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Global M&A Set to Shatter Records in 2026: $3.6-$3.9T Driven by AI & Semis

Goldman Sachs sees global M&A rebounding to $...

Deal activity is expected to concentrate in t...

Other forecasters project modest U.S. volume ...

Downside risks include tariffs, weakening lab...

CCMP Growth Closes $500M+ Fund for Upper-Middle Market Buyouts in Consumer & Industrial Sectors

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

CCMP Growth Advisors closed CCMP Capital Inve...

The fund targets founder- and family-owned bu...

Early activity includes four platform deals a...

Alignment is reinforced by insiders providing...

Netflix-Warner Bros Acquisition: KeyBanc Cuts Target Amid Margin & Regulatory Risks

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

KeyBanc cut its Netflix price target to $110 ...

The firm expects 2026 revenue growth near 13%...

The roughly $82–83B WBD deal (including assum...

Street views diverge sharply, with some targe...

KeyBanc Boosts Targets for AMAT, MKSI & AEIS on AI Growth, Notes China & Regulation Risks

Americas Markets Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

KeyBanc lifted Applied Materials (AMAT) to $3...

KeyBanc raised MKS Instruments (MKSI) to $180...

KeyBanc boosted Advanced Energy Industries (A...

Overall, KeyBanc sees a multi-year AI and nod...

KeyBanc Lifts Applied Materials Target to $380 Amid AI-DRAM Surge and Trade Risks

Americas Markets Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

KeyBanc raised Applied Materials’ price targe...

Analysts see upside from rising deposition/et...

AMAT trades near its 52-week high with elevat...

New U.S. export curbs on China are a key risk...

How Metalmark Capital’s 2018 Growth Investment Transformed T. Parker Host’s Maritime Assets

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Metalmark Capital made a minority growth-equi...

Host retained majority control and management...

Avondale adds five docks, over a mile of wate...

The investment fits Metalmarks infrastructure...

Ranch vs. Farmland Returns: Why Permanent Cropland Is Failing Where Ranch Investments Still Win

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

From 2002–2011, U.S. farmland posted strong, ...

Low farm-sector leverage helped farmland hold...

Recent results show more dispersion and stres...

Ranch ownership also delivers non-financial v...

Richard C. Blum: From Circus Risk-Taker to Philanthropic Powerhouse

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Richard C. Blum helped buy Ringling Bros. and...

The deal became a defining early win that hel...

After witnessing poverty in the Himalayas, he...

He later backed institutional anti-poverty wo...

ATLANT 3D Raises $15M to Scale Atomic Manufacturing for Space, Quantum & Semiconductors

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

ATLANT 3D raised a $15M Series A+ led by West...

Its Direct Atomic Layer Processing (DALP) ena...

The company is developing a space-qualified N...

Near-term upside spans semiconductors, quantu...

Ukraine’s 3D Printing Turnaround: UK Partners with Babcock & QinetiQ

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Babcock won a UK MoD proof-of-concept contrac...

The aim is to localise and speed up spares pr...

The project complements Babcock’s wider Ukrai...

Babcock is also building in-country repair ca...