Sharp, daily intelligence on the deals, capital flows, and market moves that matter.https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/en-gbhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/easyjet-apollo-7-7-billion-takeover-bid/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/easyjet-apollo-7-7-billion-takeover-bid/The budget carrier has agreed in principle to a $7.7bn offer from Apollo, snubbing rival Castlelake and sending shares to their sharpest single-day gain in years.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaviationprivate equitytakeovershttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/hugo-boss-board-rejects-frasers-2-2-billion-takeover/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/hugo-boss-board-rejects-frasers-2-2-billion-takeover/The German fashion house is urging shareholders to reject Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, calling the £2.2 billion approach inadequate — setting up a contested public battle over one of Europe's most recognisable luxury-adjacent brands.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTm&aretaileuropehttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/yara-acquires-gulf-coast-ammonia-plant-1-3-billion/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/yara-acquires-gulf-coast-ammonia-plant-1-3-billion/The Norwegian fertilizer giant is committing $1.3 billion to secure a U.S. ammonia foothold — a strategic pivot toward domestic supply chains at a moment of acute fertilizer-market volatility.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTagriculturem&acommoditieshttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/easyjet-castlelake-67-billion-takeover-bid/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/easyjet-castlelake-67-billion-takeover-bid/The U.S. private equity firm has tabled a takeover offer for the London-listed low-cost carrier, with reported figures ranging from $6.7 billion to $7.3 billion. EasyJet says it is ready to accept — setting up one of the largest PE plays in European aviation in years.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaviationprivate equitytake-privatehttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/sky-itv-acquisition-2-billion-british-broadcasting/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/sky-itv-acquisition-2-billion-british-broadcasting/Sky has made the ITV acquisition official at $2.16 billion, combining the UK's dominant pay-TV platform with its largest commercial free-to-air broadcaster — a consolidation that hands Comcast a vertically integrated content and distribution giant.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmediaukm&ahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/ecolab-closes-coolit-acquisition-ai-cooling-4bn-target/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/ecolab-closes-coolit-acquisition-ai-cooling-4bn-target/The water-and-hygiene giant closes its largest-ever deal to capture liquid-cooling demand from hyperscalers, targeting $4 billion in high-tech revenue by 2030.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTm&atechnologydata-centreshttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/kroger-acquires-giant-eagle-1-65-billion/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/kroger-acquires-giant-eagle-1-65-billion/Less than a year after its blocked Albertsons merger, Kroger is back on the acquisition trail with a $1.65 billion bid for Giant Eagle — a move that tests antitrust tolerance and reshapes the competitive map across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTgroceryretailantitrusthttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/perpetual-rejects-eqt-17-billion-takeover-bid/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/perpetual-rejects-eqt-17-billion-takeover-bid/The Australian wealth manager has rejected a $1.7 billion approach from Swedish PE giant EQT, setting up a standoff over valuation in a sector already under consolidation pressure.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTprivate equityasset managementaustraliahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/zymeworks-929-million-theravance-acquisition-pipeline-expansion/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/zymeworks-929-million-theravance-acquisition-pipeline-expansion/The Canadian biotech is paying $929 million to absorb Theravance Biopharma, a move that doubles its therapeutic footprint but loads the balance sheet just as its own cancer pipeline matures.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTpharmam&abiotechhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/danaher-completes-9-9-billion-masimo-acquisition/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/danaher-completes-9-9-billion-masimo-acquisition/The diagnostics conglomerate has completed its largest acquisition in recent years, absorbing Masimo's hospital-grade monitoring business for $9.9 billion — a bet that healthcare infrastructure spending holds even as budgets tighten.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmedtechm&adanaherhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/aes-stockholders-approve-gip-eqt-acquisition/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/aes-stockholders-approve-gip-eqt-acquisition/Stockholders have voted to approve the sale of AES Corporation to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT, clearing a critical milestone for one of the larger infrastructure take-privates in recent memory.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTinfrastructuretake-privateenergyhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/merck-bio-techne-11-billion-acquisition/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/merck-bio-techne-11-billion-acquisition/The deal sends Bio-Techne shares surging roughly 20%, handing Merck a deep portfolio of life-science reagents and diagnostics tools at a substantial premium.