CVC to buy Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners for €1bn
Private equity house seeks to extend range of investment strategies ahead of expected initial public offering
Mergers & Acquisitions
UK consumer spending ‘rebounds’ in August
Retail sales rise at annual rate of 4.1% after boost from holiday purchases, according to BRC figures
UK retail sales
ECB must accept forecasting limitations to restore trust, says Christine Lagarde
Difficulty of predicting inflation and growth after big shocks needs to be conveyed with ‘humility’, warns central bank chief
Central banks
There is no green future for Europe without an upgraded power grid
Electrifying the EU economy must be made easier, cheaper and quicker
Renewable energy
Taming the Street — the SEC and the battle to clean up America’s financial markets
Diana B Henriques’ history of Wall Street and Washington from the late 1920s to the start of the second world war is both riveting and timely
Financial & markets regulation
And the winner is . . .
Drumroll
Fintech
Ergomed/Permira: buyout group sees drug trial group as contract thriller
Private equity group’s bid for researcher comes as the biomedical market is slowing down post-Covid
Mergers & Acquisitions
Albemarle/Liontown: US lithium producer willing to pay up down under
If the chemical group’s bid for the Australian company goes ahead, it will be one of the biggest lithium mining deals to date
Mergers & Acquisitions, Batteries
Nestlé sells peanut allergy business after insufficient demand
Treatment whose rollout was delayed by pandemic will now be run by Swiss group Stallergenes Greer
Mergers & Acquisitions
The Treasury market is the original public-private partnership
On “shadow dealers” and the basis trade
Financial & markets regulation