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STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: Combatting megatrends such as AI disruption, global pandemics and climate change will require coordinating different sectors of the economy towards a common goal. Anoop Maini, a fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School, discusses how the shift towards outcomes-based industries can be made possible, and the role that private capital can play.
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TOP STORY: Private equity firm Genstar Capital is set to sell asset manager First Eagle Investment Management to Victory Capital in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $7bn, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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US private equity managers targeting high-growth businesses without seeking control are seeing a sharp revival in fundraising, with growth equity funds attracting a record $33.2bn in the first half of 2026, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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In Alternative Views, Private Equity Wire® goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on private markets. In this episode we discuss GP stakes with Ajay Chitkara, managing partner of Bonaccord Capital Partners, who implement this strategy with minority stakes in mid-market investors.
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JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are facing a growing number of shareholder lawsuits over their roles as financial advisers on major take-private transactions, highlighting a potential new source of legal risk for banks closely tied to the private equity industry, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Rising interest from GPs in buying allocators allows them to capture the upside from structural trends. As long as they avoid conflicts of interest.
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Vista Equity Partners is exploring a potential sale of Allvue Systems, a private markets software and data provider that could command a valuation of as much as $3bn including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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Carlyle-backed alternative data and analytics provider YipitData is exploring a potential sale that could value the business at between $2.5bn and $3bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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Private equity firms could be on the verge of joining the global M&A resurgence, with buyout groups sitting on around $1.5tn of capital that could increasingly be deployed into acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from a senior Goldman Sachs executive.
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KKR has made a roughly $9bn offer to acquire UGI, the Pennsylvania-based natural gas and electricity distributor, in a move that could give the private equity firm exposure to rising demand for reliable power from artificial intelligence data centres, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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