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Midyear grading
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Late last year we released our Private Equity Outlook, which boiled down to seven predictions for the…
Read MoreDistressed investors gearing up
Download PitchBook’s Report here. We’re starting to see a spate of distress-focused vehicles hitting the market. Distressed debt and special situations…
Read MoreEurope slows down considerably
Download PitchBook’s Report here. European PE activity hit a skid in Q2, as expected. According to PitchBook’s recently released Q2 European…
Read MoreVenture-backed > PE-backed
Private equity is losing its oomph as an M&A driver this year. PitchBook’s new North American M&A Report found that…
Read MoreCarveouts inching up
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Carveouts are up slightly as a proportion of US PE activity, according to PitchBook’s latest Breakdown Report.…
Read MoreQ2 was as bad as expected
PitchBook’s latest US PE Breakdown is out this Friday, and newsletter subscribers will have access to it that morning. The…
Read MoreFundraising sped up in Q1
Download PitchBook’s Report here. Somewhat expected, we found a quirk in Q1 fundraising data that should reverse soon. Funds that closed…
Read MoreSlow start for big deals
Download PitchBook’s Report here. The US middle market only saw about $7 billion worth of deals valued in the $500M-$1B transaction…
Read MoreAdd-ons appear healthy
Download PitchBook’s Report here. At the outset of the quarantines, at least one market observer—yours truly—believed add-ons would hit the pause…
Read MoreHow sponsors are handling the crisis
The economic impact of the COVID lockdowns was so swift that many investors “didn’t know what they didn’t know” at…
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