Financial Updates – Page 2 – Financial Updates

Private Equity 2026 Outlook: Exits Climb, Dry Powder Shrinks & Continuation Funds Rise

Private equity enters 2026 with a backlog of ...

Dry powder is down from 2023 peaks and increa...

Exit values have rebounded but are concentrat...

Continuation vehicles and GP-led self-deals n...

Why Private Equity Firms Are Selling GP Stakes to Unlock Liquidity in Tight Markets

Americas Markets Private Equity

Traditional PE exits like IPOs and strategic ...

GP-stake transactions and secondary-market ac...

Both GPs and LPs are driving this shift as th...

Top-tier firms can still secure favorable ter...

Why Canadian Pension Funds Are Shifting Private Equity Strategy Toward Partnerships & Co-Investments

Americas Firms Private Equity

Canada’s largest pension funds are revamping ...

CDPQ and OMERS are leading the shift by reduc...

CPP Investments maintains a sizable private e...

This pivot opens more opportunity for global ...

Morgan Stanley’s 2025 Year-End: Strong Gains, Key Risks, and What’s Next

Americas Markets Financial Services

Morgan Stanley shares finished 2025’s final s...

U.S. equity indices also slipped on the last ...

Investors now turn to Morgan Stanley’s Januar...

Key 2026 themes include stretched tech/AI val...

How BDA Partners Became Asia’s Cross-Border Deal Leader in Sell-Side Investment Banking

Asia M&A Financial Services

BDA Partners, founded in 1996, has grown to o...

More than three-quarters of its transactions ...

Strategic alliances with William Blair and th...

Recent recognition such as the 2024 “Investme...

Vestar’s $1.2B Continuation Deal Fuels Circana’s Global Expansion

Global M&A Private Equity

Vestar Capital Partners closed a $1.2 billion...

The GP-led secondary structure gave existing ...

Circana, formed from the merger of IRI and NP...

New capital is expected to fund initiatives l...

How California’s New Health Laws Redefine PE Strategy in Outpatient Medical & Dental

Americas M&A Private Equity

Private equity-backed consolidation in outpat...

California enacted AB 1415 and SB 351, effect...

Evidence tying healthcare consolidation to hi...

PE healthcare investors now face greater deal...

How CCMP’s $1B BGIS Acquisition Redefined Private Equity in Facilities Management

Americas M&A Facilities Management

CCMP Capital acquired global facilities manag...

At acquisition, BGIS managed over 320 million...

CCMP’s value-creation plan focused on expandi...

The deal highlights the attractiveness of ass...

SoftBank’s $4B DigitalBridge Deal: AI Infrastructure Bet with $16/Share Price

Global M&A Investment Banking

SoftBank Group agreed to acquire DigitalBridg...

DigitalBridge, a $108 billion AUM digital inf...

The acquisition strengthens SoftBank’s global...

The transaction, offering a roughly 15%–50% p...

Why DigitalBridge & Crestview Are Taking WOW! Private: Inside the $1.5B Fiber Deal

Americas M&A Private Equity

DigitalBridge and Crestview completed the US$...

The offer represents a premium of about 63 % ...

WOW! enters private ownership with declining ...

The investment thesis hinges on using a priva...