Intesa Sanpaolo offered to buy Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena for €30.6 billion in a move that’s set to spur a new phase of dealmaking in Italian finance. It comes a day after Banco BPM pitched a merger of equals with Monte Paschi that would result in a combined entity worth close to €50 billion.

US food company Ingredion agreed to buy Tate & Lyle for £2.7 billion, in a move that marks the end of the UK company’s near-century on the London Stock Exchange.

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00:01:28 – Global Tech Rout
00:04:15 – Oil Jumps After Missile Attacks
00:06:14 – M&A Deals Across Europe
00:09:06 – Daybook
00:12:32 – Fresh Strikes Test Peace Talks
00:14:52 – ECB Likely To Hike
00:25:17 – HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery
00:37:24 – Italy Deal Wave
00:39:26 – Markets in 3 Minutes
00:43:06 – Stocks To Watch
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00:50:58 – State Street’s Marija Veitmane
00:59:37 – Core 6 & Early Morning Movers
01:03:37 – Airline Bosses Gather For IATA
01:15:38 – Tech Drives Asia Stocks Sell-off
01:19:11 – Visionaries’ Judith Dada | London Tech Week
01:30:27 – Euro Leaders Join Ukraine’s Ceasefire Call
01:33:14 – US CPI Preview
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Investors know the AI boom will come to an end — the question is, when?

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Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities talks about the upcoming SpaceX IPO and how it could impact tech stocks. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
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Baylor Lancaster-Samuel, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer with Amerant Investments discusses the current phase of the equity market cycle. She discusses the recent rotation in equities over the past few weeks, driven by increasing attention to macroeconomic factors such as interest rates and Federal Reserve policies. She speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on “The Close.”
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A weekly, midday program that delivers high-impact, editorially driven coverage of the most important corporate transactions shaping the global market. Today’s guests: IPOX Schuster Founder & CEO Josef Schuster and Renaissance Capital Senior Strategist Matt Kennedy.

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00:07:21 – Perlman: Continuation Funds A Permanent Feature
00:08:24 – Perlman: Mega IPOs Can Exacerbate Price Movement
00:09:21 – Perlman: Been Fruitful To Not Only Rely On IPOs
00:10:01 – Perlman on State of Industry
00:12:30 – Apollo Wraps Up $35B Chip Deal For Anthropic
00:16:42 – Investment Committee: SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI IPOs Can Rewrite History
00:27:09 – Alex Kelly Latham & Watkins Global Co-Chair, PE Practice
00:28:11 – Kelly: Think We’ll See M&A Resurgence Continue in 2026
00:30:16 – Kelly: Growing Sentiment Volatility Is Here To Stay
00:31:58 – Kelly: Consolidation Will Be A Continuing Trend
00:34:50 – Super Micro Seeks $7B In Equity Deal For AI Equipment
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