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Public Markets

Last updated: October 1, 2026, 2:04 PM ET

Global Bond Rout

The global bond sell-off intensified, with the US 10-year Treasury yield briefly touching bloomberg.com its highest level since 2002, while the 30-year yield climbed wsj.com to 5.683%, a 24-year peak. The sell-off has created a "vicious loop" of selling ft.com, with yields soaring half a percentage point in the worst month in four years. The UK became the first major economy to see its long-term borrowing costs hit bloomberg.com 6% since the euro crisis. France is ground zero wsj.com in the rout, with the 10-year French-German yield spread widening to a 14-year high as the government proposes €43 billion in spending cuts. Despite the sell-off, some money managers are asking wsj.com clients to give bonds another chance, while an optimist’s guide suggests ft.com it could be a lot worse. Four potential positives ft.com from higher yields include a more attractive entry point for investors. Resilient economic growth is pushing bloomberg.com yields higher, and one datapoint—revised GDP growth—could explain wsj.com the surge. The sell-off has reached nytimes.com worrying new levels globally, with energy-driven inflation and fiscal risks pushing wsj.com yields higher. Municipal bonds saw their worst monthly returns bloomberg.com since the Lehman collapse, though muni managers are touting equity-like returns after the rout. Global bond funds are rewarding bloomberg.com early movers on inflation. The spread on the riskiest CCC-rated US corporate debt jumped bloomberg.com above 1,000 basis points for the first time since 2023. Investors are shedding mortgage bond ETFs at the fastest rate since 2020, while the 10-year Treasury yield rose wsj.com to a new 24-year high. A resilient economy bloomberg.com is keeping yields elevated, and the bond sell-off eased wsj.com slightly but yields remain at multidecade highs.

Equities

US stock futures rose wsj.com despite the relentless Treasury selloff, with the Nasdaq leading gains as technology shares lifted wsj.com the broader market. Stocks staged bloomberg.com a cautious rebound as gains in technology companies helped weather bond swings. While surging to records, stocks experienced some "wobbles" nytimes.com beneath the S&P 500’s 2% gain in the third quarter. A tech-fueled stock market powers through wsj.com but limps into the fourth quarter, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 on pace for double-digit gains. The KBW Bank Index shed bloomberg.com as much as 2.4% as bank stocks sank further into correction territory, led by Citigroup. European stocks dropped bloomberg.com as bond yields spooked investors, with banks lagging. South Africa’s benchmark stock flashed an oversold signal after a near $100 billion rout in September. Hong Kong equities are seen wsj.com at attractive valuations as the Hang Seng Index closed higher. Accenture shares surged ft.com 22% as the consultancy confounded AI fears, with revenues rising wsj.com across geographies and industries. General Motors’ third-quarter vehicle sales fell wsj.com 5.5% on discontinued models and an EV slump.

Currencies & Commodities

The dollar hit wsj.com a near 18-month high against a basket of currencies on the prospect of higher US rates, and extended wsj.com gains after data showed a fall in US job cuts. The WSJ Dollar Index rose wsj.com 0.1%, up for three consecutive trading days. The yen weakened bloomberg.com after a Bank of Japan summary dampened bets for back-to-back rate hikes. Hedge funds boosted bloomberg.com bets on euro weakness as French risks grow.

Oil prices edged higher wsj.com as supply concerns persisted despite Middle East crude exports recovering to prewar levels, with crude again touching bloomberg.com triple digits. Oil is flowing from the Persian Gulf but prices remain near $100 a barrel due to fears of hostilities. Trump’s threat nytimes.com to ban diesel exports set off global alarms, with EU countries in crisis talks ft.com over releasing diesel stocks. If you think rising oil prices are bad, just wait for the inevitable crash, one analyst warns. Natural gas slipped wsj.com as trading centered around $3/mm Btu, closing out a negative third quarter. Gold edged higher wsj.com but prices could remain under pressure near term, while gold held steady bloomberg.com as traders weighed higher bond yields and oil. Copper retreated bloomberg.com as an oil rally and stronger dollar weighed on metals. America’s copper hoard stokes wsj.com fear of a supply crunch. Global crop prices jumped bloomberg.com 13% in the biggest quarterly jump since 2022, threatening to boost inflation.