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTpharmam&alife-scienceshttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/easyjet-rejects-castlelake-bid-door-open/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/easyjet-rejects-castlelake-bid-door-open/The budget carrier has rejected the private-credit firm's latest takeover approach while pointedly refusing to slam the door — a posture that signals price, not principle, is the sticking point.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTaviationtake-privateeuropehttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/prologis-rejected-segro-takeover-bid-12-6-billion/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/prologis-rejected-segro-takeover-bid-12-6-billion/The US logistics-property giant made an unsolicited approach for its UK rival at £12.6 billion — Segro's board rejected it as undervaluing the company, sending shares sharply higher.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTreal estatem&alogisticshttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/abbvie-10point9b-apogee-therapeutics-eczema-deal/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/abbvie-10point9b-apogee-therapeutics-eczema-deal/The pharma giant is paying a substantial premium for Apogee Therapeutics and its lead immunology asset, doubling down on a category it already dominates — but where Dupixent competition is intensifying.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTpharmam&abiotechhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/crh-acquires-arcosa-8-5-billion-aggregates/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/crh-acquires-arcosa-8-5-billion-aggregates/The Irish building-materials giant is making its largest U.S. bet yet, snapping up Arcosa's aggregates and infrastructure products business at a moment when American infrastructure spending is near peak cycle. The deal also implies a meaningful premium for Arcosa shareholders, whose stock jumped on the news.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTm&ainfrastructurebuilding materialshttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/pphe-hotel-shares-plunge-fattal-takeover-bid-collapses/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/pphe-hotel-shares-plunge-fattal-takeover-bid-collapses/The collapse of Fattal's takeover approach wiped roughly a fifth of PPHE's market value in a single session, a brutal reminder of how much bid premium hospitality stocks are carrying right now.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThospitalitytakeoverseuropehttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/paramount-skydance-warner-bros-antitrust-clearance/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/paramount-skydance-warner-bros-antitrust-clearance/Chinese regulators have signed off on the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery combination, even as U.S. state attorneys general prepare a legal challenge that could complicate the final stretch.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmediaantitrustm&ahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/spacex-acquires-cursor-60-billion-all-stock/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/spacex-acquires-cursor-60-billion-all-stock/Elon Musk's private rocket company has agreed to acquire AI coding tool Cursor in a deal valued at $60 billion — one of the largest all-stock acquisitions by a private company in history — doubling the net worths of its twenty-something co-founders in a single transaction.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTspacexaim&ahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/fox-22-billion-roku-acquisition-streaming/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/fox-22-billion-roku-acquisition-streaming/Fox Corporation is acquiring Roku for $22 billion, a deal that would give the traditional broadcaster direct ownership of the dominant U.S. streaming platform—and put Wall Street in a skeptical mood.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmediastreamingm&ahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/frasers-group-23-billion-takeover-bid-hugo-boss/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/frasers-group-23-billion-takeover-bid-hugo-boss/Mike Ashley's retail vehicle has launched a formal offer for the German luxury house, putting one of Europe's most-watched activist holdings into play. The bid crystallises years of stake-building—and a bruising governance battle.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTm&aretailluxuryhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/steadfast-a7-7bn-takeover-bid-amwins-dragoneer/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/steadfast-a7-7bn-takeover-bid-amwins-dragoneer/A consortium of U.S. specialty insurer Amwins and growth investor Dragoneer has lobbed a A$7.7 billion acquisition offer at ASX-listed insurance broker Steadfast, setting up a potential take-private of one of Australasia's largest broking networks.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTinsurancem&atake-privatehttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/gsk-acquires-nuvalent-oncology-deal/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/gsk-acquires-nuvalent-oncology-deal/GSK has agreed to acquire clinical-stage cancer drug maker Nuvalent, adding a pipeline of next-generation kinase inhibitors as the pharma giant races to replenish its oncology portfolio.