Owen A. Radcliffe – Finance Updates

2025 Convenience Store M&A: Sunoco-Parkland, RaceTrac-Potbelly & Couche-Tard-GetGo Strategies & Risks

Sunoco’s ~US$9.1B acquisition of Parkland (4,...

RaceTrac bought Potbelly for US$566M (445 sho...

Couche-Tard acquired GetGo (~270 locations) a...

Across deals, buyers pursued supply control, ...

Deutsche Bank Flags Capital Flows as Geopolitical Tool Amid US-EU Tensions

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Deutsche Bank warns rising US–Europe trade te...

Management publicly distanced itself from an ...

The bank’s credit and capital picture shows s...

DB is diversifying funding via long-dated, se...

Brookline Bolsters Healthcare SPAC Advisory Amid Sharper Deal Discipline

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Brookline Capital Markets (Arcadia Securities...

The hires target renewed but more selective d...

Brookline is betting that deeper scientific r...

SpaceX’s $800B Valuation Boosts IPO Buzz as Morgan Stanley Emerges frontrunner

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

SpaceX is in talks with Bank of America, Gold...

An internal share sale valued SpaceX at about...

Morgan Stanley is viewed as the front-runner ...

WilmerHale Review: DigitalBridge Deal Exposed Weaknesses in Alaska’s Public Fund Oversight

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

A WilmerHale review found former Alaska DOR C...

Alaska invested $20.6M in DigitalBridge, neve...

Governor Dunleavy issued Administrative Order...

Sen. Bert Stedman introduced SB 221 to statut...

monday.com Fight Back: KeyBanc Cuts Price Target but Highlights AI, Upmarket Wins

Americas Markets Software Publishers

KeyBanc cut monday.com’s (MNDY) 12-month pric...

Other firms have also turned more cautious, i...

Operationally, monday.com is still growing ~2...

Upside comes from upmarket expansion, cross-s...

Trump’s Greenland Pressure Sparks US-EU Trade Tensions and Market Turbulence

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Trump threatened phased tariffs of 10% rising...

Markets sold off on the threats and then rall...

The episode reinforced the “TACO trade” narra...

Europe condemned the pressure and prepared co...

Markets Rebound as Tariff Threats Ease; Inflation and Fed Policy Still Pose Risks

Global Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

U.S. and European stocks rallied for a second...

Core and headline PCE inflation held at 2.8% ...

Stock-specific moves reflected earnings and g...

Markets remain sensitive to renewed trade-pol...

UP-NS Merger Rejected by STB: What It Means for Rail’s Future

Americas M&A Rail Transportation

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board dismiss...

Rival railroads and shippers challenged the f...

UP and NS must decide by February 17, 2026 wh...

The deal still targets roughly US$2.75B in an...

26North Raises $4.3B Debut PE Fund, AUM Soars to $31.8B Amid Alt-Assets Push

Americas Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

26North’s debut private equity vehicle, 26N P...

The firm has scaled quickly, with AUM rising ...

Its platform combines private equity with dir...

Leadership led by founder Josh Harris and PE ...

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