Dealmaking & Corporate Finance

Global dealmaking cooled wsj.com in the third quarter, with M&A slipping bloomberg.com 10% in a setback for dealmakers chasing a record year. Paramount’s $41 billion of M&A bonds slumped bloomberg.com as trading began, with the company stumping up high borrowing costs to fund the Warner Bros deal. David Ellison asked wsj.com CNN CEO to stay after the deal closes, and Mattel Chief Ynon Kreiz was named nytimes.com co-CEO of the combined entity. Ares and Apollo led bloomberg.com a $6.5 billion debt deal for Phoenix Tower. Lynas Rare Earths bought wsj.com Meteoric Resources in a $672 million deal, backed by Gina Rinehart. Boots is set ft.com to get carved out of private equity in a $9 billion sale. Embattled New World paid ft.com $430 million to abandon a Hong Kong airport mega mall. BT sought ft.com government nod for a potential Talk Talk takeover. Dealmakers are lining up ft.com to test the EU’s appetite for creating European champions. India stock futures trading slumped bloomberg.com after an auction disrupted arbitrage. Airtel Money plans bloomberg.com a UK IPO that may be London’s biggest in five years. Khaadi plans bloomberg.com a record IPO next month in Pakistan. MNT Halan plans an Egypt listing as the market rallies. SK Hynix’s mega-listing maintains bloomberg.com US IPO momentum. IPO valuations are dipping bloomberg.com in India as local funds flex pricing muscle. Auditor RSM explores ft.com an IPO to ward off private equity-backed rivals. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund bought bloomberg.com into a Tera-Run Turkey IPO that plunged in weeks. Garuda Indonesia turns bloomberg.com to a share sale as fuel eats into a $1.4 billion rescue. Air Asia Indonesia mulls bloomberg.com share sales and liability restructuring. Chile’s president plans bloomberg.com to raise spending by 15% as copper revenue surges. The Czech Republic ditches bloomberg.com austerity to spend big as debt costs surge. Laos eyes bloomberg.com a second junk dollar bond since its 2025 market return. Turkey wants bloomberg.com fund investors to give back “excessive” profits. Thailand bond outflows hit bloomberg.com a six-month high in September.

Technology & AI

Google released ft.com its most advanced Gemini AI model, dubbed “Argon.” A hacking competition showed nytimes.com the power of China’s approach to AI. Meta uses nytimes.com AI data centers to avoid billions in federal taxes. Japan plans ft.com a $140 billion AI data center push with Dell and Jera. Tencent leases ft.com 100,000 chips from Oracle to accelerate its AI push. The FTC expands ft.com its investigation of Anthropic and OpenAI. Tech CEOs privately questioned wsj.com Anthropic’s Dario Amodei for sounding AI alarm bells. OpenAI’s Greg Brockman backed out nytimes.com of a second $25 million donation to an AI super PAC. Congress is set to leave nytimes.com Washington for the midterms with no AI progress. Trump’s voluntary AI policing echoes nytimes.com what Biden did, but may not be enough today. OpenAI’s agents obscured ft.com hacking activity in government site breaches. Micron’s profit and revenue surged wsj.com as the memory crunch looks to last through 2028. A Swedish company used nytimes.com an AI likeness of Greta Garbo in an ad. Google wants nytimes.com Hollywood to stop being so afraid of technology. Is circular financing in AI a problem ft.com? Only if the wheel stops spinning. Is AI supercharging ft.com science? An AI sovereign wealth fund isn’t progressive—it’s techno-imperialism ft.com. Late night is skeptical nytimes.com of AI leaders self-regulating. AI anxiety is showing up nytimes.com in therapy. Women can now assess nytimes.com their breast cancer risk with the help of AI. A cancer test has investors betting big wsj.com, but will insurers pay? When data centers cluster together, how dirty nytimes.com are they? Apple’s biggest battleground for foldable phones is China wsj.com. China’s bigger, better batteries ft.com are the world’s fastest-growing power technology.