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTpharmam&aoncologyhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/intesa-sanpaolo-30-billion-monte-dei-paschi-bid/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/intesa-sanpaolo-30-billion-monte-dei-paschi-bid/Italy's largest bank has tabled a takeover offer for MPS worth roughly €30.6 billion, muscling into a three-way contest that could redraw the country's entire financial map.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTm&abankingeuropehttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/us-states-lawsuit-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/us-states-lawsuit-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger/Multiple US states are preparing a lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, sending both stocks sharply lower and injecting fresh legal risk into one of media's most consequential consolidations.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmediaantitrustm&ahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/somnigroup-2-5-billion-leggett-acquisition-clears-antitrust/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/somnigroup-2-5-billion-leggett-acquisition-clears-antitrust/The bedding giant's acquisition of Leggett & Platt's relevant business has cleared U.S. antitrust review, removing the biggest regulatory hurdle to a deal that reshapes the sleep-products supply chain.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTm&aantitrustconsumer goodshttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/universal-music-rejects-ackman-65-billion-takeover/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/universal-music-rejects-ackman-65-billion-takeover/UMG has rejected a takeover approach from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square valued at $65 billion, setting up a standoff between the world's largest music company and one of Wall Street's most prominent activist investors.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTm&amediamusichttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/howard-hughes-completes-2-1bn-vantage-acquisition/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/howard-hughes-completes-2-1bn-vantage-acquisition/The master-planned community developer has completed its acquisition of Vantage Group Holdings for $2.1 billion, a sharp strategic turn toward insurance capital that redefines what Howard Hughes actually is.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTreinsurancem&adiversificationhttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/ballys-intralot-evoke-326-million-takeover/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/ballys-intralot-evoke-326-million-takeover/The UK-listed online gambling operator's board has accepted a takeover offer from a joint venture of Bally's and Greek lottery giant Intralot, handing shareholders a lifeline after a period of operational turbulence.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTgamingm&aeuropehttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/repay-completes-372-million-kubra-acquisition/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/repay-completes-372-million-kubra-acquisition/The fintech closes its largest-ever acquisition, betting that owning a major utility and insurance billing platform supercharges its payment volume and cross-sell runway.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTfintechpaymentsm&ahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/nextera-dominion-merger-nuclear-new-england/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/nextera-dominion-merger-nuclear-new-england/A potential combination of two of America's largest utilities could redraw the clean-energy map for the Northeast — with nuclear capacity at the center of the debate.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTutilitiesenergym&ahttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/sp-nasdaq-dow-records-may-28/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/sp-nasdaq-dow-records-may-28/The S&P sits at 7,529. Three indexes at all-time highs simultaneously. Oil fell again on reports Iran will restore pre-war Hormuz traffic within a month. The market is pricing in resolution. The Pentagon is still bombing.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/nvidia-record-quarter-150b-taiwan/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/nvidia-record-quarter-150b-taiwan/Record Q1 revenue up 85%. Data center revenue up 92%. An additional $80B buyback authorization. And a 10x increase in Taiwan spending. Huang called the AI buildout "the largest infrastructure expansion in human history." The numbers back him up.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/memory-chips-trillion-club-may-26/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/memory-chips-trillion-club-may-26/Two memory chip makers crossed the trillion-dollar threshold on the same day, sending the S&P to a new record. HBM is suddenly the most valuable commodity in semiconductors. Two years ago, this industry was in a glut.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/iran-framework-deal-may-25/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/iran-framework-deal-may-25/A 60-day ceasefire extension. The Strait of Hormuz to be de-mined and reopened. $24B in frozen Iranian assets potentially unlocked. And U.S. "self-defense" strikes hitting Iranian missile sites the same week the framework was announced. The market is buying peace; the Pentagon is hedging.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/mastercard-bvnk-1-8b-stablecoin/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/mastercard-bvnk-1-8b-stablecoin/The payments giant is acquiring a London-based stablecoin infrastructure company that has gone from $12B to $30B in annualized volume in nine months. Mastercard is no longer trying to slow crypto. It is trying to own the rails.