Crypto Firm BitGo, Backers Raise $212.8 Million in US IPO. Bloomberg Tokyo Looks to Rev Up IPO Market by Luring Startups Across Asia Bloomberg OpenAI’s Altman Meets Mideast Investors for $50 Billion Round Bloomberg  Blackstone Backs Startup Applecart at $700 Million Valuation Bloomberg  AI Startup SambaNova Seeks Up to $500 Million Funding After Intel Talks Stall Bloomberg Deutsche Borse Group to Acquire Allfunds for $6.19 Billion Wall Street Journal  Eaton Considers a Sale o

New World Seeks Asset Sale by June to Create Positive Cash Flow. Bloomberg AirAsia Seeks To Start Bahrain Hub This Year, Deputy CEO Says Bloomberg Netflix will now pay all cash for Warner Bros to keep Paramount at bay Reuters  Citi Sees Record Taiwan Client Revenue as Rivals Spar for Deals. Bloomberg  KKR’s Sale of Biggest Philippine Hospital Chain Metro Pacific Is Said to Falter Bloomberg GSK makes $2.2 billion swoop for RAPT Therapeutics' food allergy drug     Reuters  Grub

Patrick Drahi Is Said to Near Launch of €9 Billion XpFibre Sale Bloomberg Henkel in Talks With Wendel to Acquire Chemical Maker Stahl Bloomberg Shionogi Invests $2.1 Billion to Raise ViiV Healthcare Stake Bloomberg Jiangxi Copper Plans $3.6 Billion Bond Sales to Fund Expansion Bloomberg Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley Bloomberg Mol to Buy Gazprom Stake in Sanctioned Refinery, Serbia Says Bloomberg CSG Said to Eye Friday Trading Debut at €25 Billion

Worthington Steel to buy Kloeckner & Co in $2.4 billion deal  Reuters Mitsubishi to Buy Aethon US Gas Assets in $5.2 Billion Deal Bloomberg OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs. Techcrunch ‘Dune’ Studio Sells Stake to Japan’s TBS at $4 Billion Valuation   Bloomberg Boston Scientific to Buy Penumbra for $15 Billion in Cash, Stock. Wall Street Journal Wall Street bankers shift focus to busy 2026 after cashing in on big deals Reuters BMO-Led

Keensight Capital-backed Inherent Group acquired French IT services provider Inovacom  Keensight   Whitevision, a Dutch document processing provider backed by Main Capital Partners, acquired the UK's Document Logistix. Business Cloud   CVC Capital Partners-backed Teneo is purchasing Clarity Partners, a Nordic-based consulting firm, and PwC New Zealand's restructuring services unit Bloomberg   Summa Equity bought Peoplesafe, a UK-based workforce safety software and services pr

Netflix revised terms for its $83B Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition and proposed making an all-cash offer for their studios and streaming businesses  Reuters Toyota Raises Bid for Unit by 15% After Elliott Pressure    Bloomberg Canadian asset manager CI Global will acquire Invesco's $19B Canadian asset management business  CI Financial  Eli Lilly is preparing a $17.5B bid for French biotech Abivax   Bloomberg Australia's Aware Super buys 31.3% stake in European Outlet Mall

CD&R Looks to Raise $26 Billion for Latest Private Equity Fund Bloomberg Strategy Buys $1.25 Billion in Bitcoin in Largest Purchase Since July Bloomberg Abu Dhabi Firm That Backed Paramount’s Hostile Bid Gets a Board Bloomberg Cargo Hauler STG Logistics Files Bankruptcy Following Debt Deal Litigation Bloomberg Golden State Warriors’ Parent Valued at $11 Billion in Stake Sale Bloomberg Warburg Pincus Targets Up to €1.5 Billion for Defense Fund Bloomberg Ex-Lazard Banker’s Insi

Allegiant to Buy Sun Country in Deal Valued at $1.5 Billion Bloomberg Prudential Financial Is Said to Mull India Asset Manager Sale Bloomberg China’s Private Equity Trailblazer Fang Fenglei Faces Doubts on Returns, Succession Bloomberg B.Grimm Buys 25% of US Hydropower Operator for $230 Million Bloomberg Deutsche Bank’s $2.5 Billion India Retail Assets Draw Final Bids Bloomberg Abivax Surges as Speculation Over a Takeover Increases   Bloomberg BBVA Is Seeking to Sell About €

Global Bond Binge Heats Up With Record Deal for Italy Bloomberg HSBC Wins Hang Seng Shareholder Backing for $14 Billion Buyout Bloomberg Banks Vie to Provide €4.5 Billion Debt for Advent’s InPost Bid Bloomberg Markets Strategist Nordvig Sells Firm, Will Join Merged Entity. Bloomberg Insurers Buy Erste SRT Deal Linked to €10 Billion Loans for M&A Bloomberg Advent Said in Talks to Partner With InPost CEO, PPF on Buyout Bloomberg

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Revolut Said in Talks to Buy Digital Bank FUPS for Turkey Debut Bloomberg Hisamitsu Shares Jump Most Since 1978 on $2.9 Billion Buyout Bloomberg Chevron and Quantum Energy to Bid for Lukoil Assets, FT Says Bloomberg Saudi Arabia Opens Property Market as MBS Courts Overseas Investors Bloomberg Citi, JPMorgan Opt Out of $1.4 Billion SBI Funds IPO on Low Fees Bloomberg I Squared Nears €2.5 Billion Deal for Ramudden Global Bloomberg

