Mary Kathleen Flynn

Dealmaking: Is a rebound around the corner?

In this podcast, senior leaders from Francisco Partners and Platinum Equity discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with closing deals in 2025 and their forecasts for M&A in 2026.

How Blackstone, Clipway, Hg, Jolt Capital, Partners Group are leveraging AI in everything from fundraising to portco value creation; CD&R to buy Sealed Air

The sixth and last installment of PEI Group’s Private Markets 2030 series, and our theme this week is Artificial Intelligence; a big take-private deal in the news this morning – with CD&R agreeing to acquire food packager Sealed Air in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of $10.3 billion.

Going public can still deliver a 'dreamy outcome;' Arcline to buy Novaria from KKR for $2.2bn; Deal of the Year Awards call for nominations

PEI Group’s exploration of big-picture themes in the alternative assets industry continues today with our fifth installment of Private Markets 2030 delving into the dynamics of public versus private; a Call for Nominations for PE Hub’s Deal of the Year Awards; a big deal in the aerospace and defense industry.

Public markets: After years of private market growth, public markets may gain ground

Thanks to the evolution of a robust private market ecosystem that includes private credit, secondaries and unprecedented amounts of capital, companies are growing bigger and staying private for longer than ever before. Nevertheless, the dream to go public is still very much alive.

Sustainability efforts sharpen focus on value creation; Women in Private Equity roundtable features leaders from LGT Capital Partners, Davis Polk and Norwest

One of the biggest transformations at work in alternative assets today is the approach to sustainability, as PEI Group explores this week in the fourth installment of our Private Markets 2030 series; also today: a roundtable showcasing three women leaders in private equity.

Women in private equity: market volatility continues

Three industry veterans talk about dealmaking, slow exits, tariffs and what lies ahead in the coming months.

Private Markets 2030: Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, Goldman Sachs, Partners Group eye $80trn capital pool from 401(k)s and HNWIs

Opening up alternative assets to non-institutional investors, from HNWIs to 401(k) account holders, represents up to $80 trillion.

Private Markets 2030: How alternative asset managers are approaching the biggest trends shaping private equity, private credit, secondaries, infrastructure and real estate

The launch of Private Markets 2030, a multi-title exploration of six key trends that private markets managers will need to consider when looking to attract capital and deliver portfolio performance over the next five years: Deglobalisation; Democratisation & Transparency; Industry Consolidation; Sustainability; Public Markets; and Artificial Intelligence.

Mark Cuban outlines investment strategy for Harbinger Sports Partners in an exclusive Q&A with PE Hub; PEI Group’s Private Markets 2030 to debut next week

Mark Cuban shares his sports investment strategy in an exclusive Q&A with PE Hub reporter Rafael Canton; a preview Private Markets 2030, a project we’re working on at PEI Group that will debut next week.

Silver Lake, PIF, Affinity to acquire Electronic Arts in $55bn take-private deal; Leonard Green, Butterfly, GTCR, Incline look to single-asset CVs

Electronic Arts has agreed to be acquired by a group of investors that includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners in an all-cash take-private transaction valued at approximately $55 billion; GPs are turning to single-asset continuation vehicles not just for assets they can’t sell right now but even for "crown jewels."