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The New Growth Playbook: How Private Capital Is Rewriting the Rules Across Industries
From £5.7bn energy takeovers to government-backed pension fund vehicles, private investment is no longer just fueling growth—it's fundamentally rewriting the strategy.

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This weekend, the machinery of private capital moved with startling speed and scale. In London, the board of FTSE 100 energy giant DCC recommended a £5.75 billion takeover by a consortium led by private equity powerhouse KKR, a deal that would send one of the index's stalwarts into private ownership. Simultaneously, in a very different corner of the financial world, a report from African tech publication TechCabal revealed that while venture capital on the continent held steady at...
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