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NVPE Editorial
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Christopher Nolan has a better track record than most private equity funds.
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Blackstone is a fee machine wearing a buyout firm as a costume.
Record AUM, record fees, a 25% dividend bump, and $414 million of net realisations. The fee machine is magnificent. The exit machine is still in the shop.
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What Is a Transition Services Agreement (TSA)? (2026)
Legal sources define the TSA as a contract. Operators experience it as a countdown clock. What a TSA covers, what it costs, and why the exit is the first value-creation deadline of a carve-out hold.
Analysis
The Healthcare Digitalisation Gap: Why PE's Favourite Sector Is the Hardest to Digitise
2026 healthcare PE has pivoted from roll-up consolidation to tech-enabled care, but the deal thesis and the portfolio reality have never been further apart. What the digitalisation gap is, why it exists, and who closes it.
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The consulting firms have found a new way to bill the same hour twice.
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Deals (w/e 7/17/26)
Blackstone, Apollo, and KKR invest $5.34bn in Williams' power projects. A 49% non-controlling stake in five behind-the-meter Power Innovation projects built to feed AI data centres. Williams keeps 51% and operational control. The plants are named Socrates, Apollo, Aquila, Socrates the Younger, and Neo, which
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BluWave Alternatives for PE Firms (2026): Talent Marketplaces vs Going Direct to an Operator
BluWave is a vetted service-provider marketplace for PE, not an expert network. When a marketplace is the right tool, how BluWave compares with Catalant, and the categories of alternatives, from expert networks to embedded growth-execution firms.
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In-House Portfolio Operations Group vs External Operating Partner Firm: When to Build and When to Rent (2026)
A private equity firm that wants operating muscle has two ways to get it: build a captive operations team, or rent operators from outside. How the two models actually differ, and which fits the fund in front of you.
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The Best Growth & Marketing Partners for PE Portfolio Companies (2026)
"Marketing help" for a private equity portfolio company means four different things: embedded growth execution, PE-vertical performance agencies, fractional marketing leadership, and data or diligence specialists. Most lists conflate all four with fund marketing, the IR and fundraising side. This one does not. Every firm below works