UK-based automotive dealership software maker Pinewood agrees to a £545M cash takeover by US private equity firm Ridgeview, after an Apax takeover fell through (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b36d4655-b05f-46a9-87b2-145437dbdc3b
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Sources: Bain Capital stands to make $15B in profits on its 2018 Kioxia buyout, a ~20x return, as Kioxia's stock has surged 5,000% since its December 2024 IPO (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/22bc5436-d5a1-4d03-b8c0-5840f1e3a515
LSEG: Morgan Stanley collected $2.3B in debt and equity capital market fees in H1 2026, up from $1.4B in H1 2025, driven by AI infrastructure financing deals (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e2a3ea85-e4f2-4344-ac70-8410333e8749
As companies stay private longer, VC firms, like Spark, Gigafund, and Greenoaks, are investing in companies later on and buying stakes without seeking influence (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/venture-capita
Study: 150 Polymarket wallets may have traded on inside US military information, attracting copycat bets and making $8M overall, with a 97.2% average win rate (Douglas Gillison/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/m
Retail traders are shifting from Big Tech to stocks boosted by AI like SK Hynix and Marvell; five of the Magnificent Seven stocks trail the market this year (Hannah Erin Lang/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/everyda