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Apart from TRG, MSCP has Apex Companies, a Maryland-based provider of environmental consulting and engineering solutions, in its portfolio.

Cyber risk, the need for proprietary data and the rush to finance AI are top of mind for Carlyle Group CEO Harvey Schwartz.

Private equity funds raised in recent years hold far more undeployed capital than earlier vintages at the same stage in their life, PEI Group data shows.

SingleSpoke plans to apply AI to traditional mom-and-pop businesses, starting tech-forward platform companies and using M&A to add on legacy players.

Nihon PMI’s 2022-vintage Fund I has already delivered a more than 1x DPI, PEI understands.

Industrials, defence and healthcare sectors stand to benefit, co-head of Americas PE Steve Wise tells PEI.

A more pressing need for control and operational value creation is blurring the lines between the two strategies.

Capital alone is no longer the deciding factor for management teams evaluating potential GP partners, argued CEOs from Eurazeo, Astorg and Ridgepost at an industry event on Wednesday.

While a handful of pan-Asian mega-funds are soaking up the majority of LP interest, some argue that local mid-market champions are most likely to deliver outsized returns for investors in Asia-Pacific.