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. on.iongroup.com/4jyEe3H

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. on.iongroup.com/3NhptGz

Scale. If you wanted to sum up M&A in 2025 in one word, that would be it. on.iongroup.com/4sGiUO8

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. on.iongroup.com/3N476Vf

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.” on.iongroup.com/3YwR2xT

Mexico’s equity capital market is likely to remain fragile in 2026 despite a few recent deals. on.iongroup.com/4aTxOtG

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. on.iongroup.com/3XZszRD

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. on.iongroup.com/4pIQBNb

Biotech activity in the US equity capital markets is showing renewed signs of life following a multiyear drought. on.iongroup.com/3KF0cF9

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. on.iongroup.com/4pmgLEZ

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. on.iongroup.com/4itXrTG

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). on.iongroup.com/4453Ajf

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. on.iongroup.com/3XwctPf

KKR’s acquisition of aerospace and defense platform Novaria couldn’t have come at a less opportune time. on.iongroup.com/3MlKZcF

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. on.iongroup.com/4ikrZan

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. on.iongroup.com/43PHocV

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. on.iongroup.com/4riojdp

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. on.iongroup.com/49u49a1

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. on.iongroup.com/3LHFbdi

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. on.iongroup.com/47R7MEc