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Key Strategic Trends in Private Equity, Housing, Healthcare & Regulation + Social Impact

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Megan Greenwell’s Bad Company argues private ...

Four case studies show recurring tactics—load...

Evidence cited links PE ownership to higher b...

Greenwell contends PE exploits preexisting se...

How Hedge Funds Are Reshaping Compensation to Attract Portfolio & Tech Stars

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Hedge funds are escalating a talent war by pa...

Multistrategy giants can sustain these costs ...

The competition now extends beyond traders to...

Smaller funds are squeezed and must specializ...

Hedge Funds 2025: How Macro & Multi-Strategy Leaders Beat Peers with AI & Trade Volatility

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Top multi-strategy and macro hedge funds post...

AQR also outperformed with Apex (~19.6%) and ...

Returns were supported by a ~16% S&P 500 rise...

Record inflows and upbeat allocator sentiment...

UW Student-Run Venture Fund Aims to Bridge Wyoming’s Early-Stage Capital Gap

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The University of Wyoming launched “A Venture...

The fund expects to deploy roughly $100,000 p...

It complements Wyoming’s growing early-stage ...

Key watchpoints are governance and continuity...

Governing Continuation Funds: EMG-Ascent Dispute Sets New Private-Equity Benchmark

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Abu Dhabi Investment Council sued Energy & Mi...

ADIC and other investors say EMG’s ~US$5.5bn ...

EMG has agreed to pause the transaction until...

Hedge fund Mason Capital has floated a higher...

Trilantic Launches $1B Continuation Vehicle for 17 Fund VI Assets at NAV Discounts

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Trilantic is launching a full-fund continuati...

Blackstone Strategic Partners and Neuberger B...

Existing LPs can roll into the CV or cash out...

The transaction is seen as a precedent-settin...

How MetLife’s PineBridge Deal Supercharges Its Global Asset Management Push

Global M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

MetLife Investment Management closed its acqu...

The transaction excludes PineBridge’s private...

Consideration is $800M cash upfront plus up t...

Brian Funk will lead the combined business as...

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Leads Hedge Funds in 2025: Big Wins, Big Questions

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha surged about 33–34% ...

D.E. Shaw’s flagship Oculus and Composite fun...

Balyasny and Point72 gained about 16.7% and 1...

Strong performance drew allocator interest an...

2025 Private Equity & M&A Trends: Record Deal Values, Regional Winners & Exit Risks

Global M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Global M&A value jumped to about $4.5T in 202...

Private equity deal value rose while deal cou...

Exit markets remain tight with weak IPO volum...

Rate, trade-policy, and regulatory uncertaint...

Europe & UK PE Firms Shift Strategy in 2026: Consolidation, Specialisation & Regulation

Europe Forecast Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

About one in five European and UK PE firms pl...

Larger firms are leaning toward consolidation...

Sentiment is upbeat, with most expecting high...

Key risks include regulatory divergence, a co...