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August 2025

Advent’s $2.5B Sapiens Deal Takes Bet on Insurance Tech

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

Aug 14 • 

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July 2025

Crunching the Data on TA Associates’ $760M FD Technologies Deal

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

Jul 30 • 

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Will Private Equity Decimate Retirement Plans?

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from the past two weeks.

Jul 22 • 

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How Did Advent Lose Spectris?

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

Jul 7 • 

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June 2025

KKR’s Goes Down Under with $1.1B Zenith Energy Deal

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

Jun 24 • 

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SPECIAL EDITION: A PE POV on NY Tech Week

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

Jun 10 • 

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May 2025

Gemspring Buys Legacy Chemicals Business From Goodyear for $650M

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

May 27 • 

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Can PE Firms Own Utilities and Data Centers? Behind Blackstone’s $11.5B TXNM Take-Private

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

May 19 • 

Isabel O'Brien

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3G Rewrites Its Operational Ethos with $9.4B Skechers Take-Private

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

May 13 • 

Isabel O'Brien

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PE-Backed Companies Dominated Q1 2025 Debt Defaults

According to Fitch Ratings’ April 2025 U.S. Distressed and Default Monitor, of the 23 leveraged loan and high yield debt defaults seen, 15 were private…

May 8 • 

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CVC Dreams Big with $5B Dream Games Acquisition

Plus: We outline portco M&A and exits from last week.

May 6 • 

Isabel O'Brien

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