Asian Borrowers Start Ramp-Up in Bond Sales at Start of Year Bloomberg MiniMax Is Said to Plan Pricing Hong Kong IPO at Top on AI Fervor Bloomberg India’s Top Asset Manager Taps Citi, HSBC for $1.4 Billion IPO Bloomberg Dubai Private Equity Firm GII Aims to Triple Assets to $10 Billion Bloomberg London Estate Agent Dexters Owner Exploring Potential Sale Bloomberg GetYourGuide Mulls Share Sale After Turning Profitable Bloomberg

America’s Test Kitchen Buying Bankrupt Recipe Site Food52 Bloomberg China Buys Two-Thirds of Pledged US Soybeans as 2025 Closes Bloomberg KKR Bid to Take Yomeishu Private Is Derailed By Top Shareholder Bloomberg Tycoon Elumelu Buys Stake in Biggest Nigerian Oil Explorer Bloomberg Apollo to Sell Coinstar to Alaska Buyer, Bonds Set to Be Repaid Bloomberg KFC, Pizza Hut India Operators to Merge in $933 Million Deal Bloomberg China’s Zijin Mining to Expand Global Assets, Says New

Paramount Skydance  is urging shareholders to support its $108B  hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery;  Trump says a WBD deal should include the sale of CNN    Blackstone  agreed to acquire utility-parts maker MacLean Power Systems  and merge it with PortCo Power Grid Components at a $4B valuation   Chinese investment firm HSG  is nearing a deal to buy luxury Italian sneaker maker Golden Goose  from UK PE firm  Permira  at a $3B valuation   Apollo  and Canada's Cap

Anglo American, Teck Resources Shareholders Approve $50B Merger   Xtellus Proposes Using Lukoil Asset Sale to Repay Frozen US Investors   Cerberus-Backed Hamburg Bank Explores Sale at ~$4B Valuation   UAE's ADNOC Emerges as Frontrunner to Buy Russian Stake in Serbia's NIS   Jana Urges Fintech Alkami to Explore $2.3B Sale   Grupo Televisa Eyes Acquisition of AT&T Mexico Unit   BlackRock's GIP to Acquire 49% Stake in BHP's WA Iron Ore for $2B   Novartis to Acquire UK's Relation

IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings TechCrunch  BHP Sells Pilbara Power Stake to BlackRock Unit for $2 Billion Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Names New Japan M&A Heads in Dealmaking Push Bloomberg Novartis Strikes Deal With UK Biotech for Up To $1.7 Billion Bloomberg Hermes Billionaires’ Family Office Quietly Starts New Offshoot Bloomberg Bain Is Said to Mull Selling Tanabe Pharma’s Non-Japanese Assets Bloomberg TotalEnergies Buys 40% Stake in

Constellation Settles With US on $16.4 Billion Calpine Deal Bloomberg IFood Is Said to Eye Ticket, Alelo to Expand in Meal Vouchers Bloomberg KKR Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Arctos Stake in Sports Push Bloomberg Biocon Moves to Fully Own Biologics Unit Valued at $5.5 Billion Bloomberg ICICI Prudential AMC Set to Launch $1.2 Billion IPO on Dec. 12 Bloomberg Germany’s Klöckner in Takeover Talks With Worthington Steel Bloomberg

Citadel’s Apex  Said to Buy US Gas Assets from Comstock, Azul   Bloomberg   India  May Seek Bids for $7 Billion IDBI Bank Stake This Month Bloomberg   NTT Docomo  Weighs Selling Real Estate for More Than $600 Million Bloomberg   Warner Bros.  Begins Exclusive Deal Talks With Netflix Bloomberg   Blackstone Walks Away From Potential Bid for Big Yellow Bloomberg   British American Tobacco Looks to Sell Down ITC Hotels Stake to Reduce Debt Bloomberg   Marex  Said in Talks to Buy

Goldman Is Pitching a Risky $500 Million Deal to Finance Shareholder Payout Bloomberg SGX Says Not Exploring or Considering Bid for Cboe Australia Bloomberg Canada's EQB to Buy Banking Unit of Country's Largest Supermarket Chain VC Daily  Paramount Hikes Warner Bros. Breakup Fee to $5 Billion Bloomberg Entel, America Movil Drop Joint Bid for Telefonica Chile, To Go it Alone Bloomberg Shareholders of FineToday to Get Payout Funded by $350 Million Goldman Loan Bloomberg Vodacom

Blackstone Sells $800 Million Stake in Las Vegas Strip Resorts Bloomberg Netflix Offers Mostly Cash for Warner Bros. in New Bid Round Bloomberg Hong Kong Tycoon Cheng Seeks Sale of Some Rosewood Hotels Bloomberg Monte Paschi Drops for Third Day Amid Probe of Mediobanca Deal Bloomberg SoftBank’s Son ‘Cried’ About Nvidia Stake Sale to Fund AI Bets Bloomberg BHP Is Said to Have Offered £40 Billion in Aborted Anglo Bid Bloomberg Targa to Buy Rival Permian Pipeline Operator for $1