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Strong start to 2026 but middle-tier assets still stuck, says DC Advisory UK’s Tim Morris; Capza invests in aircraft cabin interior services company

FitzWalter has this morning said that its possible offer for London-listed Auction Technology Group is final, after not being granted access to due diligence.

5 min read · 28 January 2026

Why Kohlberg is selling Entrust to Leidos for $2.4bn; Incline Equity scoops up govtech provider MCCi

'Entrust is directly aligned with the increasing need for power across the region as utilities invest in generation, grid modernization, and reliability,' Kohlberg partner Gus Harwood told PE Hub.

3 min read · 27 January 2026

Inflexion shares add-on plans for new insurance broking platform; Pollen Street to acquire fund administrator Tutman from Ventiga and J Leon

Tutman is a fund services platform providing fund administration, corporate service and transfer agency services to institutional investors, wealth managers and family offices.

5 min read · 27 January 2026

Financial Services

Women in private equity: PE Hub and Buyouts open up nominations for the class of 2026

PE Hub and Buyouts have opened up the nominations for Women in Private Equity: The Class of 2026. The deadline is Friday, February 13. We outline the criteria and also highlight a few of the women honored last year.

3 min read · 26 January 2026

Financial Services

Sponsors taking more disciplined approach to exits, says White & Case; Finnish M&A selective but deliberate, finds Carner

There are 'a lot of rollovers and minority sell downs – less transactions where sponsors are selling out in full,' White & Case's Ken Barry told PE Hub.

4 min read · 26 January 2026

Financial Services

Astorg, Charterhouse, Grant Avenue bet on dietary supplements; Vistria, EQT target secondaries market; Last chance for entries to PE Hub's Deal of the Year

Exploring trends and transactions in the dietary supplements space; parsing Vistria‘s debut multi-asset CV transaction and EQT’s entry into the secondaries market with its acquisition of Coller Capital; a reminder: today is the deadline for submissions to PE Hub’s Deal of the Year Awards.

5 min read · 23 January 2026

Healthcare

Carlyle, LDC among PE firms backing mental health M&A; Mid-market style execution setting the tone for 2026 deals, says Aon

PE Hub covered six deals in the mental health sector in the last four months.

6 min read · 23 January 2026

Financial Services

EQT nabs secondaries firm Coller Capital for $3.2bn; Carlyle’s Robert Schmidt points to open IPO window following Medline listing

EQT makes a splash in the secondaries market in buying Coller Capital; a huge IPO deep dive involving Blackstone, Carlyle, and Hellman & Friedman-backed Medline; highlighting Bridgepoint-owned ECP’s sale of three Midwest power plants to a strategic; deal activity in the automotive market increases in 2025.

6 min read · 22 January 2026