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Jul ’26 was the most active month with 32 tracked items. Deal leads this view (8 of 30).

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May 2026

Deal07/05/2026
Everstone Acquires Qiar Group from Blackstone

Everstone completed the acquisition of Qiar, formerly Schenck Process, from Blackstone and plans continued investment in engineering and innovation.

Everstone Group
Update06/05/2026
Private Credit: Separating Fact from Fiction

Invesco published its assessment of private credit market conditions, emphasizing manager selection, underwriting quality and differences among evergreen and other private credit structures.

Invesco
Strategy06/05/2026
Power Factors Welcomes Mubadala as Strategic Investor

Mubadala became a strategic investor in Power Factors, a Vista portfolio company. The investment is intended to accelerate global growth of Power Factors' renewable energy software platform.

Vista Equity Partners
Leadership05/05/2026
L&G appoints Rob Groves as Chief Investment Officer for Institutional Retirement business

Legal & General announced the appointment of Rob Groves as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) for its Institutional Retirement business. In this role, he will oversee the investment strategy and portfolio management for the Institutional Retirement division, supporting the firm's long-term retirement investment objectives and capital deployment across institutional assets.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)
Strategy01/05/2026
Portfolio Repositioning Begins

Following the PSUS transaction, Pershing Square began deploying newly raised capital into additional large cap investments while reducing several legacy positions.

Pershing Square Capital Management
Update01/05/2026
Managed Futures Plus ETF

JPMAM launched JPMorgan Managed Futures Plus ETF (JFPP) on Nasdaq, expanding its alternatives and multi asset product offering.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Update01/05/2026
Second Tokenized Money Market Fund

JPMAM launched a second tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, expanding its Morgan Money tokenized liquidity offering.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management

April 2026

Update30/04/2026
Q1 2026 Results

Q1 2026 premium income reached €17.0 B, up 14.5%; net inflows were €5.7 B.

Crédit Agricole Assurances
Update30/04/2026
Pershing Square Inc. Public Listing

Pershing Square's parent company completed its IPO alongside the PSUS offering, creating a publicly traded corporate structure for the investment manager.

Pershing Square Capital Management
Fundraise30/04/2026
Pershing Square USA IPO

Pershing Square USA completed its IPO and concurrent private placement as part of a combined transaction with Pershing Square Inc. The aggregate PSUS offering size was $5 billion.

Pershing Square Capital Management
Strategy29/04/2026
35 Years of Disciplined Investing in Private Credit

Crescent highlighted more than 35 years of credit investing across multiple cycles, reinforcing its disciplined corporate-credit positioning.

Crescent Capital Group
Deal29/04/2026
Fortress Agrees to Purchase Up to $1.25B of Consumer Loans via Upstart Platform

Fortress agreed to purchase up to $1.25 billion of consumer loans originated through Upstart's platform over a 15-month period.

Fortress Investment Group
Deal28/04/2026
Invesco Real Estate – RetireAustralia

Invesco Real Estate announced the acquisition of approximately 29,760 productive acres of commercial timberland in Louisiana through Campbell Global.

Invesco
Deal28/04/2026
Campbell Global Acquires Sandpiper Forest

Campbell Global completed its acquisition of approximately 29,760 productive acres of timberland in Louisiana.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Fundraise27/04/2026
Sagimet Raises 175 M

Sagimet completed a $175 M equity financing with Farallon among participating investors.

Farallon Capital Management
Fundraise23/04/2026
StepStone Closes Credit Opportunities Fund II

StepStone completed the final close of StepStone Credit Opportunities Fund II with more than $1.58 billion, substantially exceeding its $750 million target. The fund focuses predominantly on private-credit secondaries and co-investments.

StepStone Group
Update23/04/2026
Blackstone Reports First-Quarter 2026 Earnings

Blackstone reported first-quarter 2026 financial results, with assets under management exceeding US$1.3 trillion, supported by fundraising, deployment, and realizations across its investment businesses

Blackstone
Fundraise22/04/2026
Adams Street Partners closes Co-Investment Fund VI at $2.5 Billion

Adams Street Partners closed Co-Investment Fund VI, a Private Equity co-investments strategy fund, at $2.5 billion USD. Final close date was 22 April 2026.

Adams Street Partners
Strategy22/04/2026
Google Cloud and Vista Equity Partners Form Partnership to Accelerate Enterprise Agentic AI Adoption and Innovation

Vista and Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership to provide Vista's portfolio companies with access to Google's AI technologies, including Gemini models, AI Hypercomputer, and enterprise AI tools, to accelerate AI adoption across the portfolio.

Vista Equity Partners
Deal20/04/2026
Nuveen acquires Munich LEN Business Park

Nuveen Real Estate acquired Munich LEN Business Park, a multi-let logistics and commercial business park located in Munich, Germany. The acquisition expands Nuveen's European real estate portfolio and aligns with its strategy of investing in high-quality industrial and logistics assets in key urban markets.

Nuveen
Leadership16/04/2026
LaSalle hired affordable housing investment veterans Russell Ginise and Kyle Winning to expand affordable housing capabilities

Hired affordable housing investment veterans Russell Ginise and Kyle Winning to expand affordable housing capabilities. Enhances affordable housing investment platform.

LaSalle Investment Management
Deal14/04/2026
Everstone Invests $270 M in Apothecon and Navinta

Everstone partnered with the founding promoters to create a regulated-markets specialty-formulations platform spanning the US, Europe and other markets.

Everstone Group
Update13/04/2026
Pemberton Expands North American Investor Platform

Pemberton continued expanding its North American investor coverage while maintaining its European private-credit investment focus

Pemberton Asset Management
Fundraise13/04/2026
Crescent Appointed by U.K. Pension Fund Nest for Direct-Lending Mandate

Crescent received a £450 M U.S. direct-lending mandate from U.K. pension fund Nest, expanding its institutional private-credit mandate base.

Crescent Capital Group
Deal13/04/2026
Crescent Appointed by U.K. Pension Fund Nest

Crescent received a £450M U.S. direct-lending mandate from U.K. pension fund Nest, expanding Crescent's institutional private-credit business base.

Crescent Capital Group
Fundraise13/04/2026
Adams Street Partners closes Private Credit III at $7.5 Billion

Adams Street Partners closed Private Credit III, a Direct Lending strategy fund, at $7.5 billion USD (asterisk noted on figure). Final close date was 13 April 2026.

Adams Street Partners
Deal11/04/2026
Third Point Exits CoStar Group Position After Abandoning Proxy Fight

Third Point abandoned its planned proxy fight and exited its CoStar position, concluding that its original investment thesis no longer remained sufficiently compelling.

Third Point
Exit / IPO11/04/2026
Third Point exits CoStar and abandons proxy fight

Third Point decided not to proceed with a proposed proxy fight at CoStar Group and fully exited its investment. The decision followed Third Point's assessment that its original investment thesis was no longer viable. The campaign had focused on reducing spending, improving capital allocation and refocusing CoStar on its core commercial real estate business.

Third Point
Regulatory08/04/2026
2025 Universal Registration Document

CAA filed its 2025 Universal Registration Document with the AMF.

Crédit Agricole Assurances
Update07/04/2026
Blackstone Closes Flagship Opportunistic Credit Fund at Over $10B, Hitting Hard Cap

Blackstone announced the final close of its flagship opportunistic credit fund at more than US$10 billion, reaching its hard cap and expanding its opportunistic credit platform.

Blackstone
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