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Blackstone to sell Sabre Industries: sources; How PE firms look to close the human capital gap in dealmaking

Blackstone expected to launch a sale process for Sabre Industries, a manufacturer of steel utility poles and support structures; a look at how having the right talent in place is crucial to the entire dealmaking process; Antero Resources agrees to acquire Quantum Capital-backed HG Energy for $2.8 billion; investor group composed of MW Group, Blackstone Real Estate and DivcoWest agrees to acquire Alexander & Baldwin Inc.

Unity Partners launches landscaping platform Yardmaster; Windjammer exits Paragon

An exclusive: Unity Partners formed a Midwest-based landscaping platform by combining four businesses that will operate under the name Yardmaster; InTandem Capital Partners invests in The Phia Group; Blue Point Capital Partners exits Country Pure Foods; Windjammer Capital Investors sells Paragon Energy Solutions.

Exclusive: Unity Partners forms Midwestern landscaping platform, acquires four businesses

'Commercial landscaping remains a large, fragmented, resilient and steadily growing industry,' Unity Partners' Brett Stoehr told PE Hub.

BVP Forge speeds to $1bn close for second fund

The growth buyout platform emphasized to prospective LPs its unique link to BVP’s long history in venture capital, a partner tells Buyouts.

GTCR’s Collin Roche upbeat on financial services, mindful of macro shifts; Heartwood’s Demetrios Dounis reveals Amlon CV rationale

Talking with GTCR co-CEO and managing director Collin Roche to discuss the broader financial services sector, and Michael Hollander, a managing director at the firm, to discuss wealth management investments; Heartwood Partners managing partner Demetrios Dounis on his firm's $245 million continuation fund for the Amlon Group.

GTCR co-CEO Collin Roche: 'We have had a very active year'

GTCR has nine active platform investments in the wealth management sector.

Orion details critical minerals playbook; remembering Bernhard Capital founder Jim Bernhard

Orion Resource Partners managing partner Istvan Zollei discusses opportunities that the firm is picking with critical minerals; speaking with Cassidy Leventhal, principal at Achieve Partners, about the firm's deal for Beanstack, a platform that helps schools and libraries build reading communities; on the passing of Bernhard Capital founder Jim Bernhard.

Orion Resource Partners' Istvan Zollei: Demand for critical minerals will outpace supply

The need for copper, gold, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements is being driven by the re-shoring and friendly-shoring of industrial and defense production.

Wind Point Partners aims higher with Fund XI

The investor in small- to mid-sized businesses outdid its last fundraise target by more than a third.

Aerospace & defense: 2025 marks a record-breaking year for private equity deals in the sector

Rising passenger numbers are boosting commercial aviation; geopolitical volatility is bolstering defense investment; and tech breakthroughs are supporting everything.