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ISABELLA'S ISLAYM&A IntelligenceNov 4, 1:02 PM EST
Marvell Technology is buying optical components maker Lumentum in a $115 billion all-stock deal, including debt, as the custom chipmaker looks to expand in AI data centers.
ReadingChipmakers are now buying infrastructure to secure supply of their own demand. Vertically integrated strategy is back. Everyone else paying for the same parts at auction just got outranked.
WatchBroadcom, NVIDIA, or Advanced Micro Devices announce similar optical acquisitions within 90 days. The infrastructure stack closes inward.
HENRI IVCapital MarketsNov 4, 1:02 PM EST
Blackstone Inc. has closed its fourth European Senior Direct Lending Fund with €13 billion in investable capital, targeting mid-market and upper-mid-market borrowers in the region.
ReadingLPs are rotating from venture and growth equity into private credit. The yield floor (treasuries at 5%) now justifies the friction and duration. Rate cuts do not reverse this move.
WatchEuropean lending volumes from Blackstone's portfolio companies. If loan velocity accelerates, traditional syndication markets contract further.
MACALLAN 1926M&A IntelligenceNov 4, 1:02 PM EST
ADT Inc. announced an agreement to be acquired by Thrive Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at $15.3 billion, taking the security services provider private.
ReadingSecurity services businesses trade on subscriber stickiness, not growth. Thrive is not buying innovation; they are buying capture. The playbook: merge with consolidators already working the same book.
WatchAnnouncement of which security consolidators Thrive plans to merge ADT with within 18 months. The real value is the combined cost platform.
LOUIS XIIIM&A IntelligenceNov 4, 1:02 PM EST
Brookfield Asset Management / CPP Investments
· Pulse2 ↗Brookfield Asset Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have completed their approximately $5.2 billion acquisition of LXP Industrial Trust.
ReadingInstitutional capital is moving from office and retail into logistics and light industrial. The precedent: when a Canadian pension co-invests, the thesis gets copied inside 18 months by everyone else.
WatchAnnouncements of other industrial acquisitions involving large pension funds. The competition for logistics square footage is now a crowded capital game.
PAPPY 23Technology IntelligenceNov 4, 1:02 PM EST
Real estate services giant CBRE announced a $1 billion acquisition to expand its data center infrastructure business, reflecting real estate's growing reliance on the tech cycle.
ReadingReal estate services are consolidating around data center operations. Agents who do not shift into infrastructure delivery will be outranked by firms that do.
WatchSimilar infrastructure acquisitions by JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, or Colliers within six months. The re-architecture of the real estate services model is already underway.
JOHNNIE BLUECapital MarketsNov 4, 1:02 PM EST
Meta Platforms is conducting a debut euro bond sale aimed at raising €9.2 billion, issuing four-year, six-year, eight-year, 12-year, 18-year and 38-year maturities.
ReadingWhen US mega-cap tech firms diversify funding into euro markets, it signals two things: confidence in sustained EUR strength and willingness to accept regulatory friction in the EU. Neither is accidental.
WatchFollow-on euro bond issuance from NVIDIA, Apple, or Microsoft within four weeks. The pattern formation is early but visible.
WELL POURM&A IntelligenceNov 4, 1:02 PM EST
Global Payments Inc.
· MSN ↗Private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and GTCR are exploring a potential **$40 billion takeover of Global Payments Inc., a move that sent the company's stock higher.
ReadingThe presence of two tier-one PE firms means this deal closes. The only question is price. Global Payments shareholders should expect an offer within 45 days.
WatchFormal indication of interest filed with the board. The announcement usually precedes a binding offer by two weeks.
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