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Last updated: October 25, 2026, 10:40 PM ET
Energy & Commodities
Gold steadied bloomberg.com after its biggest weekly drop since June as traders weighed the Federal Reserve's upcoming meeting. Oil edged lower bloomberg.com as the US and Iran held to familiar rhetoric in their conflict, while the Black Sea ft.com has become the world's deadliest shipping route amid fighting between Russia and Ukraine. Mercuria is suing the Baltic Exchange ft.com over Hormuz freight-rate losses, testing whether the exchange can keep publishing price estimates.
Equities
Stocks struggled to recover bloomberg.com from a volatile week as investors awaited megacap earnings. Zero-day options traders are betting against large S&P 500 swings bloomberg.com, even as some investors position for AI earnings, geopolitics and interest rates. Goldman cut its Kospi 12-month target by 25% bloomberg.com as the AI trade unravels, and luxury groups have lost €250bn ft.com in value as Chinese consumer demand fades.
Fixed Income & Currencies
Emerging-market debt has outrun Treasuries bloomberg.com as rich-world fiscal fears grow, with investors such as JPMorgan Asset Management and Generali loading up. France has become the poster child for debt woes wsj.com after a bond rout that has also put the ECB succession race bloomberg.com at the center of its endgame. Goldman says the yen is becoming a better hedge bloomberg.com against an AI-driven market shock, and Thailand's baht may rebound on bond inflows bloomberg.com after a difficult eight months.
Deals & Corporate
Ingenia shares soared bloomberg.com on a A$1.6 billion takeover bid from AVID, and the retirement-village operator has revoked Warburg Pincus's wsj.com data-room access following the rival offer. Bon Secours is nearing a $6bn takeover ft.com of Bain-backed Surgery Partners. Audi will build a $4bn factory ft.com in Georgia, a move announced at a Trump rally, and CEO Gernot Döllner says the plant is not wsj.com just a response to tariffs. Brookfield is opening a Doha office bloomberg.com to deepen its Middle East reach, and Airbus is in talks with BAE ft.com over its role in the GCAP fighter jet programme.
Airlines & Consumer
Airfares may stay elevated nytimes.com after the war with Iran pushed up fuel costs. Indi Go and Air India will move some flights bloomberg.com to the new Navi Mumbai airport, while Saudi Arabia reopened Riyadh airport nytimes.com even as Houthi militants threatened further strikes.
Manufacturing & Industry
U.S. factory employment is rising again wsj.com, but a shift toward high-tech automation has changed the hiring rules. Toyota is entering the humanoid robot race ft.com against Tesla and Chinese rivals, drawing on two decades of research. BYD's Korea push is challenging Hyundai's bloomberg.com dominance on its home market.
Politics & Elections
Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat nytimes.com in the Serbian election, while British Columbia's Conservatives won a majority bloomberg.com that ended NDP rule. Mexico's top electoral official will resign bloomberg.com after a graft probe. In the U.S., the Justice Department's lawsuit targeting nytimes.com a potential narrow loss in an Alaska Senate race signals a pre-emptive phase of Trump's election attacks, and Democrats have an edge across four nytimes.com key Pennsylvania House races. Latinos have become America's most important swing voters nytimes.com, and Democrats are targeting CEOs wsj.com who donated to Trump.
International & Geopolitics
Lula faces a tight race nytimes.com in Brazil, where Bolsonaro's son Flávio is a close challenger nytimes.com. Israelis head to the polls nytimes.com on Tuesday, and fresh intelligence has raised the risk of a return to full war nytimes.com between the U.S. and Iran. Speaker Mike Johnson says Rubio is planning trilateral talks bloomberg.com over Ukraine. María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela nytimes.com after nearly a year in exile, and Senegal's prime minister has raised a constitutional option bloomberg.com in a budget standoff. Oxford Street in London is going car-free ft.com to revive its fortunes, and French street clashes have left relief mixed with anxiety nytimes.com.
Health & Regulation
A measles surge is creating political risk ft.com for Republicans over vaccines, while many care services in England have never been inspected ft.com by the regulator. Public colleges are passing the $50,000 mark nytimes.com for in-state students at some University of California campuses.
Coming Up
The Federal Reserve's meeting is still ahead bloomberg.com, and megacap earnings are due soon bloomberg.com. Israelis vote on Tuesday nytimes.com in an election that will determine the country's direction.
Private Equity
Last updated: October 25, 2026, 3:40 PM ET
Private Markets
Alex Depledge sifted.eu resigned from her UK Treasury post, objecting to what she described as a "sideshow" treatment of scaleup companies in government policy.
Sector Investment
Last updated: October 23, 2026, 3:40 PM ET
Real Estate Private Markets
The PERE Awards 2026 perenews.com are now accepting submissions, inviting industry input on the groups, individuals and events that made the greatest impact on the sector.
Healthcare Private Equity
Arcventis Health Partners has completed a majority growth investment thehealthcareinvestor.com in Aligned Modern Health, marking another deal in the healthcare and life sciences buyout landscape.
Digital Infrastructure
Digital infrastructure now dominates North American fundraising infrastructureinvestor.com, even as nearshoring policy priorities meet growing hurdles for data centre development.
Coming Up
The PERE Awards submission window perenews.com is currently open for industry nominations.