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Why Mid-Level PE Talent Are Fleeing Big Firms & How Smaller Funds Win

Deferred and uncertain carry at large private...

Slow exits, higher interest rates, long vesti...

Smaller or sector-focused funds are luring ta...

This talent reshuffling threatens execution c...

How PE Investment Fueled T. Parker Host’s Maritime & Rail Logistics Expansion

Americas Firms Private Equity

Metalmark Capital made a growth equity invest...

The capital helps fund Host’s acquisition and...

Host remains majority family-owned and founde...

The deal underscores ongoing consolidation an...

Zignal Labs: Funding History, Media Intelligence & Regulatory Risks Explored

Global Firms Fintech

The linked Crunchbase page is inaccessible, s...

Zignal Labs is a San Francisco–based media an...

The firm has raised multiple funding rounds i...

Zignal serves major corporations and US gover...

Brookfield’s Premium Valuation Rests on Fee-Bearing Capital Growth and Execution

Americas Firms Asset Management

Brookfield Asset Management is posting solid ...

The stock trades at a rich valuation versus p...

Corporate structure simplification, including...

A roughly 3.3% dividend yield backed by a 90%...

KKR Targets $15B for Asia V Fund: Consumer, Healthcare, Life Sciences in Focus

Asia Firms Private Equity

KKR is seeking about US$15 billion for its fi...

The fund will target consumer, life sciences,...

Its previous Asia fund, also US$15 billion, h...

The raise highlights KKR’s bet that Asia will...

Kensington PE Fund Extends Redemption Suspension Through March 2026 Amid Valuation Risks

Global Firms Private Equity

Kensington Capital Advisors has extended its ...

The freeze, first imposed on September 30, 20...

The suspension covers all pending and new red...

Kensington has slightly reduced management fe...

Bain Capital Raises $14B PE Fund XIV, Strengthens Value-Creation Strategy Amid Exit Risks

Global Firms Private Equity

Bain Capital closed its fourteenth flagship p...

Bain-related entities supplied the remaining ...

Fund XIV, alongside recent Europe VI and Asia...

Bain stresses an operating-improvement-led va...

Private Equity 2025: Mega-Funds Rise, Deal Value High, Emerging Managers Shine

Global Firms Private Equity

Private equity fundraising in 2025 has fallen...

The top 10 U.S. PE funds captured about 45.7%...

Amid the slowdown, specialized and secondary ...

Strategically, LPs are pruning toward scaled ...

Deutsche Bank Restructures Advisory & Origination with Regional Leadership Shakeup

Europe Firms Investment Banking

Deutsche Bank is restructuring its global ori...

The new structure installs Pierpaolo Di Stefa...

Alison Harding-Jones has taken over from reti...

The shake-up comes after an 8% drop in Q1 202...

Lazard Boosts Growth: Deal-Fee Floors, Private Capital, & Senior MD Expansion Propel Revenue

Europe Firms Investment Banking

<div class="section-block section-executivesummary”> Lazard is pushing MD productivity by raising minimum advisory deal fees and hiring 14 new managing directors in 2025. Financial Advisory revenue rose 21% year-over-year in Q2 2025 to about $497 million, lifting revenue per MD above the firm’s $8.5 million target. Advisory work tied to private capital now exceeds 40% of …

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