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'Our portfolio meets the times,' Brian Bernasek, co-head of Americas corporate private equity at Carlyle, told Buyouts. 'We have assets that buyers want.'

Scott Harrison, who has a background in both investments and operations, was promoted to managing partner and COO, joining Tom Burger and Kevin Jackson in the firm’s top leadership.

‘The first thing people want more than anything else is dignity and respect, a place of purpose and belonging,’ Garden City founder Michael Arrieta told Buyouts.

GPs have to generate more cashflow and up their value creation game to make deals work, according to Bain & Co's Global Private Equity Report 2026.

The lower mid-market buyout firm entered the fundraising market with a target of $350m but closed Guardian Capital Partners Fund IV at $441m.

Clients need to have options and managers need to provide them with more opportunities for deployment, Thomas de Villeneuve, CEO of Seven2 – formerly Apax France – tells PEI.

Gridiron Capital Fund VI's target size is up moderately from the $2.1bn raised by its predecessor in 2023 against a $1.8bn target.

The €24bn investor has no future inflows and has an approach to private equity based almost entirely on outperformance, head of investment management Verena Kempe tells PEI.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is increasing minimum market capitalisation for companies listed in its Growth Market section to ¥10bn by 2030.

Buyouts has seen a significant number of lower mid-market private equity firms overcome elongated fundraising, which last year averaged 18.6 months in the North American industry.