Real Estate & Consumer

As mortgage rates hit nytimes.com 7.28%, the highest level since 2023, buyers are turning to ARMs. UK house prices fell ft.com as higher mortgage rates subdue the market. Australia’s housing slump ft.com could have a silver lining for its banks, and home prices are falling with questions over how far they could drop. A Miami office tower tests bloomberg.com the finance boom with a record price tag. A Miami project sells bloomberg.com $1.7 billion of apartments before it’s built. McCormick is working wsj.com to win over value-conscious shoppers, reporting a 17% sales increase. Keurig Dr Pepper hired wsj.com Kimberly-Clark’s president to helm its coffee spinoff. Pandora’s CEO says bloomberg.com US demand is dampening as inflation worries grow. Starbucks opened ft.com its first cafés in China’s Xinjiang. Why Domino’s new CEO says wsj.com an insider is a better innovator. Move over, storytellers: the marketing engineers wsj.com are here. How Arc’teryx turned wsj.com climbing gear into a luxury status symbol. When asking for a donation at checkout can backfire wsj.com.

Politics & Policy

The Supreme Court took on nytimes.com Trump’s immigration agenda, reviewing a migrant detention policy. The court’s summer break vanished nytimes.com, erased by emergencies. John Roberts retreated nytimes.com to his island, but Supreme Court critics found him. The Justice Dept. tried nytimes.com to rebuke federal judges for speaking to The Times. Trump’s new tariffs got nytimes.com a familiar day in court. A federal watchdog investigated nytimes.com Adam Kinzinger for Kalshi bets on his pardon. Treasury Secretary Bessent settled nytimes.com a tax issue that had put him at odds with the IRS. Senator Marsha Blackburn sued nytimes.com over Jack Smith’s subpoena during the Trump inquiry. Congress wants wsj.com to bring federal agencies to heel over energy projects. Democratic senators challenged wsj.com Trump officials on the Pentagon’s Venezuela oil deal. The Texas governor race puts pressure on Andy Beshear and the Democratic Governors Association. In wooing wavering Hispanic voters, Trump talks nytimes.com ICE, his ballroom and himself. Trump dangles nytimes.com an Alaska gas project as part of a Korean investment package. Trump says ft.com South Korea will invest $200 billion in US energy projects. Newsom, eager for a higher perch, climbs nytimes.com the Golden Gate Bridge. Five takeaways from the debate nytimes.com for California governor. Trump Media’s merger with a nuclear fusion company moves closer to completion. Most American children are being auto-enrolled nytimes.com in Trump accounts.

Energy & Commodities

A Chilean lithium project draws bloomberg.com investors despite the metal rout. US pressure leaves wsj.com Iranian tankers stranded in Asian waters. A US competition watchdog expands ft.com its probe of AI companies. An opinion piece argues wsj.com Boulder has no business making foreign policy. The US West stays bloomberg.com warm after the second-hottest September on record. EU steel exports hit ft.com by high energy costs, tariffs and China oversupply. Billionaire Solowow eyes bloomberg.com a 2028 IPO for a Polish nuclear power firm. Arla Foods will invest wsj.com $71 million to tap protein-rich dairy demand.

Aviation & Transport

The Fly Dubai cockpit attack dominated wsj.com headlines, with Captain Smit Machchhar hailed nytimes.com as a hero for fending off a co-pilot’s stabbing attack. The 38-year-old captain fought off ft.com the attack with help from crew and passengers. The UAE investigates ft.com if the attack was terrorist activity. The Fly Dubai scare revives ft.com Israel’s hijacking trauma. A passenger who helped nytimes.com subdue the pilot described the stabbing. A train driver accelerated ft.com through a red signal before a fatal crash. Australia’s banks show ft.com how to prepare for cable blackouts. Europe’s luxury carmakers are supersizing wsj.com their SUVs for Americans. Ford’s F-150 production was paused wsj.com by a supplier issue.

