Commentary

Spotlight: 10 women in private equity making waves, and the industry's glaring gap between women and men at the deal partner level

Saluting rockstar women making strides in private equity

Leveraging proactive communications to attract capital, deals and talent

Some ideas on how to compete in an industry whose number of active participants has more than doubled in the past ten years.

Covid beneficiary Velocity Clinical Research explores sale, L Catterton invests in Birkinstock, First-timer Twist joins SPAC game

New tech-focused SPAC Twist Capital is targeting $175 million and L Catterton backs Birkinstock.

Francisco Partners agrees to buy MyHeritage, Mnuchin plans to raise a fund, Stone Point hits impasse in plans to launch secondaries

Francisco Partners agreed to buy MyHeritage and Trump's Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is planning on launching a fund.

KKR's BrightSpring snaps up Abode Healthcare, Bain Capital Tech Opps, HGGC double down on construction-tech

KKR-backed BrightSpring Health Services acquires Summit Partners’ Abode Healthcare and Buildertrend has acquired CoConstruct.

Human capital due diligence de-risks private equity investments

Advanced people-focused solutions implemented early in the investment lifecycle can mitigate risks of today’s virtual environment and offer a competitive edge in an aggressive market, writes Matt Brubaker, CEO, FMG Leading.

SPAC spurred pullback awaits, Wells Fargo sells asset management unit to PE duo

SPAC frenzy might spur pullback and Wells Fargo sells asset management unit to GTCR and Reverence for $2.1 billion.

Advent-backed ATI, BC Partners' Cyxtera unveil SPAC mergers, MidOcean's The Planet Group and VC-backed Applitools evaluate sales

It's raining SPAC mergers and MidOcean preps sale of Planet Group.

American Veterinary Group said to go to Oak Hill Capital, IBM weighs sale of IBM Watson Health, Jim Momtazee's new healthcare fund could break records

Oak Hill Capital to rejoin the veterinary care space and IBM mulls potential sale of its IBM Watson Health business

Bridgepoint grows Qualitest, Webster’s Bristol Hospice kicks off sales process, Apollo adds Jay Clayton to board

Bridgepoint-backed Qualitest acquires QA InfoTech and Apollo taps Jay Clayton for board.