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Last updated: October 13, 2026, 5:40 AM ET
Banking & M&A
Monte dei Paschi pushed back against Intesa Sanpaolo's sweetened offer, arguing the premium still falls short of the average for comparable Italian bank takeovers. The Italian lender's board is weighing the revised terms against its standalone plan.
Publicis reported stronger top-line growth as new account wins offset softer spending from existing clients, with continued market-share gains across its agency network.
Energy & Oil Majors
BP will unveil ft.com a new strategy in December after a windfall year, having reached its current debt targets. The company plans a strategy update as its balance sheet strengthens, with the incoming chief executive expected to set out the direction of capital allocation.
Net debt has already fallen bloomberg.com to the company's 2027 target, helped by strong oil and gas trading and refining margins. The London benchmark index is tracking BP and peers, with the FTSE 100 poised bloomberg.com to outperform regional rivals in early trade.
Metals & Mining
Interest in Bougainville's Panguna copper mine nytimes.com is growing as rising demand lifts prices, though the site is tied to a civil war that left deep scars. Copper and aluminum both retreated bloomberg.com as an AI-driven selloff drained appetite for risk assets.
Sulphur shortages are intensifying ft.com as deep-pocketed miners outbid fertiliser producers for scarce supplies, a development that threatens to push global food prices higher.
Equities & Tech Selloff
Asian stocks were battered wsj.com as semiconductor names dived, tracking weakness in U.S. technology shares on valuation concerns and rising yields. Chip stocks slid further ft.com after the Broadcom chief called AI investing a "casino," dragging Samsung and SK Hynix and pulling the Kospi sharply lower. The Nikkei fell 2.0% wsj.com to 67,644.31 amid geopolitical tensions.
Gold fell in early Asian trade wsj.com as investors adopted a wait-and-see stance ahead of U.S. bank earnings and inflation data.
Rates, Bonds & Treasuries
U.S. Treasuries rallied bloomberg.com as trading resumed after a long weekend, with safe-haven demand returning. The sell-off has been severe: investors are buying ft.com government debt at the highest yields in decades, with bond funds attracting record inflows. Rising bill issuance is also putting pressure ft.com on short-term rates as stress at the long end of the curve spreads.
The IMF flagged soaring bond yields bloomberg.com as the biggest emerging risk to the global financial system, and warned of the largest budget deficits ft.com since the pandemic.
Currencies: Rupee & Yuan
India's rupee gained bloomberg.com as the central bank announced further steps to support the currency, though the rescue faces a test bloomberg.com from oil prices, inflation and capital outflows. Indian bonds face a double blow bloomberg.com as benchmark 10-year yields jumped to their highest since March 2023. The offshore yuan held steady wsj.com against the dollar ahead of key Chinese economic data, while Beijing pushed back ft.com on currency manipulation claims.
Deals, IPOs & Corporate
Air Trunk is said to delay a planned $1.5 billion IPO for the data center operator. Transsion raised $390 million bloomberg.com in its Hong Kong listing, as the smartphone maker dominant in emerging markets went public. BT's TalkTalk rescue ft.com will strengthen its broadband leadership, drawing complaints from rivals. Biotech firms are turning to reverse mergers to bypass a stalled IPO window, while Accenture faces questions ft.com over whether it can thrive in the AI era ahead of its investor day. Informa's trade show strategy ft.com carries geopolitical exposure, and the EU's hybrid-car curbs ft.com offer only temporary relief against Chinese carmakers.
Industrial Policy & Trade
Trump's industrial promises face tests wsj.com in Philadelphia and Iowa, where two multibillion-dollar projects aim to restore U.S. manufacturing. Iran is fortifying wsj.com its nuclear sites as the regime braces for renewed fighting. The IMF warned nytimes.com that Mideast conflict will widen the gap between rich and poor nations, while Asia's zombie-company share has doubled ft.com since 2008.
Geopolitics & Policy
Bulgaria will summon bloomberg.com Russia's ambassador after drones struck more ships overnight. Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak called Trump bloomberg.com a symptom of the breakdown in the global order. In the UK, companies report a sevenfold rise ft.com in conduct complaints, while a London court ruled that Chinese victims cannot rely ft.com on English law in a £3.8bn bitcoin case.
Media & Other
Jimmy Kimmel teased Trump nytimes.com over the Nobel Prize snub, while Trump said he is "looking at" nytimes.com firing Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle. FIFA paid millions nytimes.com for a rarely used Trump Tower office. Trump rallied in Ohio nytimes.com for Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy. NASA's Perseverance rover set a Mars driving record nytimes.com at 28 miles. Finally, hiring is increasingly shaped ft.com by AI-driven fraud, and sellers are advised to prioritise paperwork ft.com over decor when listing a home.
Private Equity
Last updated: October 13, 2026, 5:40 AM ET
Deals & Carve-Outs
Aurelius pehub.com agreed to acquire Nokia's Enterprise Campus Edge unit in a carve-out, adding a business that provides private wireless networks and industrial devices to its portfolio.
Exit Environment
Exit processes can stall for many reasons, and a new podcast privateequityinternational.com explores how sponsors can secure safe landings when sales timelines slip.
Fundraising & LP Sentiment
Limited partner appetite for Asia-Pacific is turning positive privateequityinternational.com, with roughly a third of LPs planning to raise their allocation to the region even as the broader recovery remains on standby.
European Venture & Growth
Europe's push to lead in physical AI is under scrutiny sifted.eu, while a former Pleo executive is launching an AI CFO sifted.eu startup aimed at US rivals. A US investor also weighed in on where Europe's next large companies may emerge in a separate analysis sifted.eu.
Sector Investment
Last updated: October 10, 2026, 4:20 AM ET
Real Estate Investment
Political instability across Europe is creating headwinds for sought-after residential markets, with investors weighing regulatory risk against long-term demand. Regulatory uncertainty perenews.com is now shaping capital allocation decisions across the region.
Healthcare Private Equity
H.I.G. Capital has moved to acquire Outcomes, adding to a busy stretch of healthcare and life sciences dealmaking as sponsors continue to target recurring-revenue services.