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  Corporates

  Tech giants close AI gap with big buys

  June 16, 2026

  Salesforce just acquired AI customer service startup Fin for $3.6 billion, and SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billion.

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  Food & Beverage

  Upstart PE firm wagers $1.5B+ on a Pizza Hut turnaround

  June 16, 2026

  LongRange Capital agreed to buy the international franchise from Yum! Brands.

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  Private Credit

  PE-backed companies are losing their direct lending dominance

  May 28, 2026

  But their shrinking share of deals doesn’t mean direct lenders are pulling back from private equity, yet.

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  Aerospace & Defense

  Meet the top investors in European aerospace and defense buyouts

  May 27, 2026

  Sponsors are quick to spot opportunities as government budgets rewrite the investment case.

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  Secondaries

  Lazard’s acquisition of Campbell Lutyens highlights growing complexity of private markets

  April 30, 2026

  Investment banks must offer more than M&A advice to keep their clients happy in the exit drought.

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  Private Equity

  Record Q1 M&A masks more selective market

  April 29, 2026

  Dealmaking hit a record $1.6 trillion, but one $250 billion deal flattered the numbers.

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  Buyouts

  PE hopes garage door roll-ups will be the new HVAC

  April 17, 2026

  HVAC businesses proved to be one of the best roll-up opportunities in PE, and garage door suppliers share many of the same characteristics.

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  VC Exits

  Biotech IPOs poised for a comeback—but only for some

  April 15, 2026

  A GLP-1 maker and a protein biomarker detection company are the latest to head for biotech IPOs. M&A activity is helping bolster that.

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  Private equity fundraising

  KKR’s $23B haul provides light amid mega-fund gloom

  April 2, 2026

  Mega-sized deals rebounded sharply last year, which could bode well for the funds that play at that end of the market.

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  Consumer Retail & Services

  Alix Earle, Olaplex and Salt & Stone: Beauty’s active week

  March 26, 2026

  Bets on beauty and wellness companies continue despite broader headwinds to consumer brands.

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  PE Fundraising

  The ultra mega-fund is back in style. Can it be deployed effectively?

  March 24, 2026

  Jeff Bezos is reportedly raising a $100 billion fund to buy up manufacturing companies and automate their processes.

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  M&A

  EBITDA adjustments are getting ridiculous

  March 5, 2026

  The interpretation of what counts as a one-time charge has expanded well beyond historical norms.

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  Capital Pool

  M&A’s $5 trillion year was buoyed by mega-deals

  February 3, 2026

  There is cautious optimism that this momentum will spread to the rest of the market in 2026.

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  VC Exits

  Europe’s VC-backed founders rely on PE more than ever for an exit

  February 3, 2026

  Buyouts made for a record share of VC-backed exits in Europe in 2025.

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  VC Exits

  SpaceX acquires xAI ahead of reported trillion-dollar IPO

  February 2, 2026

  “Global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions,” Elon Musk wrote of the deal.

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  Private Equity

  Big-ticket deals push M&A value to all-time high

  January 30, 2026

  Volume reached nearly $5 trillion last year, with about 57% from mega-deals—the highest share in a decade.

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  PE Fundraising

  The secondary market’s capitalization conundrum

  January 27, 2026

  Secondaries funds continue to raise record amounts, but not enough to meet the potential supply of deals

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  Buyouts

  Ranking 2025’s top 10 PE buyouts in Europe

  December 18, 2025

  Activity in the continent stalled as deal volume hit a five-year low, but surging US investor participation provided rare momentum.

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