Dealmaking

Global M&A market shows resilience, BCG finds; AI’s impact key part of due diligence, says Bain & Co

Marlin Equity Partners portfolio company Learning Pool has acquired Elucidat, a cloud-based authoring platform.

Private markets’ burgeoning capital concentration challenge

By appealing to retail and large institutional investors, mega-managers may end up with the lion’s share of capital, with implications for themselves and their investors, writes Cambridge Associates’ Andrea Auerbach.

How will emerging managers fare in a consolidating market?

Competition for capital is fierce, but new firm formation is poised to continue nonetheless.

Creating the one-stop-shops of the future

Private markets M&A continues to gather pace as asset management mega-platforms attempt to meet all their investors’ needs.

Industry consolidation: New investor classes drive acquisitions and partnerships

The top force fuelling M&A among private markets managers is the ambition to become as relevant to private wealth and insurance money tomorrow as institutional capital today.

Exclusive: EagleTree preps sale process launch for GChem, sources say

The producer of dimethyl sulfide and other chemicals could see bids that value the company at more than $650m.

CCMP Growth, Little John & Co, Platinum Equity busy in outdoor living; Verite backs renewable fuel producer; Blue Point portco makes fall protection add-on

A look at a few investments from the outdoor living and systems space; Verite Capital Partners agrees to provide $300 million in funding to a used-cooking-oil recycler and renewable green energy fuel producer; National Safety Apparel, a portfolio company of Blue Point Capital Partners, has acquired Gemtor, a provider of fall protection and rescue equipment.

Outdoor living: 7 notable private equity deals

Platinum Equity, Tenex Capital and ADIA are among the firms betting on the outdoor living and systems space.

Main sees buy-and-build potential in Europe’s regtech market; Mutares portco GDL to buy M3 Group; Archimed-backed FIM expands with German add-on

M3 Group is a Swedish transportation, construction and machine rental service provider.

High pricing has weighed on climate VC returns, research says

If deals had been struck at 'market' prices instead of climate premia, net IRRs could have been been boosted by up to 7%, says new CREO Advisory report.