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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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Direct Lending

AI disrupts software underwriting for Europe’s lenders, says Hayfin

July 28, 2026

Advances in AI have changed the game for software businesses, Hayfin’s Marc Chowrimootoo tells LCD.

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Global Manager Performance Score League Tables

Manager Performance Score League Tables: 2025 Annual

July 28, 2026

The top private capital managers across 29 strategic and geographic categories, ranked by historical performance.

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AI

AI is not replacing investment bankers—yet

July 24, 2026

Private equity and Wall Street bankers are increasingly using AI to facilitate deals, but faster processes are not necessarily better.

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Carveouts

Nestlé’s $3bn water deal adds to Europe’s carveout wave

July 23, 2026

PitchBook data shows 2026 carveout value on pace to be the third-strongest year on record, even as deal count lags 2025’s pace.

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Direct Lending

GBA Group nets €425M loan backing buyout by Bridgepoint

July 23, 2026

The company was marketed on EBITDA of roughly €80 million.

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United Kingdom

Andy Burnham inherits a UK plc raid he can’t easily stop

July 20, 2026

Foreign buyers have led eight of Britain’s 10 largest take-privates over the past year and a half, while domestic pension funds remain on the sidelines.

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Fintech

Stripe and Advent’s bid for PayPal is not irresistible

July 15, 2026

The bid values the business at 7x EBITDA, less than has been paid for weaker payments businesses.

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United Kingdom

M&A in the UK is set to break record, but PE sponsors are sidelined

July 15, 2026

PE sponsors captured just 15% of the country’s 10 largest deals by value in H1.

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M&A

European M&A proves more resilient than global peers despite ECB rate hike

July 13, 2026

Deal value fell less steeply than in North America, as sponsors and corporates alike chase higher returns in a fragmented market.

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M&A

Russell Investments changes hands as asset manager M&A accelerates

July 9, 2026

B Capital is buying the $416 billion asset manager from TA Associates and Reverence Capital, the latest example of VC aiming to transform a staid industry using tech.

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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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Global M&A Report

Global M&A Report

July 9, 2026

The Q2 2026 Global M&A Report provides an overview of key factors shaping global mergers and acquisitions, breaking down the industry by region and vertical.

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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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Credit

Q&A: Apollo on lending in a world of shifting valuations

July 6, 2026

‘There’s a disconnect between what investors are seeing now and what they are anticipating,’ said Apollo’s co-head of private equity and head of hybrid investing, Matt Nord.

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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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Limited Partners

Bending Spoons, owner of a collection of ailing internet brands, soars in Nasdaq IPO

July 1, 2026

The company’s stock closed 39.7% above its IPO price of $29 per share.

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IPO

8 charts: SPACs, from boom to bust, and back again

June 30, 2026

They’re making a comeback, but much has changed since the heydays of the pandemic era.

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