Curated news across firms, funds and deals — updated as our analysts add it.
Jul ’26 was the most active month with 32 tracked items. Deal leads this view (9 of 30).
Blackstone announced the final close of its largest Asia-focused private equity fund at US$13.1 billion, increasing capital available for investments across the Asia-Pacific region.
Viking reported approximately $18.8 of private equity AUM and 71 current portfolio companies.
Arcmont was ranked #1 in mid-cap deal volume, joint #1 in large-cap deal count and #2 European Direct Lender for 1H26.
Capule Management Ltd's Q2 2026 combined 13F reported approximately $27.98 B in U.S. securities across 700 holdings.
Siemens Pension-Trust filed its quarterly U.S. equity holdings report for the period ended 30 June 2026.
Fortress priced its third European CLO, expanding its European performing credit platform. The vehicle primarily invests in senior secured, first lien broadly syndicated loans. Fortress stated that it has issued approximately $41.5B of CLOs since 2004.
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.
Farallon filed an amended Schedule 13G relating to Revolution Medicines.
Pershing Square exited an approximately $1.5 billion UMG position after its proposed $65 billion acquisition attempt failed.
Pershing Square announced new investments in Netflix, Visa, Mastercard, S&P Global, Intercontinental Exchange and Alcon, representing its largest portfolio overhaul in years.
FDA granted Breakthrough Device designation to Freenome's blood-based lung-cancer screening test.
Viking backed Genic was acquired by Axian, providing a private equity portfolio exit.
Fortress led and arranged a $161M senior loan for the OAK OKC mixed-use development in Oklahoma City, comprising multifamily and retail components.
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.
Davidson Kempner's merger-arbitrage team was publicly discussing a potential "complexity premium" from increasingly complicated global M&A regulation.
CAA published its H1 2026 consolidated financial statements.
Pemberton reported continued refinancing activity in H1 2026 improving M&A activity in Q2 and a more active expected second half. It reported mid-market single-B direct-lending pricing at roughly 250-290 bps above comparable broadly syndicated loans and leverage around 4.5x.
Octus recognized Varde as the leading private credit lender in India during H1 2026. Varde reported more than $13 B invested across APAC.
KKR and Capital Group announced a new interval fund combining public equities with KKR-managed private equity investments, expanding private market access for wealth management investors.
Freenome announced FDA approval of its blood-based colorectal-cancer screening test.
Fortress provided a $291M senior secured loan to refinance and reposition four Manhattan hotels comprising 917 rooms.
Freenome completed its business combination and began trading on Nasdaq. Farallon participated in the concurrent PIPE.
Fitch affirmed UniCredit at A-, stable outlook, following the Commerzbank offer.
Pershing Square Holdings announced the appointment of Ranjani Kearsley as an independent non-executive director.
Lone Pine participated in Fireworks' Series D, its latest publicly identified private-market investment.
S&P affirmed UniCredit at A- with positive outlook following the Commerzbank offer.
Fortress published its 2026 Mid-Year Outlook, taking a 'cautious, but selectively constructive' stance. The firm highlighted inflation, rates, geopolitical risk, cash flows, uncorrelated returns and discipline around long duration equity as key portfolio considerations.
Invesco discussed its relationship with People's Pension around using CLOs, particularly highly rated tranches, within institutional fixed income allocations.
ART committed an additional A$500 million to India's NIIF, taking its total India exposure across asset classes to A$3.3 billion.
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.