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Barreling toward a record
Download PitchBook’s Report here. US middle market PE activity is set to break records this year. Through Q3, more than 2,000…
Read MoreAre SBOs a drag on fund performance?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Secondary buyouts are one of the most critiqued aspects of the private equity industry. But SBOs aren’t…
Read MoreForeign investment in the spotlight
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Foreign PE investment in US-based companies has been strong going back to 2014. And consistent. Since 2014,…
Read MorePE fundraising trending down
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The PE fundraising trail hasn’t been too difficult to navigate lately. For one, most newly raised funds…
Read MorePE firms are no longer clubbing
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Club deals are something of a sticky issue in the private equity world. PE firms themselves don’t…
Read MoreAre the good times over?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Private equity’s calling card, from its early days in the 80s through the mid-2000s, has been its…
Read MoreGP stakes investing—a new trend, or market timing?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Last week we discussed the rising trend of GP stake sales, which are now officially in record…
Read MoreGP stakes investing—a new trend emerging?
Download PitchBook’s Report here. TPG Capital, one of the largest PE firms to retain its partnership structure, flirted with the idea…
Read MoreTariff questions, private equity edition
Download PitchBook’s 2Q 2018 M&A Report here. Like every tariff-related conversation, it’s too early to tell what impacts they’ll have on…
Read MoreStrategics are the real barbarians
“Barbarians at the gate” is an idiom that has lived past its shelf life. Classifying PE firms as barbarians implies…
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