables future co-investments while the UK asset manager maintains portfolio management, as secondaries market activity surges.

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  M&A

  3 charts: Nuveen’s acquisition of Schroders

  February 12, 2026

  It creates a $414 billion pool of private capital, allowing the combined entity to compete with the very largest alternative managers.

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