AI

Many firms are scaling their private wealth efforts without a clear understanding of where capital is truly coming from, writes Liz Gaffney of InvestorFlow.

With tens of thousands of CPA firms across the country, investors see consolidation opportunities to build national platforms, write Houlihan Lokey's Matthew Dodd, Patrick Hughes and Shivan Arora.

The sixth and last installment of PEI Group’s Private Markets 2030 series, and our theme this week is Artificial Intelligence; a big take-private deal in the news this morning – with CD&R agreeing to acquire food packager Sealed Air in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of $10.3 billion.

Companies that succeed are not those seeking to replace humans with machines, but those combining human intelligence with AI to create a multiplier effect, writes Tim Huber of Maine Pointe.

A look at how AI is fueling several recent cybersecurity deals from firms like HIG Growth Partners and Vista Equity Partners; Woodside sells its 40 percent stake in Louisiana LNG Infrastructure LLC to Stonepeak for about $1.9 billion; Churchill Asset Management surveys 164 senior leaders from Churchill’s middle market private equity relationships to gauge sentiment in today’s market environment.