Dealmaking

Tikehau’s Emmanuel Laillier: Asset mergers are key to unified European defense

'While defense budgets are increasing in Europe and everywhere else in the world, we should not confuse intensive conflict production volume with equipping production volume for conflict readiness,' Laillier told PE Hub.

Unity Partners acquires Meaden & Moore, as PE's appetite for accounting firms grows; Capital Meridian scoops up Westway Enterprises

Peter Cozzi, an investment team lead at Unity Partners, provides insights on his firm's acquisition of Meaden & Moore Advisors, a professional services firm that provides forensic and accounting services; Capitol Meridian Partners acquires Westway Enterprises, a provider of classified workspace delivered as a service; Arlington Capital Partners launches Highwater, a naval services platform.

Exclusive: Unity Partners buys Meaden & Moore Advisors, expects to do add-ons

The acquisition sits at the intersection of two sectors that Unity invests in, accounting services and insurance services, Peter Cozzi told PE Hub.

Apheon acquires French frozen snack group Alma, looks for Benelux, Germany, UK expansion; Novo Holdings ramping up planetary health deal plans

The new rules of fundraising

The shape of a fund matters, but the trust between a manager and its investors matters more, write Fraser van Rensburg and Warren Hibbert, of Asante Capital.

Private Take: Bad habits from the era of ‘easy money’

The private equity model isn’t broken, but the illusion of uniform success is, writes Scott Hart, partner and chief executive at StepStone Group.

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.

Exclusive: Blackstone to acquire utility metering equipment company Dresser Utility Solutions

The transaction is the first deal made by BETP’s most-recent vintage fund, Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V.

Foresight eyes industrial decarbonization opportunities; Lone Star to acquire ContiTech in €4bn deal

Warburg Pincus has agreed to sell its stake in Singular Bank to a consortium led by global bank ING.

Foresight’s Dan Wells: 'Strong flow of opportunities across decentralized energy systems'

Macroeconomic uncertainty and higher financing costs continue to influence pricing and execution, but underlying structural drivers remain firmly intact, according to Wells.