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Even as geopolitical alliances shifted and a rush for anything AI gripped the world, the same four names appeared among the top two rankings for deal value and deal count, just as they had in 2024. https://t.co/R0ika65UjA

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Activist Investing in Europe 2026 is published in association with Skadden. The report gives an in-depth overview of the key trends and challenges UK and European corporates are facing in the year ahead. https://t.co/qWeA4ODort

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Scale. If you wanted to sum up M&A in 2025 in one word, that would be it. https://t.co/VsC37CWXsJ

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Quickbase, a Vista Equity-backed artificial intelligence operations platform, has a strong list of potential targets. On 2 December, Quickbase acquired Juiced Technologies, its first deal since 2023 and the first under Person. https://t.co/OOqoipHTmB

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In the defense ecosystem, contractors jokingly refer to the gap between an exciting technology’s arrival and its full rollout within the Department of Defense as the “Valley of Death.” https://t.co/7wMPaPyQa6

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Mexico’s equity capital market is likely to remain fragile in 2026 despite a few recent deals. https://t.co/wyc3kYCh2N

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Investment platform Altuva is preparing to scale an existing Nasdaq-listed vehicle into a USD 500m ‘capital recycling’ platform that will acquire undervalued public companies and redeploy proceeds into long-duration treasury assets such as Bitcoin. https://t.co/4ThdP2cjXk

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The post-Thanksgiving stretch is arriving with a more complicated backdrop for US IPO issuers than many expected. Markets have lost altitude in recent weeks, and the patchy rebound after the holiday has not changed the tone. https://t.co/4uAS2BrPJ2

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Biotech activity in the US equity capital markets is showing renewed signs of life following a multiyear drought. https://t.co/ppoYBo5Qvi

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With continuation vehicle volume expected to reach another record high this year, industry participants are grappling with one of the market’s stickiest challenges – how to get more LPs to roll over. https://t.co/C4nRgHkgty

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Barely 24 hours ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget, news broke that Advent global co-chair and Europe head James Brocklebank is quitting the UK to take up residency in Luxembourg. https://t.co/B2pK0huKL1

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An in specie distribution by Ramsay Health Care of its 52.8% stake in Ramsay Santé is emerging as the most likely outcome of Ramsay’s strategic review. Sante has a market cap of EUR 976m (AUD 1.7bn). https://t.co/LUiQj78Fwg

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TDF’s vendors are reevaluating exit options after they received non-binding offers which fell short of their valuation expectations for the French telecoms infrastructure provider. https://t.co/0u3Sb5cDPO

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KKR’s acquisition of aerospace and defense platform Novaria couldn’t have come at a less opportune time. https://t.co/K1Y1srQKEz

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ABN Amro’s proposed acquisition of its peer NIBC is set to combine two of Europe’s top lending teams in the digital infrastructure sector, at a time of booming demand for debt in this market. https://t.co/dWjST2utCG

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X&KSK, a Japanese venture capital firm launched by former AC Milan footballer Keisuke Honda, is targeting high-growth, globally minded start-ups employing artificial intelligence-enabled business models. https://t.co/slVWEKMXIH

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European M&A multiples returned to their historical averages in 3Q25, shaking off a second-quarter slump following the announcement of far-reaching US tariffs in April. https://t.co/Ogykx5ybIE

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The end of the 43-day US government shutdown comes at an awkward moment for IPO issuers, who now face a narrow window to launch before year-end or the prospect of waiting until 2026. https://t.co/xmxk88bRHE

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The boom in artificial intelligence has triggered a wave of data center investments. Yet transformative M&A activity remains largely on hold, as owners keep their assets longer amid skyrocketing valuations. https://t.co/WUQyJNNPiv

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IPO-bound companies are encountering a new kind of investor scrutiny as firms preparing to list increasingly find themselves pressed to show how artificial intelligence fits into their business models as a core test of credibility. https://t.co/gV48MddXm3