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What moved in European dealmaking.

Daily coverage of M&A, debt financing and macro developments across Europe, compiled from public sources, with every item linked to its original publication.

Macro16 Aug 2026

Novo Nordisk Reports Modest Growth in Second Quarter

Novo Nordisk · Healthcare · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

Strategies for Profiting from a Stock Market Correction

Macro · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

Short Sellers Anticipate Market Corrections Amidst Search for Value

Macro · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

Spanish Government Faces Political Friction Over Almaraz Nuclear Plant Extension

Energy & Renewables · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

Almaraz Nuclear Plant Extension Supported by Local Community

Almaraz Nuclear Plant · Energy & Renewables · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

World's Largest Carmakers Seek Solutions to Motor Oil Shortage

Industrials · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

European Unicorns Lose Valuations as 60 Firms Fall Below $1 Billion Threshold

Financial Services · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

European companies count the costs and gains of extreme heat

Macro · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

UK housebuilder profits set to fall 12% as ‘relentless grind’ drags on

Real Estate · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

Large funds freeze investments in Spain due to political uncertainty

Financial Services · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

Chinese Car Market Shrinks, Brands Focus on Exports

Consumer · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

ArcelorMittal Extends Rally to 2011 Highs Amid Tariffs and Green Regulations

Industrials · Published
Macro16 Aug 2026

Private Markets Offer Diversification for Companies Above €100 Million Revenue

Financial Services · Published
Debt Advisory16 Aug 2026

Microcredit Loans Surge 46% in Spain, Experts Warn of Family Debt Issues

Financial Services · Published
Macro15 Aug 2026

Spanish Banks Face Quantum Computing Risk

Financial Services · Published
Debt Advisory15 Aug 2026

T-Systems, NTT Data, and Telefónica vie for Catalan cloud project worth 481 million

Catalan cloud project · TMT · Published
M&A15 Aug 2026

Anthropic's Shopping Algorithm Optimizes Margins, Negotiates $5.1 Billion Acquisition of Decart

Anthropic → Decart · TMT · Rumoured
Macro15 Aug 2026

European Private Equity Attracted to Educational Sector's Recurring Revenue Potential

Financial Services · Published
Macro15 Aug 2026

OpenAI Upheaval Mounts as Sam Altman Readies IPO Push

OpenAI · TMT · Breaking
M&A15 Aug 2026

Portugal Agrees to Buy 13.7% Stake in REN from Pontegadea

Parpública → REN · Energy & Renewables · Signed
Macro15 Aug 2026

CNMC Launches Latest Deregulation in Telecoms

TMT · Published
Macro15 Aug 2026

Spain's New Industrial Opportunity Lies in the Caribbean

Industrials · Published
Macro15 Aug 2026

Ferrovial's Departure from Dutch Stock Exchange Explained

Industrials · Published
Macro15 Aug 2026

Almaraz Nuclear Plant Extension to Leave Closure Decision to Future Government

Energy & Renewables · Published
Debt Advisory15 Aug 2026

Menako Capital, Armbruster's Holding Company, Explores Risky Transactions

Financial Services · Rumoured
Macro15 Aug 2026

Amancio Ortega's Companies Report Over €10 Billion in Profits

Financial Services · Published
Macro15 Aug 2026

France Faces Debt Reckoning in Electoral Year

Macro · Published
M&A15 Aug 2026

Nvidia Discloses $21 Billion Stake in SpaceX

Nvidia → SpaceX · TMT · Published
Debt Advisory15 Aug 2026

JPMorgan Withdraws Banking Services from Polymarket

Polymarket · Financial Services · Published
Debt Advisory15 Aug 2026

Realty Income Closes $1 Billion Convertible Senior Notes Offering

Real Estate · Closed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Jane Street Suffers $15 Billion Hit After AI Meltdown

Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Financier Fined and Banned Over False Claims in Bids for Bank and Football Club

Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

New Earth Resources Adopts Quarterly Reporting Exemption

Macro · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Invesco Mortgage Capital Announces August Dividend and July Financial Update

Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Berryneo Invests in Plant Genetics to Adapt Crops to Climate Change

Energy & Renewables · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Bezos-Backed Group Acquires Stake in Liverpool FC at Over $7 Billion Valuation

Consortium led by Lakshmi Mittal's son-in-law (and reportedly backed by Jeff Bezos) → Liverpool FC (stake) · General · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Amancio Ortega's holding company increases assets to 117.083 billion euros

General · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Tariffs cause 60 billion euro drop in European exports to the US

Macro · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Ondo Stocks Surpasses $1 Billion in Value as Ecosystem Surges

Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Latin American Transaction Market Mobilizes €52 Billion in First Seven Months

