Shares of top US private equity firms tumbled in after-hours trading after the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariff blitz, with names like KKR, Apollo, and Carlyle feeling the pinch as the market priced in the fallout.
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Private equity stocks drop as tariffs put pressure on dealmaking
Shares of top US private equity firms tumbled in after-hours trading after the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariff blitz, with names like KKR, Apollo, and Carlyle feeling the pinch as the market priced in the fallout. Read here
Siemens to buy Dotmatics in $5.1B life science push
The German tech giant is set to acquire the Boston-based software company from Insight Partners to strengthen its Life Sciences portfolio, which could expand its industrial software total market by $11 billion. Read here
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Brookfield buys Antylia Scientific in $1.4B deal
The Canadian alternative asset manager has agreed to purchase the Illinois-based global specialist in laboratory equipment, marking the end of GTCR’s intermittent ownership of the company. Read here
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Amazon, OnlyFans join
in mix of TikTok bidders
As the deadline looms for the short-video social media site to find a buyer, bidders for the US subsidiary are piling up with the e-commerce giant and a tech consortium as the latest to throw their hats into the ring. Read here
PE firms push back on UK carried interest tax reforms
Some of the world’s largest private equity firms, including Blackstone, KKR, and EQT, are urging the British government to reconsider proposed changes to the taxation. Read here
Apollo, Bain, CVC to study
DSM-Firmenich’s $3.2B unit
Several private equity firms are studying the Swiss nutrition, health, and beauty company’s animal nutrition and health business, according to reports. Read here
Assura bidding war heats
up after new $1.96B bid
The British healthcare REIT has received an indicative cash-and-stock bid from Primary Health Properties above an earlier all-cash offer that it had rejected. Read here
EV charging firms to launch Europe’s largest network
Italy's Atlante, Germany's Ionity, the Netherlands' Fastned and France's Electra are teaming up to create a new alliance called Spark aimed at sharing their networks. Read here
