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Last updated: October 26, 2026, 4:40 AM ET
Asia-Pacific & Emerging Markets
Brazilian assets face a sharp repricing after Lula's election win bloomberg.com, with traders bracing for steep losses when markets open Monday. Emerging-market stocks bloomberg.com started the week lower as investors awaited earnings, while soybean futures dropped to a two-month low bloomberg.com in Chicago on expectations of a shift in China trade flows.
China is seeing both stress and a tentative floor. China's state-led funds bloomberg.com recorded their heaviest buying since the trade-war rout, yet Morgan Stanley bloomberg.com expects Chinese equities to slide further before valuations bottom. In India, small-cap investors bloomberg.com are fleeing as margin calls mount, and Citadel Securities bloomberg.com is expanding its India office in a growth push. Japan's Nikkei slipped 0.5% wsj.com as chip and electronics stocks weighed on the index over Iran-related energy concerns, and Asian stocks broadly declined wsj.com as risk appetite faded. Taiwan's currency is expected to rebound wsj.com after its recent slump, according to Goldman Sachs.
Europe & UK
FTSE 100 futures bloomberg.com pointed to a firmer open for London. Lloyds Bank's chief executive urged politicians to look at the UK economy ft.com as a CEO would, while Deloitte's UK boss received a 45% pay rise ft.com even as the firm cut jobs. Industrial deal-making continued, with Kone limiting asset sales ft.com as it seeks Brussels' approval for a €29bn megadeal. Chinese turbine maker Ming Yang is building a European firewall ft.com through a joint venture with Octopus.
Policy and capital flows are shifting too. The EU is weighing a Trump-style stake ft.com in critical minerals projects, and Germany plans to buy Ukrainian-developed ft.com strike missiles for the Bundeswehr. The UK financial ombudsman is deploying phones ft.com to counter AI-generated complaint errors. Meanwhile, the rise and fall ft.com of the £150bn diversified growth fund category offers lessons for the asset management industry.
Americas & Commodities
Copper extended its drop bloomberg.com as AI stocks came under pressure ahead of the Fed meeting. Gold held flat wsj.com just below $4,000 an ounce, while oil declined wsj.com on a likely technical correction after recent multimonth highs. Asset managers' Australian dollar shorts bloomberg.com reached a record as risk aversion built.
In corporate finance, Gaw Capital is seeking to refinance bloomberg.com a HK$14.4 billion loan, and Ingenia revoked Warburg Pincus's wsj.com data-room access after a rival $1.55 billion offer. Tesla's AI push ft.com is gaining momentum as a possible SpaceX merger could add fresh thrust to its autonomous-driving plans.
Frontier Markets & Risk
Uganda's shilling freefall bloomberg.com is draining the central bank's limited reserves as policymakers run short of options. The World Bank flagged Somalia's low tax revenue bloomberg.com as the central fiscal obstacle. In France, a bond rout bloomberg.com has drawn in an Australian pension fund that others are avoiding. Australia's regulator, meanwhile, warned that rising market risks bloomberg.com could hit liquidity.
Coming Up
The Fed's policy meeting sits ahead bloomberg.com and is weighing on metals and risk assets. Brazilian earnings are due bloomberg.com as investors reassess the post-election outlook.
Private Equity
Last updated: October 26, 2026, 4:40 AM ET
European Tech Funding
European startups have posted a third consecutive record quarter sifted.eu, with Paris and Munich now outpacing London in deal activity. The shift marks a notable rebalancing of the continent's venture capital map.
Chip Sector Outlook
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang's remarks on a possible slowdown in Europe's chip industry are being read against the company's own investment flows sifted.eu, with analysts urging investors to follow the money rather than the rhetoric.
Sovereignty and Spinouts
Pan-European momentum is building around sovereign tech sifted.eu at the Stage Two summit in Berlin, where spinout founders and investors are discussing how public policy and private capital can keep research-driven companies in Europe.
Sector Investment
Last updated: October 23, 2026, 3:40 PM ET
Real Estate Private Markets
The PERE Awards 2026 perenews.com have opened for submissions, inviting nominations for the groups, individuals and events that made the biggest impact on the sector.
Healthcare Private Equity
Arcventis Health Partners has taken a majority growth stake thehealthcareinvestor.com in Aligned Modern Health, marking another deal in the sector's ongoing private equity activity.
Coming Up
Submissions for the PERE Awards perenews.com are now open.