Macro · Published
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

Ziegler Closes Financings for Two Senior Living Affiliates Totaling $66.5 Million

Healthcare · Closed
M&A14 Aug 2026

Diversified Said to Near $1.7B Deal for Elliott-Backed Birch

Diversified Energy Co. → Birch · Energy & Renewables · Rumoured
M&A14 Aug 2026

Exclusive-Silver Lake in talks to buy Workday, sources say

Silver Lake → Workday · TMT · Rumoured
Macro14 Aug 2026

Activists are giving British M&A targets a helpful shove

General · Published
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

USA Made in America Announces Application for .factory Generic Top-Level Domain and Prepares Financing

TMT · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Markets End Week Without Direction Amid US Inflation Relief and Middle East Tensions

Macro · Published
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

LEVAFFX Launches UK Prop Trading Firm with New Rules

Financial Services · Published
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

SBA Announces 90% Loan Guarantee for Energy Sector

Energy & Renewables · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Spain's Government Dismisses Concerns Over Nuclear Plant Closures and Waste Management

Energy & Renewables · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Amancio Ortega Buys 15% Stake in Qube Holdings, Valued at €1.07 Billion

Pontegadea (Amancio Ortega) → Qube Holdings · Infrastructure · Signed
M&A14 Aug 2026

SpaceX Finalizes Acquisition of AI Firm Cursor for 52 Billion Euros

SpaceX → Cursor · TMT · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Investors Pile Back into US Stocks as Bullishness Returns to Wall Street

Macro · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Astorg to Acquire Thermo Fisher's Microbiology Business for $1 Billion

Astorg → Thermo Fisher's microbiology business · Healthcare · Signed
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

Uber Fined €1.3 Million by Spanish Tax Agency for VAT Irregularities

Uber · TMT · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Prudent Growth Partners Acquires Somerset Shoppes for $3.7 Million

Prudent Growth Partners, LLC → Somerset Shoppes · Real Estate · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Venezuela Seeks Return of Gold from Bank of England

Macro · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

German Companies Achieve Record Profits Driven by Defense, AI, Data, and Chemicals

Macro · Published
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

Hadrian Secures $360 Million Revolving Credit Facility to Expand Manufacturing

Industrials · Signed
M&A14 Aug 2026

Fort Technology Acquires Logia USA to Expand Data Center Solutions

Fort Technology → Logia USA · TMT · Signed
M&A14 Aug 2026

S-Bank Plc Supplements Tender Offer for Oma Savings Bank Plc Shares

S-Bank Plc → Oma Savings Bank Plc · Financial Services · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

European Equities Excitement Not Shared by All

Macro · Published
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

Owner of Collapsed Lender MFS to Pay £3 Million to Lawyers

MFS · Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Fitness and Wellness Start-ups Attract €3.1 Billion in First Half of 2026

Consumer · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Eurozone Economy Grew 0.4% in Second Quarter Despite German Weakness

Macro · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

UTZ Brands Shareholders Reminded of Investigation into Proposed Transaction with Intersnack Group

Intersnack Group → Utz Brands · Consumer · Rumoured
Macro14 Aug 2026

Iran War Pushes Up Mortgage Costs for Borrowers

Macro · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Government Extends Life of Almaraz Nuclear Plant Until 2030

Energy & Renewables · Signed
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

EMERGING and Promethean Launch $300M Experience Fund for AI in Hospitality

TMT · Signed
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

Hyperscale Data Sells Bitcoin to Reduce Debt and Fund Data Center

TMT · Signed
M&A14 Aug 2026

NEPI Rockcastle Acquires MegaPark Barakaldo in Spain for €250 Million

NEPI Rockcastle → MegaPark Barakaldo · Real Estate · Signed
M&A14 Aug 2026

Uber and Pony AI to Deploy Over 2,000 Robotaxis in Europe

Uber → Pony AI · TMT · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Spain's Nuclear Power Plants Set for Life Extension

Energy & Renewables · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Kushner and Iger Reportedly Buying Stake in Lakers

Josh Kushner and Bob Iger → Los Angeles Lakers · General · Rumoured
Debt Advisory14 Aug 2026

AI firms Databricks valued at $190 billion after securing $5 billion funding

Databricks · TMT · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

OpenAI and Anthropic Face Price War as Chinese AI Rivals Gain Ground

TMT · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Stoneweg and Brookfield form joint venture for US housing portfolio worth $500 million

Stoneweg and Brookfield (Joint Venture) → US housing portfolio (four properties, 1,060 units) · Real Estate · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Banks’ private credit disclosures highlight value of sunlight

Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Mortgage costs rise due to US stand-off with Iran

