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Blackstone's private equity head Joseph Baratta to retire at end of year

Baratta joined Blackstone in 1998.

Cortec said to ready A1 Garage Door Service for sale; McNally takes majority stake in Tenica as demand for defense and intelligence services grow

Cortec Group is readying for sale A1 Garage Door Service, a 2019 portfolio company that provides residential garage door maintenance services; McNally Capital announced it has made a majority investment in Tenica Global Solutions.

Mill Point closes deal for Littlejohn-backed Total Safety Supplies & Solutions; Lower mid-market firm Comvest Private Equity rebrands as Vesterra

Mill Point Capital has completes acquisition of Total Safety Supplies & Solutions from Littlejohn & Co. portfolio company Total Safety US; Comvest Private Equity rebrands as Vesterra Capital Partners.

Blackstone Energy Transition Partners to buy Dresser Utility Solutions; How AI is forcing software players to rethink business models

First to report that Blackstone Energy Transition Partners is buying Dresser Utility Solutions, a provider of natural gas and water measurement, control and infrastructure metering equipment, from First Reserve; an excerpt from Private Equity International’s story about how AI is upending private equity’s software sweethearts, a must-read for software investors.

Fengate's Jennifer Pereira: Operational improvement drives value creation in lower mid-market; PE Hub reveals trends in financial services and healthcare M&A

During times of geopolitical tensions and fluctuating interest rates, the lower mid-market offers appealing opportunities for investors, Fengate's Jennifer Pereira told PE Hub.

Apollo, Hellman & Friedman and Platinum Equity invest in live events, as the sector enjoys a wave of PE interest

An in-depth look at how private equity firms are taking advantage of the surge in popularity of live events.

Why financial services dealmaking demands deep sector expertise

In this episode of Private Equity Spotlight, Peter Yordán of J.C. Flowers & Co. and Kyle Griswold of FTV Capital discuss how specialization, technology and AI are shaping dealflow, value creation and exits in one of the market’s most complex sectors.

PE Hub’s Sector Spotlight series explores Healthcare, featuring insights from Arlington, Bain Capital, EQT, HIG, Mérieux, OEP, Permira, Vistria and WindRose

A fresh installment of our quarterly Sector Spotlight series, taking an in-depth look at the complex healthcare sector, where investors are seeking winners amid tech transformation and reimbursement shake-up.

Women in Private Markets Summit to feature Raymond James' Sunaina Sinha Haldea, Hamilton Lane's Jackie Rantanen, Brookfield's Kristen Haase and more

This week we’re focused on women in private equity. Tuesday and Wednesday, PEI Group is hosting Women in Private Markets Summit: North America. The summit connects more than 500 senior leaders from every corner of private markets for two days of strategy, insight and peer-level discussion.

Onex, Frontenac, Sterling said to test market for portcos; Trinity Hunt forms landscaping platform

Three companies in the industrial sector that are currently in the market – and one that’s taking a pause in the sale process – according to sources; Trinity Hunt Partners has formed Elevation Landscape Group; Sunaina Sinha Haldea, global head, private capital advisory, Raymond James, to give keynote interview at PEI Group’s Women in Private Markets Summit: North America.