Private Equity: archive
Every Private Equity story in Alternatives, newest first. 28 stories
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P+ awards Schroders Capital €200m PE mandate
Allocators weighing co-investments face more targeted exposure and different fees but need transaction access.
Hudson Hill's Stacy says buyout leverage has fallen to 4x-5x
Writing in Institutional Asset Manager, the co-founder argues leverage compression of 35% to 45% ends the era of financially engineered buyout returns.
New Private Equity closes minority stake in ONE group solutions
ONE, a Luxembourg-based ManCo and governance provider for asset managers, keeps CEO Steve Bernat and its founders as substantial holders; terms were not disclosed.
Dell-led $7.7B Baldwin take-private draws fiduciary probes
Three law firms are testing whether $32.50 a share is fair; no suit has been filed and the deal still needs a shareholder vote.
Dell-backed $7.7 billion Baldwin buyout draws lawyer probes
At least five firms have announced inquiries into the $32.50-a-share take-private; Kaskela cites analyst targets at or above $36.
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Brown Angel Group 064 reports $263,000 fund sold
Form D filed Oct. 22 shows full offering amount sold; first sale was Oct. 20.
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AP Maverick co-invest fund discloses $13.2 million sold
The Oct. 23 Form D shows an Oct. 21 first sale and no total offering amount.
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EQT agrees to take QIAGEN private in €10.8 billion deal
The €46.50-a-share cash offer is 40.3% above QIAGEN's July 8 close, with ADIA and CPPIB co-investing alongside EQT XI.
CVC weighs take-private bid for Verisure, market value €9.7 billion
No offer has been made, and the person Reuters cited said CVC may not pursue a deal.
FFL Partners closes sixth fund above $1.35 billion
The vehicle beat its $1 billion target, PE Professional reports.
Skechers founders accused of cutting forecasts in $9.4B 3G buyout
A class action filed Oct. 21 alleges three downward revisions to internal projections in April 2025 made a $63 cash offer look like a premium.
Pantheon closes $6 billion secondaries Fund VIII above target
The London- and New York-based manager said the close follows $3.35 billion of secondaries purchases across 17 deals in 2025.
DataPower Capital files Form D for $548,000 PE fund
The Oct. 23 filing reports a first sale on Oct. 21 and the full $548,000 sold, with DataPower Capital Management as related person.
Gate Strategic's Automaton II sells $4.5M PE offering
The SEC filing names TGSO Advisor as a related person and classifies the issuer as a private equity fund.
Abacus sole lender on Fengate's buyout of a Florida clinical firm
The lender also made an equity co-investment in Clinical Research of West Florida; price, debt size and equity amount were not disclosed.
eQ to acquire Genesta for up to EUR 15.5 million
Genesta manages about EUR 1 billion across three Nordic real estate funds; closing is expected by the first quarter of 2027.
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Charlesbank invests in services arm of 550-attorney WSHB
Deal value is undisclosed; WSHB stays independent and its four firm leaders sit on the MSO's board.
Miras Investments names Matthew Lesesky global head of private equity
Lesesky joins from UNC Management Company after 14 years; Miras invests mainly through third-party commingled funds with co-investments.
BAG Q3 Deal 2 files $67,000 private equity Form D
The Oct. 22 filing lists LLC Black Angel Group as a related person and a first sale on Oct. 20.
BBV T1ST 2026AL files Form D with $0 sold
The filing names three related persons and leaves the total offering amount undisclosed.
PEI 300 firms raised $3.55 trillion, up almost 8%
Top 10 managers raised $854.6 billion, a quarter of the total.
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Birmingham Advisors launches with 15 partners, 60 advisors
The Chicago firm, led by Jeff Cox and Dennis Olis, sells operating and due diligence work by the day, month or longer.
Batch & Box private equity fund sold $3.3 million
Oct. 21 Form D names three related persons and records an Oct. 7 first sale
Navatar adds two-way Claude links to PE deal records
The Oct. 21 release lets deal teams write research into Navatar records and pull updated deal data back into Claude.
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59% of family offices plan to increase private equity exposure
Bank of America's 2026 study finds 51% call private equity a top wealth-creation opportunity, and 27.2% of the alternatives book is already allocated to it.
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New Private Equity takes minority stake in ONE group solutions
The Luxembourg provider of third-party fund management and governance services, with more than 200 clients, did not disclose terms; CEO Steve Bernat stays.
Goldman and Evercore pitch evergreen funds to buyout firms
Bankers at five firms are pitching buyout shops on vehicles with 10- to 15-year lives, but exit mechanics remain open.
CGF2026's CR l Nucleus Ventures Sep 20 series sells $182,000
An Oct. 19 Form D lists an Oct. 16 first sale and names LLC The Flax Group as a related person.