Macro · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Mike Ashley's Frasers Group moves into luxury with Harvey Nichols acquisition

Frasers Group → Harvey Nichols · Consumer · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Tech companies increase credit risk for safe companies

Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

European supervisors de-license over a thousand crypto firms

Financial Services · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

ECB between preventive or corrective rate hikes

Macro · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Unilever Spain sells ice cream business for €150 million

Magnum Ice Cream Company → Unilever's ice cream business in Spain · Consumer · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

Spanish Diesel Prices Rise Sharply, Exceeding Gasoline Increases

Energy & Renewables · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Spanish Government to Increase Fuel Tax Rebate to 20 Cents in September

Macro · Published
Macro14 Aug 2026

Consolidation in the security sector: European groups and private equity enter the market

Industrials · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

BP Joins Big Oil Return to Post-Maduro Venezuela

BP → Venezuelan offshore license · Energy & Renewables · Signed
Macro14 Aug 2026

US Sells 30-Year Bonds at Highest Borrowing Costs Since 2001

Macro · Published
M&A14 Aug 2026

Punta Na doubles debt to acquire Mango's logistics center in Barcelona for €170 million

Punta Na → Mango's logistics center · Real Estate · Closed
M&A13 Aug 2026

Norges, Vukile, Nepi, and Rivoli Drive Shopping Center Investment to Record Highs

Norges, Vukile, Nepi, Rivoli → Balkany, Islazul, Megapark, Xanadú asset portfolios · Real Estate · Published
Macro13 Aug 2026

DeFi Technologies Announces Q2 2026 Financial Results

Financial Services · Published
Debt Advisory13 Aug 2026

T. Rowe Price OHA Select Private Credit Fund Announces Q2 2026 Results

Financial Services · Published
M&A13 Aug 2026

Foods Connected Acquires HarvestMark Quality Insights Platform

Foods Connected → HarvestMark Quality Insights Platform · TMT · Signed
Macro13 Aug 2026

Adif High-Speed Network Sees 82% Increase in Losses

Infrastructure · Published
Macro13 Aug 2026

Rieju Sales Grow Over 12% in 2025, but Profits Decline

Industrials · Published
M&A13 Aug 2026

Thoma Bravo to take risk exchange business Accelerant private for $4 billion; New Mountain makes fire safety play with Jensen Hughes deal

Thoma Bravo → Accelerant · Financial Services · Signed
Macro13 Aug 2026

Money Market Fund Assets Continue to Rise in August

Macro · Published
Macro13 Aug 2026

AI Has Opened Up Big Holes in Cyber Security

TMT · Published
Macro13 Aug 2026

Buyers Should Beware the Dangers of New ETFs

Financial Services · Published
Debt Advisory13 Aug 2026

CB&I Announces Successful Upsizing and Closing of $625 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility

CB&I · Industrials · Closed
Macro13 Aug 2026

Westfield Specialty Reports $1.18 Billion in Gross Written Premium for H1 2026

Financial Services · Published
M&A13 Aug 2026

Seras / Enva Waste Wood Business Merger Inquiry Launched by CMA

Seras Energy Ltd → Enva Group's dedicated waste wood business · Industrials · Inquiry
Macro13 Aug 2026

US Treasury Prepares to Issue 30-Year Bonds at Highest Interest Rate in 25 Years

Macro · Published
Macro13 Aug 2026

European Commission Daily News - August 13, 2026

Humanitarian aid for Myanmar · Macro · Published
Debt Advisory13 Aug 2026

Canyon Partners Closes Third CLO of 2026 for $500 Million

Financial Services · Closed
Macro13 Aug 2026

IBM and OpenAI ally to accelerate AI implementation in companies

TMT · Signed
Debt Advisory13 Aug 2026

Invesco Real Estate Closes on $3.2 Billion in Loan Commitments in H1 2026

Real Estate · Closed
Debt Advisory13 Aug 2026

CleanCore Solutions, Inc. Shareholder Update: $100 Million Public Equity Raise Advances Minnesota AI Data Center Campus

TMT · Signed
Macro13 Aug 2026

Price of niche rare earth jumps on fears of renewed Chinese export controls

Macro · Published
M&A13 Aug 2026

Canary Wharf Group sells SocGen office in £625mn deal

Brookfield and Qatar Investment Authority → 1-5 Bank Street (SocGen office) · Real Estate · Signed
Debt Advisory13 Aug 2026

Fluence and LEAG Clean Power start construction of second battery storage project

Heinersbrück GridBattery · Energy & Renewables · Signed
Macro13 Aug 2026

El Ibex supera los 20.300 puntos y marca nuevos máximos

Macro · Published

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