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ISABELLA'S ISLAYM&A IntelligenceSep 19, 8:03 AM EDT
Michael Dell's family office is leading a planned $7.7 billion deal to take The Baldwin Insurance Group private, marking a significant shift as tech money outpaced traditional private equity bidders.
ReadingInsurance consolidation no longer belongs to Apollo or Warburg. Founder families with liquid tech exits are now the marginal buyer. Valuations reset accordingly.
WatchWhich other family offices enter specialty insurance in the next 90 days. The herd follows capital.
HENRI IVM&A IntelligenceSep 19, 8:03 AM EDT
Swedish buyout giant EQT acquired a majority stake in London specialty broker McGill and Partners from Warburg Pincus, part of private equity's sustained push into insurance services.
ReadingPE insurance bets are now in portfolio optimization mode. The narrative shifted from "consolidate and grow" to "exit and redeploy." Next quarters will show whether that narrative holds.
WatchThe KKR USI exit details. If they took a loss, insurance consolidation just hit a new floor.
MACALLAN 1926Technology IntelligenceSep 19, 8:03 AM EDT
Flex is expanding its AI data center power business with a major acquisition of power conversion specialist EPC Power for $4.4 billion.
ReadingData center power infrastructure is now core capex for systems integrators. Whoever owns the coolers and converters owns the margin on the facility. Flex just paid to own it.
WatchHow many of Flex's existing power customers become captive to this Flex-owned supply chain. Margin compression for independents follows.
LOUIS XIIITechnology IntelligenceSep 19, 8:03 AM EDT
Leidos completed a $2.4 billion acquisition of ENTRUST, expanding its grid expertise as data centers strain power supply infrastructure.
ReadingDefense contractors are repositioning as critical infrastructure operators. Grid reliability is now a systems integrator asset class.
WatchWhether Leidos wins a public infrastructure contract using this ENTRUST capability within Q1 2026.
PAPPY 23M&A IntelligenceSep 19, 8:03 AM EDT
Ropes & Gray represented Audax Private Equity in its acquisition of Integral Consulting, a premier science and engineering consulting firm, from Imperial Capital.
ReadingStrategic consulting (energy, infrastructure, environmental) outranks process consulting on PE bid sheets. Industry-specific knowledge commands exits. Process advisory does not.
WatchAudax's next three add-ons to Integral. The thesis is horizontal consolidation; velocity signals confidence.
JOHNNIE BLUECapital MarketsSep 19, 8:03 AM EDT
PE Infrastructure Cohort · Multiple sources
Private equity firms are diversifying their AI infrastructure bets beyond compute, targeting fragmented networks of data center service providers, power systems, and grid operators as new consolidation opportunities.
ReadingThe next wave of PE consolidation is not in software or brands. It is in the unsexy backbone that keeps data centers alive. Expect 40+ deals in this category over 12 months.
WatchSmaller power systems integrators and grid service firms. Their valuations will move upward within 60 days as PE bid windows open.
WELL POURProcurement IntelligenceSep 19, 8:03 AM EDT
Fujifilm and Tata Electronics signed an MoU to develop a semiconductor materials ecosystem around Tata Electronics' Rs 91,000 crore chip fab in Dholera, with Fujifilm investing Rs 800 crore in phases.
ReadingIndia's chip fab dreams are real enough that input suppliers are building factories to support them. Fujifilm does not move without certainty.
WatchWhich other Japanese materials suppliers announce Dholera commitments. If three more show up in 90 days, India's fab ecosystem is off the ground.
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