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Top Story: Permira, CPP Investments complete $3.7bn acquisition of fund administrator JTC

JTC is a global fund administration, corporate and trust services platform that has combined sustained double-digit organic growth with a strategy of complementary acquisitions.

Permira, CPP Investments complete $3.7bn acquisition of fund administrator JTC

https://www.pehub.com/permira-cpp-investments-complete-3-7bn-acquisition-of-fund-administrator-jtc/

JTC is a global fund administration, corporate and trust services platform that has combined sustained double-digit organic growth with a strategy of complementary acquisitions.

2026-09-01

Deals & Exits

Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets

TechCrunch AI · Aug 28, 2026 (4 days ago)

There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.

How The Anthropic And OpenAI IPOs Could Shake Up The AI Brawl

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 28, 2026 (4 days ago)

The Anthropic IPO is about to hit soon, followed by the debut of rival OpenAI, which are expected to shake up the battle over AI.

AI Strategy & Adoption

Private Equity's AI Bet: The End Of Departments - forbes.com

forbes.com · Aug 26, 2026 (6 days ago)

Private Equity's AI Bet: The End Of Departments

PE firms deploy AI teams to transform portfolio companies - Private Equity Wire

Private Equity Wire · Aug 24, 2026 (8 days ago)

PE firms deploy AI teams to transform portfolio companies

More AI x PE

Apollo, Triton agree to sell Kelvion to SLB for $4.1bn

PE Hub · Sep 01, 2026 (Today)

Kelvion, a developer of thermal management technology for data centers and diversified industrials, has made data centers its largest and fastest-growing segment under its current ownership.

KPMG on making the AI roll-out count - Private Equity International | PEI

Private Equity International | PEI · Sep 01, 2026 (Today)

KPMG on making the AI roll-out count

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’

TechCrunch AI · Aug 31, 2026 (Yesterday)

Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet.

At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?

TechCrunch AI · Aug 29, 2026 (3 days ago)

Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI.

PayPal Dives As Advent-Stripe Group Said To Drop Pursuit Of Payments Giant

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 28, 2026 (4 days ago)

PayPal stock dived overnight after the Advent-Stripe consortium reportedly dropped their pursuit of the digital payments giant.

Data Center Power Solutions Startup Emerald AI Raises $150 Million at Unicorn Valuation - ESG Today

ESG Today · Aug 26, 2026 (6 days ago)

Data Center Power Solutions Startup Emerald AI Raises $150 Million at Unicorn Valuation

Private Equity Is Circling Utilities as AI Reshapes the Grid

Yahoo Finance · Aug 23, 2026 (9 days ago)

Private Equity Is Circling Utilities as AI Reshapes the Grid

Private Equity Is Deploying an Army of AI Wonks to Embed in the Firms They Back

WSJ · Aug 21, 2026 (11 days ago)

Private Equity Is Deploying an Army of AI Wonks to Embed in the Firms They Back

Fundraising & Capital

Nvidia Stock Teases Buy Zone After Beat-And-Raise Report. Watch These Clues.

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 31, 2026 (Yesterday)

Boosted by analyst upgrades and a bullish earnings report, Nvidia stock takes aim at a fresh breakout.

‘We’re not doing 30 bets a year’: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4B at a16z

TechCrunch AI · Aug 29, 2026 (3 days ago)

Vijay Pande — who left a16z's roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a "discovery" science to an "engineering" one, why clinical trials are ...

Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

TechCrunch AI · Aug 28, 2026 (4 days ago)

Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.

Nvidia Stock Breaks Out On Bullish Quarterly Report, Outlook

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 27, 2026 (5 days ago)

Nvidia stock jumped after the AI chipmaker delivered a beat-and-raise earnings report and gave an upbeat forecast for next year.

Vanguard Takes On Fidelity, Charles Schwab With $4 Billion Altruist Deal

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 26, 2026 (6 days ago)

Vanguard bolsters its wealth custody, advisory offerings with a reported $4 billion acquisition for AI-forward platform Altruist.

Nvidia Rallies On Major Amazon Contract, Fiscal Q2 Beat-And-Raise Report

Investor's Business Daily · Aug 26, 2026 (6 days ago)

Nvidia beat expectations for its fiscal Q2 and with its sales outlook. Nvidia stock rose after wavering after the report.

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