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  Buyouts

  Why Ares wants more PE muscle

  July 29, 2026

  A potential tie-up with Leonard Green & Partners would help the listed giant expand a relatively small PE footprint and boost its fee-paying AUM.

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  Analyst Insights

  Hot energy summer: PE launches upstream buying spree

  July 28, 2026

  A wave of deals hit amid concerns over oil supply security.

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  Buyouts

  Middle-market Davids are outslinging PE’s Goliaths

  July 20, 2026

  The largest buyout funds are underperforming their smaller peers, and the reasons run deeper than luck.

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  Buyouts

  Energy M&A kicks into high gear amid AI’s thirst for power

  July 9, 2026

  Dealmaking reached roughly $217 billion in Q2, growing 5x year-over-year.

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  IPO

  PE exits seesaw from M&A to IPOs

  July 6, 2026

  US PE exits were down roughly 46% in Q2, with both strategic buyers and sponsors going risk-off

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  SaaS

  The great software margin boom begins in a sea of fear

  July 1, 2026

  Encoding human judgment into scalable workflows promises to cut costs and drive revenue.

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  Private Equity

  PE pivots as platform buyouts in software fall to decade low

  June 25, 2026

  A tougher lending market and AI uncertainty are pushing software investors toward add-ons and growth equity deals.

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  Commentary

  Danone bets on protein with Made Group buy

  June 22, 2026

  The French strategic’s purchase of an Australian functional-dairy maker directly taps into the major trends driving consumer demand.

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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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