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Perimeter Reading / Private markets
FT Due Diligence
Arash Massoudi, James Fontanella-Khan and the FT Due Diligence team
An FT briefing on dealmaking, private equity and corporate finance, combining reported developments with analysis of the institutions and people shaping major transactions.
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The publication
What to expect.
Due Diligence is a focused choice for readers following the transaction side of business. Its specialist team covers corporate finance, acquisitions and private capital, with editions that combine reported analysis, selected reading and personnel developments. Read it to understand how financing, institutional relationships and strategic incentives fit together around a deal. The official schedule runs Tuesday through Friday, making it suitable for a regular workweek routine alongside the documents and sector reporting relevant to your own interests.
Who it’s for
Deal professionals, private-capital observers and business readers who want reported context around acquisitions, financing structures, institutional relationships and the people executing significant transactions.
Inside the reading
Its areas of focus.
Private capital
Examine private equity, private credit and investment firms through their transactions, fundraising pressures and connections with other institutions.
People and institutions
Monitor personnel developments and organizational changes as context for understanding how financial firms pursue business and execute deals.
The Desk’s reading note
Make the read useful.
Track one deal across successive editions and compare the reporting with the formal announcements and financing documents.
Keep a question, an idea to investigate, or a source to return to in your saved notes.
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