January 2026 – Page 96 – Finance Updates

When Private Equity Enters Child Care: Scale vs. Equity and Quality Concerns

Americas Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity now owns most of the largest U...

Flagship operator KinderCare illustrates the ...

Evidence from Colorado and elsewhere suggests...

Policymakers are beginning to respond with gu...

How Private Equity is Reshaping Sports Ownership: Media Rights, Value & Risk

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity is rapidly expanding its role ...

Deals like the Lakers’ US$10 billion sale, th...

Investment is also flowing into adjacent area...

Key risks centre on inflated valuations, rest...

Private Equity’s Grip on U.S. Reproductive Care: Rising Costs, Risks & Health Threats

Americas Risk Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity ownership has rapidly expanded...

Evidence from hospital acquisitions links PE ...

PE-driven strategies often raise prices, wors...

Regulatory gaps, uncertain long-term outcomes...

Private Equity’s Rising Political Clout Sparks Healthcare & Housing Regulation Risks

Americas Policy Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

New research shows that when private equity a...

Private equity control in healthcare is linke...

With leveraged buyouts and assets under manag...

Regulators, lawmakers, and advocacy groups ar...

Enterprise Mobility Expands Into Classes 7-8 After Acquiring Hogan Transports

Americas M&A Transportation and Warehousing

Enterprise Mobility, parent of Enterprise Ren...

Hogan adds more than 10,000 pieces of equipme...

Hogan will continue operating as a separate u...

The deal strengthens Enterprise’s position in...

Ferrero’s $3.1B Takeover of WK Kellogg: Premium Valuation Meets Health & Strategy Shift

Americas M&A Food Manufacturing

Ferrero is acquiring WK Kellogg Co for $23 pe...

WK Kellogg, spun off from Kellogg/Kellanova i...

The deal delivers roughly a 40% premium to WK...

This transaction advances Ferrero’s North Ame...

How Smurfit Westrock Is Scaling After Its Merger: Strategy, Sustainability & Synergies

Americas M&A Paper Manufacturing

Smurfit Westrock, formed from Smurfit Kappa’s...

North America generates roughly half of compa...

Post-merger strategy centers on an owner-oper...

Management is targeting $400 million-plus in ...

Nippon Steel Acquires U.S. Steel: Foreign Investment, Labor, & Security Stakes Revealed

Americas M&A Manufacturing

Nippon Steel has finalized its $14.9 billion ...

A National Security Agreement gives the U.S. ...

NSC will invest about $11 billion by 2028 to ...

Open issues include meeting investment and pe...

Union Pacific & Norfolk Southern Merger: $85B Rail Deal Shakes Freight Landscape

Americas M&A Transportation and Warehousing

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern propose an...

The deal targets about $2.75 billion in annua...

The companies pledge to retain all union work...

The merger faces tough STB scrutiny under pos...

2026 M&A Boom: Canada Leads Global Surge with AI, Cross-Border Deals & PE Moves

Americas M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Canadian and global M&A are expected to surge...

Canadian companies are ramping up U.S. acquis...

Cheaper and more stable financing from rate c...

Tariffs, U.S. trade policy shifts, regulatory...