Private Equity's $3.8 Trillion Exit Backlog Meets a Bond Market That Won't Help
With roughly 32,000 unsold portfolio companies and a 30-year Treasury yield at its highest since 2007, the industry's liquidity problem is being squeezed from …
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Private Equity's Generalist Era Is Ending, One Niche at a Time
Firms are trading broad mandates for deep sector expertise in healthcare, technology, renewable energy and fragmented local services, chasing the non-cyclical …
General Atlantic's Revived IPO Plan Puts a New Name on an Old Question: Should PE Firms Go Public?
General Atlantic has restarted its long-shelved IPO process, tapping JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. The move revives a debate that has split the i…
River Associates Acquires Diamond Wipes
River Associates has acquired Diamond Wipes, a contract manufacturer of disposable wet wipes and personal care products, marking the lower middle-market firm's…
H.I.G. Capital Adds Tim Hsu and Chris Todisco as Managing Directors on Global Credit Platform
The firm expanded its capital formation team to support investor relations and capital raising across H.I.G.'s credit strategies.
Private Equity's Leverage Playbook Is Losing to an AI-Fueled Public Market
A record backlog of more than 33,000 unsold portfolio companies is colliding with an AI infrastructure boom that is squeezing PE's access to capital from a sec…
More Than Half of PE Firms Are Hiring AI and Data Talent, EY Finds
EY's Private Equity Pulse survey finds 53% of firms hiring more digital transformation specialists and 51% adding data scientists, as technology moves from a d…
Private Equity Secondaries Hit a Record $124 Billion in H1 2026 as Exits Stay Stuck
LP-led and GP-led secondary sales split almost evenly as institutional investors turn to secondhand fund trades to manufacture the liquidity a slow M&A and IPO…
Are Coffee Shop Holds in Trouble? A Campaign Flap Puts the Latte Back on Trial
Michele Tafoya's resurfaced 'skip Starbucks' remark revives a decade-old bet: is the daily coffee ritual a recession-proof utility, or has it just never been t…
Astara Capital Partners Acquires Dynatec Systems, a Leading Provider of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Solutions
Middle-market private equity firm Astara Capital Partners acquired Dynatec Systems, a New Jersey maker of membrane-based industrial wastewater treatment system…
Homestead Capital Announces First Close of Inaugural Agriculture Private Credit Fund
Homestead Capital launched its first commingled private credit strategy for U.S. agricultural lending, anchored by a $150 million commitment from a state pensi…
CVC DIF Acquires Majority Stake in firstcolo to Support the Development of a Scalable High-Performance Data Centre Platform in Germany
CVC DIF has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Frankfurt-based data center operator firstcolo from CUBE Infrastructure to fund an AI-ready expansion project.
Wolf-Gordon Expands Its Interior Surfaces Platform with Two Strategic Acquisitions: Andor Willow and Look Walls & Interiors
Charger Investment Partners' portfolio company Wolf-Gordon has completed acquisitions of wood wall panel maker Andor Willow and Dallas-based custom digital wal…
Beach House Group Sells Majority Stake in BEIS to Samsonite in $210 Million Deal
Beach House Group sold its 70 percent stake in luggage brand BEIS, co-founded with Shay Mitchell, to Samsonite in a transaction valued at $210 million.
Bernhard Capital-Backed Optimum Energy Co. Announces Acquisition of Hussung Mechanical Contractors and HMC Service Company
Optimum Energy Co., a Bernhard Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired 60-year-old mechanical contractor Hussung/HMC, expanding its self-perform infra…
Angeles Equity Partners Announces Michael Knapp as Head of Business Development
Los Angeles private equity firm Angeles Equity Partners hired Levine Leichtman Capital Partners veteran Michael Knapp as Managing Director and Head of Business…
Truehelm Promotes Donnacha O'Sullivan to Partner
Healthcare-focused private equity firm Truehelm promoted senior investment team member Donnacha O'Sullivan to Partner after nearly a decade at the firm.
Air Canada Announces $2.5 Billion Minority Equity Investment in Aeroplan Led by Blackstone and La Caisse
Blackstone and La Caisse are leading a $2.5 billion minority equity investment in Air Canada's Aeroplan loyalty program, valuing it at $10 billion.
Big Top Announces Strategic Acquisition of Coast to Coast Contracting, Expanding Installation Capabilities and Skilled Workforce
Altamont Capital Partners portfolio company Big Top Manufacturing acquires assets of installation contractor Coast to Coast Contracting to scale its fabric str…
Quad-C Management Announces Investment in Paradigm HSE
The middle market firm is backing the health and safety platform formed from Code Red Safety, Concept Controls, and HazTek. Terms were not disclosed.