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ISABELLA'S ISLAYKKR paid $5.89B for Integer Holdings. Healthcare leads PE's AugustHENRI IVEQT acquired McGill and Partners for $2B. Insurance broker consolidation acceleratesMACALLAN 1926Flexstone closed Glouston acquisition. Assets now exceed $15BLOUIS XIIIBain deployed $6B across 58 companies in H1 2026PAPPY 23NSE IPO price band arriving this week. GMP declining as scale shrinksJOHNNIE BLUEPrivate credit loses ground to banks. Refinancing tide turnsWELL POURYatra board rejects Magna Holdings' $1.10 partial tender offerISABELLA'S ISLAYKKR paid $5.89B for Integer Holdings. Healthcare leads PE's AugustHENRI IVEQT acquired McGill and Partners for $2B. Insurance broker consolidation acceleratesMACALLAN 1926Flexstone closed Glouston acquisition. Assets now exceed $15BLOUIS XIIIBain deployed $6B across 58 companies in H1 2026PAPPY 23NSE IPO price band arriving this week. GMP declining as scale shrinksJOHNNIE BLUEPrivate credit loses ground to banks. Refinancing tide turnsWELL POURYatra board rejects Magna Holdings' $1.10 partial tender offer
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ISABELLA'S ISLAY M&A Intelligence Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT
KKR & Co.
MSN Money ↗

KKR paid $5.89B for Integer Holdings. Healthcare leads PE's August

KKR & Co. completed its $5.89 billion acquisition of Integer Holdings, a medical device manufacturer, in a deal that dominated August private equity activity despite a sharp decline in overall dealmaking.

ReadingHealthcare is now the only sector where PE can fund growth and exit at reasonable multiples. Everything else is still liquidating mark-to-market.
WatchThe next three deals above $1 billion will all be in healthcare services or medtech. Within 90 days.
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HENRI IV M&A Intelligence Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT
EQT
Insurance Business Magazine ↗

EQT acquired McGill and Partners for $2B. Insurance broker consolidation accelerates

Swedish buyout firm EQT completed a majority stake acquisition of McGill and Partners, a London specialty insurance broker, from Warburg Pincus in what marks another significant move in private equity's ongoing insurance sector spree.

ReadingInsurance brokers are now yield-generating assets for PE, not edge-case plays. Family-owned shops still holding will face pressure from both institutional capital and client consolidation.
WatchThe next two major broker acquisitions will involve either Japanese or Australian capital. Within 120 days.
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MACALLAN 1926 M&A Intelligence Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT
Flexstone Partners
Pulse 2 ↗

Flexstone closed Glouston acquisition. Assets now exceed $15B

Flexstone Partners completed its acquisition of Glouston Capital Partners, expanding its private equity secondaries capabilities and bringing combined assets under management above $15 billion.

ReadingPE secondaries is no longer a niche play. The $15B+ platforms are now the only counterparties institutional LPs will consider for bulk secondary sales.
WatchThe next two secondary platform acquisitions will involve cross-border consolidation (Europe-Asia or US-Europe). Within 180 days.
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LOUIS XIII Venture Intelligence Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT
Bain Capital Private Credit
Pulse 2 ↗

Bain deployed $6B across 58 companies in H1 2026

Bain Capital's Private Credit Group invested approximately $6 billion during the first half of 2026, providing financing to middle-market and private equity-backed companies across its portfolio.

ReadingDirect lenders now own the middle-market transition financing market. Any sponsor or operator still hunting traditional bank debt is already behind on pricing.
WatchBain Capital and Apollo Global will announce competing credit platforms targeting $50B+ in AUM by Q4 2026.
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PAPPY 23 Capital Markets Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT
National Stock Exchange (India)
Moneycontrol ↗

NSE IPO price band arriving this week. GMP declining as scale shrinks

The National Stock Exchange of India's IPO moves closer to market debut following the filing of its UDRHP document, with price band and final issue size expected within days. Issue size has been reduced to approximately ₹25,000-27,000 crore.

ReadingNSE's IPO will price like a utility, not a fintech. The GMP fade is confirmation that institutional buyers are already in and retail is correctly less enthused.
WatchNSE priced and listed within 21 days. Trading range locked in the first 30 minutes of open.
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JOHNNIE BLUE Financial Intelligence Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT
Private Credit Sector
Yahoo Finance ↗

Private credit loses ground to banks. Refinancing tide turns

In a reversal of recent trends, companies like Catalent are refinancing direct lender debt with traditional bank loans, signaling that private credit's pricing and terms advantage has contracted as bank capacity returns.

ReadingPrivate credit platforms that grew on the assumption of permanent bank dysfunction now compete on cost. The margin compression has arrived.
WatchPrivate credit platforms announce portfolio sales or secondary offloads within 90 days to rebalance leverage and duration risk.
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WELL POUR M&A Intelligence Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT
Yatra Online
Business Insider ↗

Yatra board rejects Magna Holdings' $1.10 partial tender offer

Yatra Online's board of directors unanimously rejected Magna Holdings' unsolicited partial tender offer at $1.10 per share, stating the offer substantially undervalues the company and attempts to opportunistically capitalize on current trading levels.

ReadingWatch whether Magna raises or disappears. Rejected partial tenders either become full offers within 60 days or the buyer was fishing.
WatchMagna either withdraws or escalates with a higher, full-company offer by Q4 2026.
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