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Blackstone’s leaders stuck to their guns over massive investments in AI and data centers when questioned about related risks during an earnings call last week
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Buyout firm TPG's leaders say the firm may rake in more than $55 billion through fundraising efforts this year, which would set an in-house record
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Churchill Asset Management has closed on $1.54 billion for a new fund to provide junior financing to riskier midmarket companies that are usually backed by buyout firms
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Permira’s $3.54 billion sale of credit data and intelligence company Octus demonstrates the private-equity firm’s success selling to strategic buyers in a challenging exit market
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Four of the 10 Congressional candidates who received the most backing from private equity lost their 2026 races
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Private-markets giant KKR & Co. has agreed to sell railcar-leasing company Infinity Transportation to peer Ares Management for $2.9 billion, after owning the business for five years
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Ara Partners has amassed about $2.5 billion for its debut energy fund and co-investment vehicles to buy assets such as natural gas-power generators, biofuels plants and fuel stations
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Private-equity firm FFL Partners raised $1.35 billion for its sixth buyout fund, above a $1 billion target for the vehicle
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More than half of 176 private-equity executives surveyed by Summit Leadership cited the evolving role of portfolio company CEOs as one of the big challenges tied to longer holds
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A recent interest rate hike and the prospect for more presents a fresh hurdle for a once-popular method of sending cash back to limited partners in private-equity funds
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Some Democrats in Congress are seeking to take an Oregon law that bans private-equity firm control over healthcare practices and apply it nationwide
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Crosspoint Capital Partners is leading $72 million growth investment in cybersecurity startup Mind, valuing the three-year-old company at some $400 million
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European private-equity firm Vitruvian Partners is leading a $600 million investment in Angle Health that values the AI-driven healthcare benefits startup at $2.7 billion
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Monument Group partners say exit slowdown drives private equity changes such as tougher fundraising, a hotter secondary market and more junior dealmakers striking out on their own
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KKR is committing $350 million to form Akrapoint Commercial Capital, which will offer asset-based loans to finance equipment for small and midsize businesses
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Newly established healthcare-focused firm Agora has signed its first deal, backing data and analytics provider Vheda Health
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Cox Capital plans a new offer to acquire business-development company shares at a discount despite scant interest in a just-ended tender
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Blackstone’s early-stage venture-capital arm has led a $27 million investment in cybersecurity startup Huskeys
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A rush to withdraw from business development companies showed signs of abating in July but industry participants say underlying stresses will extend into later this year
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Private-equity manager NGP Energy Capital Management is among the firms whose portfolio companies recently bought assets shed by energy companies following large deals
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