Managers

Over its history, Roark has invested in a who’s who of quick-service restaurant chains, many of them acquired in multibillion-dollar deals.

The firm, which launched with a deal-by-deal model, has invested heavily in operating partners as part of its investment thesis.

Bucking the industry trend of challenging fundraising and more time on the road, Arcline closed Fund IV in under 10 months.

‘I don’t expect a Blackstone stadium any time soon,’ president and COO Jonathan Gray says on the firm's Q3 2025 earnings call.

Nordic Capital's Fund XII intends to make equity investments between €250m and €1bn across four key sectors.

LACERS CIO Rodney June: ‘The opportunity set has grown’ in private equity secondaries market as $26bn pension eyes potential participation.

SQ was the lead buyer of the $160m CV for portfolio company TeamDynamix, done in an off-market deal with no bankers involved, sources told Buyouts.

There is now proof of concept that institutional and retail products can successfully be managed side by side, say Davis Polk’s Andrew Ahern, Oran Ebel, Christopher Healey and Leor Landa.

The firm wrapped its fund up in about a quarter of the average industry time.

While many GPs have been optimistic despite the recent slump in private equity activity, some in the industry are concerned that the asset class's issues are more than temporary.