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Last updated: October 26, 2026, 4:40 AM ET

Brazil and Emerging Markets

Brazil markets bloomberg.com are bracing for steep losses after President Lula's improbable election win, while emerging-market stocks began the week lower as investors awaited key earnings. Soybean futures bloomberg.com fell to a two-month low in Chicago on the prospect of a shifted China trade outlook under Lula. Investors are also loading up on emerging debt bloomberg.com, which has outpaced Treasuries as rich-world fiscal fears grow.

Europe and the Euro Bond Market

A French bond rout bloomberg.com has placed the crisis at the heart of the ECB succession race, while France's rising debt wsj.com has made the EU's second-largest economy the biggest victim of soaring global yields. An Australian pension fund is buying French government bonds bloomberg.com amid the sell-off that other investors are shunning. UK stock futures point to a brighter start bloomberg.com to the week for the FTSE.

Commodities and Currencies

Gold wsj.com was flat in early Asian trading, holding just below $4,000 an ounce, after its biggest weekly drop since June. Copper bloomberg.com extended last week's decline as artificial intelligence stocks came under pressure. Oil prices wsj.com declined on a likely technical correction, while Goldman Sachs says the yen is becoming a better hedge bloomberg.com against an AI-driven market shock. Asset managers' Australian dollar shorts bloomberg.com surged to a record high on risk-off sentiment, and the Thai baht bloomberg.com is forecast to gain around 3% on bond inflows.

Asia Equities

Japanese stocks fell about 0.5%, with the Nikkei dragged lower wsj.com by chip and electronics names. Morgan Stanley bloomberg.com sees further downside for Chinese stocks before valuations bottom, even as China's national team ETFs bloomberg.com drew their heaviest inflows since the trade-war rout. Investors fled India's small-caps bloomberg.com as margin calls mounted, and Citadel Securities bloomberg.com is moving into a larger India office.

US Corporate and Deals

Ingenia shares soared bloomberg.com after a fresh $1.6 billion takeover bid from AVID, a rival to the $1.55 billion offer wsj.com that prompted it to revoke Warburg Pincus's data-room access. Audi plans a $4 billion US plant ft.com in Georgia as it grapples with tariffs. Bon Secours ft.com is nearing a $6 billion takeover of Bain-backed Surgery Partners. Kone is limiting asset sales ft.com as it seeks Brussels' approval for its €29bn megadeal.

Tech and AI

Tesla's AI ambitions ft.com are gaining momentum as rivals race to keep up, while Toyota is entering ft.com the humanoid robot race against Tesla and China. Zero-day option traders bloomberg.com are betting against large S&P 500 swings. Surveys show executives and employees nytimes.com hold sharply different views on the AI rollout.

Policy and Regulation

The UK financial ombudsman ft.com is turning to phone calls to cut through AI hallucinations, while Australia's regulator bloomberg.com warned that global bond ructions could hit liquidity. The EU is weighing a Trump-style stake ft.com in critical minerals projects, and Germany will buy Ukrainian cruise missiles ft.com for the Bundeswehr.

Coming Up

The Fed's rate decision is expected this week bloomberg.com, with markets watching the Fed's rate hints ft.com closely. A busy week of megacap tech earnings bloomberg.com is also on the calendar.

Private Equity

Last updated: October 26, 2026, 4:40 AM ET

European Venture & Spinouts

Sovereignty is the theme at this year's pan-European spinout summit Stage Two sifted.eu in Berlin, where investors are looking at how corporate carve-outs can create new independent scaleups.

Deal Flow & Funding

European tech funding posted a third consecutive record quarter, with Paris and Munich sifted.eu outpacing London in total capital raised.

Chip Sector Outlook

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang's warnings about a chip industry slowdown in Europe sifted.eu are being read by analysts as a signal to follow the capital flows rather than the rhetoric.

UK Policy

Alex Depledge stepped down sifted.eu from her UK Treasury role, citing the government's treatment of scaleup policy as a sideshow, a move that may unsettle founders and investors relying on public-private support.

Coming Up

The Stage Two summit sifted.eu in Berlin is the next gathering for the spinout community to test these sovereignty arguments in person.

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.