The 2026 World Cup starts in 25 days and the US men's team documentary "U.S. Against the World" is on HBO. Five parts following Pulisic, Adams, and the squad toward a home tournament. The production values are absurd. The stakes are real. If you are not yet paying attention, you will be by June 11. TVLINE
Apollo hired three managing directors, one of them from Carlyle. Advent's head of tech strategy now works at the OpenAI venture Advent helped fund.
GTCR and Elliott are paying $7.75 a share for CCC. Advent sold its final stake last November at $7.79, down from a $10 SPAC-era price.
Proofpoint will pay $49.75 a share for Varonis, 52% above the June close. The multiple is 53 times free cash flow, and the first-half cash flow fell.
Fee-generating assets rose €40bn in the quarter. Strip out the Coller acquisition and the gain is about €6bn.
