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Due Diligence is the must-read daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity. From Tuesday to Friday at 5am UK time, we’ll send our curated briefing straight to your inbox. In it, you’ll find the most important stories, analysis, and insights from the FT and across the web curated by a team of specialist reporters from around the world. We also break news in the briefings that you can’t find elsewhere.

Due Diligence is created and edited by the FT's corporate finance and deals editors, Arash Massoudi in London and James Fontanella-Khan in New York. The team also includes Francesca Friday, DD reporter and producer; Ortenca Aliaj, M&A correspondent; Kaye Wiggins, private capital correspondent; Robert Smith, senior credit correspondent; Sujeet Indap, US Lex editor; Eric Platt, US markets editor; Miles Kruppa, venture capital correspondent; Mark Vandevelde, US private capital correspondent; and Javier Espinoza, EU correspondent.

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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Meet the hedge fund gobbling up local newspapers Premium

    Alden Global Capital is on a shopping spree. Its intentions are a subject of debate

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    Wall Street banks: winners and losers from 2020 Premium

    Q4 earnings drew a line between the haves and the have-nots in a year unlike any other for investment bankers

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
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    Private equity: everyone’s a winner, baby Premium

    The industry’s hottest trend: buying their own portfolio companies

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    M&A banker turned French president nixes mega-deal Premium

     ‘Economic patriotism’ re-enters France’s dealmaking psyche

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Hedge funds: the outlook for activism in 2021 Premium

    Activist investors plot their return after a year of laying low

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
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    The power players who will determine the fate of France’s Carrefour Premium

    The French finance minister and a handful of billionaires stand between Couche-Tard and the supermarket chain

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
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    Selling a Spac dream: auto start-ups angle for Tesla shine Premium

    Investors are being courted with supercharged valuations, but they may be overhyped

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
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    Private equity, private jets and a take-private tussle Premium

    Less than two weeks into 2021, a bidding war could be one of the UK’s biggest PE battles of the year

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
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    The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium

    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

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    Private equity and hedge funds: an especially wild year in review Premium

    Needless to say, it’s been a mad year in the realm of alternative investments

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
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    The Seven Years’ War: Vodafone versus Elliott in Germany Premium

    The telecoms group and activist hedge fund have finally settled the terms of a 2013 takeover

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
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    Japan: a new hotspot for hostile bidders? Premium

    Barriers against aggressive buyers to the nation’s listed companies have begun to give way

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
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    Robinhood: playing for keeps Premium

    Retail trading app agreed has seen its popularity skyrocket but has found itself in hot water

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
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    Private equity: gone with the SolarWinds Premium

    Companies sold a $315m stake in the software group days before its share price fell over a hacking incident

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    London calling: the post-Brexit future for Europe’s financial capital Premium

    While the City’s swagger may have diminished, dire predictions have not come to pass

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    The winners and losers from a pharma mega-deal Premium

    AstraZeneca’s $39bn takeover of US bio group Alexion is a milestone moment in a busy year for M&A

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    The company under siege by God and activists Premium

    The Church of England has joined US hedge fund activists in rallying for change at ExxonMobil

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    IPOs: this week’s feeding frenzy in review Premium

    Two of the biggest US start-ups, Airbnb and DoorDash, make big debuts on the public markets

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    The ‘accidental’ Spac millionaire Premium

    Jeremy Grantham is an unexpected newcomer to the mania

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
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    Private equity’s new favourite buyer: itself Premium

    A trend in leveraged buyouts helps managers have their cake and eat it too. But not all investors are on board

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    A Spac love triangle for the ages Premium

    Asset managers are in talks over a $13bn tie-up and listing via a blank-cheque company

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
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    Members only: more on the top ranks of European banks Premium

    Elite jobs are notoriously inaccessible to newcomers — Cerberus’s failed Deutsche coup being the latest example

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Musical chairs: Europe’s top banks shuffle leadership Premium

    Revolving leadership at the continent’s top banks reflects the barriers to entry for industry outsiders

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
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    The deal that could take on Bloomberg and Refinitiv Premium

    Big data M&A in the financial sector has only heightened during the pandemic

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
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    Salesforce/ Slack: office romance Premium

    The cloud software company and workplace collaboration app are in talks for what could be one of the sector’s largest deals

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