Amazon’s Record C$14B Maple Bond Funds Its AI Buildout
Amazon priced C$14B ($10.04B) of Canadian-dollar bonds June 9, 2026 — the largest Maple ever — with ~C$28B in orders to fund AI infrastructure capex.
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Term Premium Explained: Why Long Bonds Yield Extra
Term premium is the extra yield bonds pay beyond expected short rates. Here’s how the NY Fed measures it and what’s pushing it higher in 2026.
Kevin Warsh Inherits a Split FOMC and 4.97% Long Bond
Kevin Warsh took the oath as Fed chair on May 22, 2026, inheriting an 8-4 FOMC and a 30-year Treasury near 5%. June 16-17 is his first meeting.
Partners Group Caps $8.6B Fund as Q2 Gates Spread to PE
Partners Group gated its $8.6B Global Value SICAV after 9.8% redemption requests, dragging Blackstone, KKR and Apollo lower as BCRED also tightens back to its 5% cap.
Crescent Capital Closes Record $10.8B Direct Lending Fund
Crescent’s CDL Fund IV closed at $10.8B in investable capital — more than double its 2022 predecessor — as Apollo and Ares cap BDC redemptions.
Triton Buys Flender from Carlyle in PE-to-PE Wind Deal
Triton Fund 6 will take Flender, the 125-year-old German gear specialist with major wind exposure, off Carlyle’s hands in a Q4 2026 close.
Alphabet’s $80B AI Raise: Largest Stock Sale on Record
Alphabet’s $80B equity raise—$15B common, $15B convertible preferred, $10B from Berkshire, $40B ATM—is the biggest stock sale ever, all to feed AI.
Berkshire’s $6.8B Taylor Morrison Buy: Abel Era Begins
Berkshire Hathaway is buying Taylor Morrison for $72.50/share ($6.8B equity, $8.5B EV) at a 24% premium — Greg Abel’s first big deal as CEO.
Veris Residential Goes Private in $3.5B Affinius Deal
Affinius Capital and Vista Hill Partners completed a $3.5B all-cash take-private of Veris Residential on May 27, paying $19/share — a 23.2% premium.
Howard Davies-Led J.C. Flowers Buys Monte Paschi’s French Arm
J.C. Flowers acquires Monte Paschi’s French lending arm; Howard Davies takes the chair as BMPS streamlines post-Mediobanca.