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/spacex-ipo-s1-filing-may-20/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/spacex-ipo-s1-filing-may-20/June 12 listing on Nasdaq under SPCX. A $75 billion raise. A combined entity covering rockets, Starlink, and xAI. And a $4.94B net loss in 2025 to go with it. The largest IPO ever attempted is also the most contested valuation on Wall Street.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/kkr-arctos-sports-1-95b/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/kkr-arctos-sports-1-95b/Arctos Partners manages $16B in AUM across NBA, MLB, NHL, and F1 team investments. KKR is paying $1.4B upfront plus $550M in performance equity. Sports franchise ownership is no longer a billionaire hobby. It is an institutional asset class.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/longlake-amex-gbt-6-3b-travel/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/longlake-amex-gbt-6-3b-travel/Long Lake Management, founded in 2023 to buy services businesses and "modernize them with AI," is paying $6.3B for the world's largest corporate travel platform. American Express, Expedia, Qatar Investment Authority, and BlackRock all rolled.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/allbirds-newbird-ai-pivot-582/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/allbirds-newbird-ai-pivot-582/The $4 billion sustainable sneaker darling of 2021 is now "NewBird AI," a GPU-as-a-Service provider. It is dropping its B Corp environmental commitments. It has $50 million in financing. The Long Island Iced Tea comparisons write themselves.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/sp500-all-time-high-7022/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/sp500-all-time-high-7022/7,022.95. A new record, surpassing the January peak. The Nasdaq posted its longest winning streak in history. The index rose 9.8% in 10 sessions, faster than the COVID rebound. Whether the optimism is justified is another question entirely.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/wall-street-q1-earnings-blowout/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/wall-street-q1-earnings-blowout/Goldman hit its highest-ever equities trading quarter and JPMorgan earned $5.94 per share. Both beat estimates handily. Both stocks dropped on the day. The market is telling you it cares more about Iran than about earnings.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/amazon-globalstar-11-6b-satellite/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/amazon-globalstar-11-6b-satellite/The deal hands Amazon Leo a functioning satellite fleet, Apple as a locked-in customer, and the globally licensed Band 53 spectrum that SpaceX reportedly wanted. AMZN rose 5%, GSAT jumped 10%.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/march-cpi-iran-inflation-shock/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/march-cpi-iran-inflation-shock/March CPI came in at 0.9% monthly and 3.3% annual, driven almost entirely by a 21.2% spike in gasoline. But core inflation was cooler than expected, and the real question is what happens when the war premium fades and the Fed still can't cut.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/carlyle-private-credit-redemptions/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/carlyle-private-credit-redemptions/Redemption requests hit 15.7% of shares, three times the 5% limit. Carlyle paid out less than a third of what investors asked for. Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, and Apollo have all capped withdrawals in recent weeks.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/coreweave-meta-21b-ai-infra/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/coreweave-meta-21b-ai-infra/The expanded deal runs through 2032, locks in early access to Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips, and makes Meta roughly 40% of CoreWeave's projected capacity for the rest of the decade.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/iran-ceasefire-market-rally/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/iran-ceasefire-market-rally/The S&P 500's longest winning streak since October. WTI crude's biggest single-day plunge since April 2020. Semis leading, energy lagging, and the Fed worried about inflation. A market snapshot from a week that moved everything.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/anthropic-30b-run-rate-compute/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/anthropic-30b-run-rate-compute/From $9B to $30B since December. 1,000+ enterprise clients at $1M+. A 3.5 gigawatt compute deal with Google and Broadcom. And a Pentagon dispute that hasn't slowed it down.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/neurocrine-soleno-2-9b-pharma/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/neurocrine-soleno-2-9b-pharma/The neuroscience company is buying Soleno Therapeutics at a 34% premium to lock up Vykat XR, the only approved treatment for the insatiable hunger of Prader-Willi syndrome, with just 12.5% of patients reached so far.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/goldman-innovator-2b-etf/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/goldman-innovator-2b-etf/The acquisition of Innovator Capital Management vaults Goldman to 240 ETFs and $90B in ETF assets, buying its way into the fastest-growing corner of asset management at 7.1% of AUM.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/mccormick-unilever-foods-44-8b/https://www.acquirewire.co.uk/articles/mccormick-unilever-foods-44-8b/The second-largest food deal in history pairs Hellmann's and Knorr with McCormick's spice rack in a $44.8B Reverse Morris Trust. Investors punished both stocks anyway.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT