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Analyst Insights

Private equity calls the AI de-rating overdone

August 13, 2026

Thoma Bravo’s $4B insurtech take-private and reported PE talks for Workday signal continued demand for cash-flow-positive, regulated vertical SaaS.

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Liquidity

Buyout shops are bringing something new to secondaries

August 13, 2026

With their focus on deep underwriting and sector expertise, they represent a challenge to those that have long dominated the market.

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Veritas unleashes deal spree across government tech, critical infrastructure

August 7, 2026

It announced three deals and edged toward a fourth as it looks to deploy a $15.3 billion fund.

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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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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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