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Eurazeo’s Christophe Bavière: Diversifying Europe’s mid-market

The new sole CEO tells PEI Private Equity how the firm has navigated a difficult exit market and where it sees opportunity to invest next.

7 min read · 27 October 2026

Private Take: Reading beyond the scoreboard

Strong headline numbers are hiding a widening gap between winners and losers – across sectors, within sectors and within portfolios, writes Mark Benedetti, co-CEO of Ardian.

4 min read · 09 November 2026

Weil wind-down: How fund mandates will be affected

PEI Private Equity examines what the biggest risks are for clients as GPs mid-fundraise weigh whether to follow their lawyers after the collapse of Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

4 min read · 04 November 2026

EIV’s Kristin Kelly: From aspiring vet to energy investor

'My great-grandfather would give me rocks as Christmas presents growing up, so oil and gas runs in my family,' says the energy investor.

5 min read · 03 November 2026

New Mountain’s Klinsky: Single-asset CVs ‘in the first inning’ of PE adoption

Roughly one in every 10 to 15 portfolio companies could be suitable for CVs, although there’s no fixed percentage that applies to every GP, the firm's founder tells PEI Private Equity.

4 min read · 03 November 2026

Succession: Why waiting too long can price out the next generation

Founders who are slow in succession planning risk handing over firms their successors cannot afford to buy, according to a report from Bain & Co.

5 min read · 22 October 2026

Hamilton Lane's Hirsch: Private markets industry has too many GPs

A surplus of managers is diluting talent pools and creating fundraising challenges, says Erik Hirsch, executive co-chairman, in the latest episode of PEI's Spotlight podcast.

1 min read · 22 October 2026

Carlyle’s Schwartz: The greatest risk today is cyber

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

3 min read · 19 October 2026

Lazard to reshuffle APAC advisory leadership following acquisition of Campbell Lutyens

Patrick No, who oversees Lazard’s secondary advisory and primary fundraising activities in the region, is understood to be leaving the bank.

2 min read · 13 October 2026

Texas Teachers' launches search to replace retiring CIO Jase Auby

Texas Teachers’ has formed a special committee to replace the longstanding CIO, who will depart following a cancer diagnosis.

2 min read · 08 October 2026

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