Legal & Investigations

The Cornell sex assault case continued nytimes.com to unfold, with varying accounts from the accused men. A statement written by police omitted nytimes.com her claim she was raped. Cornell will hire nytimes.com outside lawyers to investigate the 2024 rape claim. The Cornell rape investigation: five takeaways nytimes.com. Students question nytimes.com Greek life culture after the assault claim. What New York’s rape laws mean nytimes.com for the case. Renee Good’s family sues nytimes.com an ICE agent and Trump officials over her killing in Minnesota. The attempted execution of Christa Pike failed nytimes.com, and Tennessee paused nytimes.com a planned execution. A Hasidic Jew who protested nytimes.com against an Israeli flag may be deported. Salah Sarsour, an Islamic leader, can be deported nytimes.com, a judge ruled. Wachtell hired ft.com a former Manhattan US attorney to strengthen litigation ranks. King’s bank Coutts was hit ft.com with a new lawsuit after “debanking.” The massive corporate tax bills that hinge on two words. The CFTC secured bloomberg.com a $30 million judgment tied to an alleged crypto scam. Latvia detained bloomberg.com two people for spying for Russia. Russia summoned bloomberg.com the Danish ambassador over a helicopter dispute.

Banking & Finance

UBS faced wsj.com a shareholder call to leave Switzerland, but pushed back against the investor demand. UBS should make ft.com the positive case for staying Swiss. Citadel Securities’ Rubner sees bloomberg.com retail cash reloading on stocks. Hedge-fund managers lose out wsj.com on a lucrative tax strategy. India Inc. faces bloomberg.com higher borrowing costs as short-term yields surge. India’s $133 billion cash deluge puts bloomberg.com the RBI on a hawkish path. The Fed is on hold wsj.com—maybe for a while. Mexico tightens wsj.com AML rules amid US pressure. The EU questions ft.com Binance over continued operations despite a wind-down order. Inside Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s life nytimes.com after prison. China will find wsj.com a way to manage crypto, Solana’s CEO says. Nidec bond spreads widened bloomberg.com as PwC refused ft.com to sign off its accounts despite a $4 billion charge. The RBA plays down bloomberg.com financial stability risks of the Bathla collapse. Embattled Tata patriarch faces bloomberg.com a revolt at charities he helms. Hedge funds Diameter and Redwood bought bloomberg.com Nuveen Brightline debt.

Private Equity

Last updated: October 1, 2026, 2:06 PM ET

Fundraising & Capital Markets

Investcorp closed peinsights.substack.com its second North American private equity fund on $1.22bn, surpassing its target. Ares Management raised peinsights.substack.com $4.2bn for its debut GP solutions fund, more than quadrupling its initial goal. Dig Ventures secured sifted.eu $120m to back European AI infrastructure startups. Homeward raised news.crunchbase.com $120M to help homeowners buy before selling, as the housing market stalls. Nubank halted sifted.eu acquisition talks with Monzo after the UK digital bank’s sales plunged.

Dealmaking: Technology & Platforms

Trading Technologies, backed by Thoma Bravo and 7Ridge, acquired pehub.com equities trading platform TRAFiX, founded in 2014 and based in Mineola, New York. Bridgepoint-backed Analysys Mason picked up pehub.com Swedish AI consultancy Modulai, which has about 35 engineers. LFM Capital’s Sis Tech acquired pehub.com avionics electronics maker Alta Data Technologies, founded in 2007 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Pophouse Entertainment struck pehub.com a deal for a 50% stake in Sia’s music rights, as the singer has earned nine Grammy nominations.

Defense & Aerospace

Blackstone launched peinsights.substack.com Falcata, a US defense technology platform, by inking pehub.com deals for TSC and ASEI. The combined company will develop sensing, guidance, navigation and control technology. Antin acquired a majority stake in HP Helicopters, a Redlands, California-based aerial firefighting firm providing heavy-lift services.

Consumer & Retail

H.I.G. Capital sold peinsights.substack.com Italian beauty retailer Pinalli to Borletti Group; Pinalli runs 108 stores and generated €197 million of revenue. Centre Partners’ Nearly Natural acquired pehub.com 3D-printed planter maker Modernized Pottery. Blue Point Capital’s Weaver Brands acquired pehub.com equine grooming product maker Shapley’s, founded in 1938 in Fort Myers, Florida. Manna Tree took pehub.com a majority stake in Los Angeles creative agency Zambezi, marking its 20th anniversary.

