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Jul ’26 was the most active month with 32 tracked items. Deal leads this view (17 of 21).

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August 2026

Deal14/08/2026
Fortress Prices Third European CLO Transaction

Fortress priced its third European CLO transaction, Fortress Credit Europe BSL 2026-3 DAC, raising €406M, investing primarily in senior secured, first lien broadly syndicated loans.

Fortress Investment Group
Exit / IPO13/08/2026
Universal Music Group Exit

Pershing Square exited an approximately $1.5 billion UMG position after its proposed $65 billion acquisition attempt failed.

Pershing Square Capital Management
Deal13/08/2026
Six New Investments Announced

Pershing Square announced new investments in Netflix, Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, Intercontinental Exchange and Alcon, representing its largest portfolio overhaul in years.

Pershing Square Capital Management
Exit / IPO12/08/2026
Genic Acquired by Axian

Viking backed Genic was acquired by Axian, providing a private equity portfolio exit.

Viking Global Investors
Deal12/08/2026
Fortress Leads Senior Loan for OAK OKC Mixed-Use Development

Fortress led and arranged a $161M senior loan for the OAK OKC mixed-use development in Oklahoma City, comprising multifamily and retail components.

Fortress Investment Group
Deal03/08/2026
Third Point Ventures Invests in Zenity's $125M Series C

Third Point Ventures participated in Zenity's Series C financing round of $125 million alongside DTCP, Hitachi Ventures, Intel Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Norwest, Qumra Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund and Vertex Ventures.

Third Point

July 2026

Deal23/07/2026
Fortress Provides $291M Loan to Refinance Sonesta Manhattan Hotel Portfolio

Fortress provided a $291M senior secured loan to refinance and reposition four Manhattan hotels comprising 917 rooms.

Fortress Investment Group
Deal20/07/2026
Freenome Becomes Public Company

Freenome completed its business combination and began trading on Nasdaq. Farallon participated in the concurrent PIPE.

Farallon Capital Management
Deal16/07/2026
Fireworks Series D

Lone Pine participated in Fireworks' Series D, its latest publicly identified private-market investment.

Lone Pine Capital
Deal09/07/2026
Additional A$500 Million India Investment

ART committed an additional A$500 million to India's NIIF, taking its total India exposure across asset classes to A$3.3 billion.

Australian Retirement Trust
Deal09/07/2026
Additional India NIIF Investment

AustralianSuper announced a further A$500 million investment in India's National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, taking overall India allocations across asset classes to A$3.3 billion.

AustralianSuper
Deal09/07/2026
B Capital-led Consortium to Acquire Russell Investments for $2.8 Billion

B Capital-led consortium, including CalPERS, agreed to acquire Russell Investments from TA Associates and Reverence Capital Partners for 2.8 Billion USD. The transaction was announced on 09 Jul 2026.

Russell Investments
Deal08/07/2026
Commerzbank Tender Offer Results

UniCredit completed the tender-offer period with 17.60% additional shares tendered, taking aggregate exposure to 47.59%.

UniCredit
Exit / IPO08/07/2026
Third Point Ventures Portfolio Company Kentik Acquired by Infoblox

Third Point Ventures portfolio company Kentik was acquired by Infoblox, representing a venture portfolio exit for Third Point Ventures.

Third Point
Deal01/07/2026
ART Increases Private Market Infrastructure Commitments - July 2026

ART reported more than A$1.2 billion of new infrastructure commitments during the June quarter, including investments in Applied Digital, Rio Grande LNG, and Court Square; with additional private equity, property and alternative investments.

Australian Retirement Trust
Deal01/07/2026
Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit completes US$546 million preferred equity investment in SunZia.

Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit completed a US$546 million preferred equity investment to support the SunZia transmission and wind infrastructure project in the United States. The investment provides long-term capital for one of the largest renewable energy infrastructure developments in the U.S., reinforcing Nuveen's strategy of investing in energy transition and infrastructure credit assets.

Nuveen
Exit / IPO01/07/2026
Nemetschek Group Completes Acquisition of HCSS

Nemetschek completed the acquisition of HCSS from Thoma Bravo, marking a portfolio exit in the construction software sector.

Thoma Bravo

June 2026

Deal23/06/2026
Aion Bank Merger Authorization

ECB authorized the merger by absorption of Aion Bank into UniCredit.

UniCredit
Deal19/06/2026
Viking Leads $175M+ jac Investment

Viking led a preferred equity investment in American Securities backed jac to finance growth and refinitional expansion.

Viking Global Investors
Deal19/06/2026
Commerzbank Offer Results

Following the initial acceptance period, aggregate exposure reached 42.50%, rising to 44.33% after treasury-share cancellation.

UniCredit
Deal16/06/2026
Third Point Ventures Participates in Atom Computing's $100M Series C

Third Point Ventures participated in Atom Computing's Series C financing of $100 million. The round included Cisco Investments and DCVC among the disclosed investors.

Third Point