London-based Senior Copy Editor, News @PitchBook. Formerly @business @FT @independent. Ex-NYC, ZAG, SYD, BNE. I❤️🍨 & emojis. Views my own 🪃🇦🇺🦘🇭🇷🇪🇺🇬🇧
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A month already in, but I'm still excited to meet and work with really smart, friendly and professional people @PitchBook. And not just editorial colleagues @PitchBookNews but across the business here in London as well as Seattle, NYC, San Francisco and Singapore. 🙌🙏
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Going for Greenland: Great story from @LeahFHodgson and @adwoodman to kick off The Europe Pitch, the @PitchBook News team's latest newsletter: pitchbook.com/news/articles/…
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13 Oct 2025
Europe, you have a pension problem: only 0.12% of €3 trillion in total retirement fund assets is invested in venture capital and growth companies. In the US, up to 10% is allocated to private equity strategies, including VC. @LeahFHodgson takes a look
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8 Sep 2025
Klarna is finally making its public debut after months of delays. Is it worth the wait? @LeahFHodgson breaks it down for @PitchBookNews pitchbook.com/news/articles/… #IPO
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5 Sep 2025
As Europe is left to find its own path on ESG amid an increasingly uncertain geopolitical and economic environment, is the continent's pullback a temporary correction or the start of a lasting decline? @ThisIsEmilyLai takes a look for @PitchBookNews pitchbook.com/news/articles/…
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25 Jul 2025
Is dealmaking ready to take off? The leader of this private equity giant certainly thinks so. Informative read by @jessicaAhamlin for @PitchBook News pitchbook.com/news/articles/… #privateequity #deals #mergers #ipos
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24 Jul 2025
Tariffs fallout: from New York to Houston, advisers to buyout firms say they have observed a noticeable chill in the flow of term sheets since Trump’s “Liberation Day”. Interesting analysis from Madeline Shi for @pitchbook News pitchbook.com/news/articles/… #privateequity #tariff
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24 Jul 2025
PE investment in Australia doubled to $11 billion in the second quarter of this year, up from $5.3 billion in Q1. Great analysis from @ThisIsEmilyLai for @PitchBook News pitchbook.com/news/articles/… #privateequity #australia #deals
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23 Jul 2025
Eight of the top 10 PE transactions in Europe during Q2 involved at least one US sponsor, highlighting a renewed interest in high-value cross-border deals.
pitchbook.com/news/articles/… by @andreagaini for @PitchBookNews
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23 Jul 2025
Getting closer, with relief no doubt on both sides of the Atlantic
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22 Jul 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he will meet his Chinese counterparts in Stockholm next week for their third round of trade talks bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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18 Jan 2024
It’s Thursday, January 18, 2024.
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023.
295 days ago.
His “crime” was practicing journalism in Russia.
FREE EVAN TODAY!
#IStandWithEvan
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
3 Dec 2023
It’s Sunday, December 3.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023.
249 days ago.
His crime was practicing journalism in Russia.
He deserves to be freed TODAY.
#IStandWithEvan
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3 Nov 2023
Evan Gershkovich turned 32 in a Russian jail, @WSJ’s Paul Beckett tells us at the @ICFJ awards dinner. #IStandWithEvan #PressFreedom
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
25 Oct 2023
🚨🚨BREAKING -- Rep. MIKE JOHNSON has won the House speakership. Every House Republican voted for the Louisiana Republican, vaulting him from the vice chairmanship of the House Republican Conference to the chamber's top position.
The 51-year old will be the 56th speaker of the House.
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M.I. (Michael) Bruning retweeted
18 Oct 2023
Some quick thoughts on why large parts of the mainstream media keep slipping up on Gaza/Israel (and why it was the same at times with Covid):
The main reason is a failure to keep pace with modern news gathering techniques, but there’s more.
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Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) switched his vote away from Jordan on the second ballot.
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