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Carveouts/divestitures as a share of all PE buyouts by quarter
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Carve-out transactions are running at 10.6% of all buyout deals in 2025, which is comfortably above the five-year average…
Read MoreUS PE fundraising activity
Download PitchBook’s Report here. PE fundraising has landed at a lower level than in 2024, which was already a worse year…
Read MorePE capital raised ($B) by age bucket (2010-2025)
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Looking at the funds that face the most imminent fund terms, 11.8% of active funds are 10…
Read MoreShare of IPO capital raised by backing type
Download PitchBook’s Report here. With the S&P 500 index climbing back near its historical peak and surpassing the psychological threshold of 6,000,…
Read MorePE Index quarterly returns
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Preliminary Q4 2024 returns suggest a quarter of weaker performance, potentially tilting the yearly returns for 2024 back into…
Read MoreAlternative asset manager deal activity ($B)
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Deals involving GPs as an acquiree or investment target saw record activity in 2024, with 141 deals…
Read MoreShare of buyout inventory by industry (top 15)
Download PitchBook’s Report here. A clear concentration of buyout inventory resides in four sectors: software, commercial products and services, and healthcare…
Read MoreShare of private debt capital raised by type
Download PitchBook’s Report here. In Q1 2025, the distressed debt substrategy secured $21.4 billion in commitments, largely thanks to the $16 billion…
Read MoreMonths to close for PE funds
Download PitchBook’s Report here. In 2022, GPs began taking longer to close PE funds as exit activity decreased and LPs became…
Read MorePE AUM ($T) forecast*
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Within PE subcategories, we expect buyout funds to continue to garner the bulk of fundraising in the…
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