Mary Kathleen Flynn
The launch of Private Markets 2030, a multi-title exploration of six key trends that private markets managers will need to consider when looking to attract capital and deliver portfolio performance over the next five years: Deglobalisation; Democratisation & Transparency; Industry Consolidation; Sustainability; Public Markets; and Artificial Intelligence.
Mark Cuban shares his sports investment strategy in an exclusive Q&A with PE Hub reporter Rafael Canton; a preview Private Markets 2030, a project we’re working on at PEI Group that will debut next week.
Electronic Arts has agreed to be acquired by a group of investors that includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners in an all-cash take-private transaction valued at approximately $55 billion; GPs are turning to single-asset continuation vehicles not just for assets they can’t sell right now but even for "crown jewels."
Thoma Bravo acquiring e-commerce specialist PROS Holdings in an all-cash deal that values the company at $1.4 billion; a profile of healthcare exec Bill Mixon, who’s led many PE-backed companies. Now Mixon is teaming up with Waud Capital, and we’ll share what type of healthcare company they’re looking to invest in.
Leading with a scoop: Blackstone is acquiring Hill Top Energy Center from Ardian for about $1 billion; an interview with One Equity Partners president Greg Belinfanti about how the firm plans to invest its recently closed $3.25 billion ninth flagship fund.
A look at some of our recent stories that you may have missed, including: our quarterly report on Q2 – which delivered the lowest volume of completed private equity deals since the same quarter in 2020; 15 notable deals that managed to close in the first half of the year, despite the uncertainty in the market; reaction to the executive order that helps pave the way toward opening up 401(k) and other workplace retirement plans to alternative assets.
When the editorial team at PE Hub is not covering private equity deals, we’re reading everything from thought-provoking books about AI, debt and weather forecasting to bestselling novels and classic Agatha Christie whodunits.
For months, we’ve had anecdotal evidence that April’s tariff rollercoaster ride took a toll on dealmaking. Today, we’ve got the numbers to prove it.
Yellow Wood-backed Suave has launched 34 new products across hair care, body care and men’s care categories in the last two and a half years.
We also have new commentary about last week’s executive order aimed at opening up access to alternative assets to 401(k)s and other plans.