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Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else? The Blackstone Group offices in New York, 2013. The 2010s were, among other things, the decade of private equity. A segment of the finance ...
Rebound in dealmaking lifts buyouts and exits to second highest values on record, with a sustained upswing in prospect Industry reaches critical inflection point as intensified competition challenges ...
Private equity and venture capital deals accounted for 15% of the total value of mergers and acquisitions globally, which reached $3.13 trillion in 2025, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence ...
Private-equity firms made progress clearing their shelves of dusty investments this year. There is still plenty more to do in 2026. Firms have been sitting on a glut of unsold companies for years, ...
The "Staying Independent" panel at the 2025 PE Summit: (l to r) Bob Lewis, Jeff Barbacci, David Bundy and Jim Meade With every day seemingly bringing word of a new private equity investment in the ...
Apollo executive John Zito said private equity firms are broadly misstating the value of their software holdings, telling UBS clients last month that "all the marks are wrong." Zito warned that ...