M&A

• Data center firm Core Scientific shareholders rejected a $9B takeover bid by AI cloud computing firm CoreWeave's $9B takeover bid over valuation concerns Yahoo.Finance 

  
  

• Pharma giant Novo Nordisk launched a bidding war against Pfizer for US obesity biotech firm Metsera with an $8.5B bid, including milestones Reuters

  
  

• Insurance giant AIG and Canadian investment firm Onex agreed to acquire specialty insurer Convex in a $7B deal Reuters

  
  

• Mubadala-backed insurance and asset management firm Aquarian Holdingsis in advanced talks to take-private US life insurer Brighthouse Financial in a $4B cash deal Reuters

  
  

• Activist hedge fund Engaged Capital is pushing $3.5B-listed software company BlackLine to pursue a sale  Yahoo.Finance

  
  

• Italian lender UniCredit increased its stake in Greek lender Alpha Bank to 29.5%, worth $2.8B   Yahoo.Finance

  
  

• Broadband giants Nexfibre Networks and CityFibre are among bidders seeking to acquire UK fibre company Netomnia, which could fetch an over $2.6B valuation Bloomberg 

  
  

• AIG agreed to acquire a 9.9% stake in Onex for $646M and invest $2B over three years in Onex funds Yahoo.Finance

  
  

• UK telecom Vodafone agreed to buy German cloud specialist Skaylink from PE firm Waterland for $204M  Reuters