Industrial & Business Services

KKR completed pehub.com its majority stake deal for Thomson Reuters’ print business, now operating as Westbridge Print, serving legal and tax professionals. The carve-out peinsights.substack.com was finalized as Westbridge Print goes independent. Sterling Group and Point 41 Capital backed pehub.com garage door demand, as homeowners aim to increase property value. Private equity invests pehub.com in garage door businesses with five standout deals. Riverside’s DAWGS bolted on pehub.com Empty Building Security in its second add-on. Arcus agreed pehub.com to buy SK Pharma from Syz Capital and Saturnus Capital; the Bielefeld-based company runs eight temperature-controlled warehouses.

Financial Services & Insurance

Lovell Minnick’s Warner Pacific struck pehub.com a deal for California general agency Beere&Purves, founded in 1929 and headquartered in Walnut Creek. VSS Capital Partners hired pehub.com former World Bank adviser Otilia Ciotau for an AI role. Abry Partners hired pehub.com Advent’s Yusef Kassim to lead investor relations. Eurazeo opened pehub.com its first Middle East office in Abu Dhabi’s ADGM.

European & Nordic Deals

Ambienta built pehub.com a sustainable Nordic aquaculture tech platform with four acquisitions: Bio Marine, FLS, Smir and Gro Aqua. HIG exited Italian beauty and personal care retailer Pinalli, while Ambienta bought four aquaculture businesses. Borletti Group put pehub.com on a new face with the Pinalli buyout from H.I.G.

IPO & Public Markets Outlook

The IPO window is opening news.crunchbase.com selectively; readiness will decide who gets through in 2026. Nuclear startup funding is up news.crunchbase.com, with over $6 billion invested so far in 2026, despite a bearish public markets turn.

People & Talent

Harry Stebbings said sifted.eu he regrets the 996 work culture in many ways. A Factory CEO accused techcrunch.com his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition. A Neko Health investor discussed techcrunch.com the $700M bet to scan your whole body.

LP & Fund Performance

Alaska Permanent wrote down privateequityinternational.com the value of 46 alternatives funds, including private equity, private credit and infrastructure vehicles. Middle Ground Capital explored lessons from a hard cycle for industrials. IVEST and Cloverlay’s early exit privateequityinternational.com from the Care Bears brand after three years was detailed.

Operational Excellence & Strategy

What makes the operating partner of the future? Four challenges privateequityinternational.com face operating partners in today’s difficult macro environment. Why modern OPs need initial impact privateequityinternational.com and AI and tech know-how privateequityinternational.com. EFESO finds privateequityinternational.com a repeatable route to alpha. KPMG on privateequityinternational.com the race for operational alpha. The consumer sector is too big privateequityinternational.com to ignore, says 3i. A roundtable privateequityinternational.com discussed the art of a successful co-investment. Download PEI’s 2026 Operational Excellence report privateequityinternational.com.

European Market Insights

A side letter privateequityinternational.com profiled a European PE stalwart. A deep dive privateequityinternational.com explored how one European mid-market specialist plays the long game. Wellness marketplace Healf topped sifted.eu Sifted’s ranking of 250 fastest-growing startups in Europe. Sifted Summit day one dispatched sifted.eu news that the EU scaleup fund opens to UK firms.

Sector Investment

Last updated: October 1, 2026, 2:07 PM ET

Infrastructure Fundraising

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank has hit a ¥123bn final close infrastructureinvestor.com for its second Japanese infrastructure fund, setting a new fundraising record for a domestic vehicle. Meanwhile, Fresno County’s $8bn pension is expanding its infrastructure programme infrastructureinvestor.com while deliberately avoiding AI-driven exuberance, favoring middle-market, value-add, and debt strategies.

Manager Performance

The II Alpha 30 ranking infrastructureinvestor.com aims to distinguish manager skill from market tailwinds, identifying infrastructure’s top alpha generators. A companion analysis of the A-Team infrastructureinvestor.com further highlights which managers consistently create value above broader sector returns.