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New liquidity channels, diversified investor bases and other innovative measures have helped private markets tide over a widely acknowledged period of condensed returns. These trends bring with them a gamut of financial, operational and compliance considerations that are yet to be fully understood. This report aims to map these risks, with an overview of how managers are coping.
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EQT has agreed to acquire UK-based private equity firm Coller Capital in a transaction valued at up to $3.7bn, marking the Swedish buyout group’s entry into the private capital secondaries market, according to a report by Dow Jones Newswires.
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KKR is on track to surpass its $20bn fundraising target for its latest flagship Americas buyout vehicle, in a sign of continued investor support for the firm’s private equity platform despite a challenging fundraising backdrop, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Global private investment major Bain Capital has successfully completed the sale of the China business of its data centre portfolio company WinTriX DC Group to a consortium led by Shenzhen Dongyangguang Industry Co.
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US private investment firm Hellman & Friedman is exploring the sale of portfolio company Cordis, a provider of cardiovascular devices, and is targeting a valuation of more than $9bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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The most prominent names in private markets contributed articles to the Private Equity Wire® Global Outlook 2026 report, each with their few hundred words on an interesting space to watch for the year ahead.
Some argue we’re seeing structural rather than the usual cyclical shifts in private markets – these observations being spurred on by others’ analysis on energy, technology and defence. Contributors went into fundamental detail on Europe and the Middle East, broke down the secondary market with granularity, and scrutinised the increasingly tense world of direct lending.
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Private investment major Carlyle Group has nearly doubled the size of its wealth business since Harvey Schwartz took over as chief executive in 2023, underscoring the firm’s accelerating push into the private wealth and retail market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Several private equity firms including EQT and Advent are eyeing the acquisition of a potential majority stake in Volkswagen AG’s heavy diesel engine and power-plant unit, Everllence SE, as part of the automaker’s broader asset disposal strategy, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Ares Management has raised $7.1bn for its first private credit secondaries strategy, underscoring the rapid growth of a market that is emerging as one of the fastest-expanding segments of private capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is aiming to raise $26bn for its newest flagship private equity fund, a total that would place it among the largest-ever fundraises in the industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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