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GIP and EQT Close In on $40 Billion AES Take-Private BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT are in advanced talks to take AES Corp. private in a deal worth roughly $40 billion including debt, which would make it one of the largest infrastructure buyouts ever. The driver is simple
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McKinsey Declares “The Fog Has Lifted” on Private Equity McKinsey’s 2026 Global Private Markets Report says the fog has finally lifted, with buyouts up, exits rebounding, and IPOs creeping back after three flat years. That may be true, but the backlog of PE-owned companies is at record highs and
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Garden City Equity Raises $255 Million Without Institutional LPs Garden City Equity raised $255 million from operators, athletes, and entertainers and skipped institutional LPs entirely. That is either genius long-duration capital with zero pacing pressure or a reminder that everyone now wants to cosplay as Berkshire Hathaway without the 40-year
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Carlyle Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit Up as PE Dealmaking Strengthens The Carlyle Group posted a 13.7% rise in fourth-quarter distributable earnings, beating expectations with $436 million in profit as its private-equity deal activity, credit platform, and secondaries business generated strong results. The firm also raised roughly $53.7 billion in
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Blackstone Reports Record Private Equity, Credit, and Real Estate Inflows in 2025 Blackstone disclosed its largest ever private market fundraising year, with more than $240 billion raised in 2025 and assets under management climbing to about $1.3 trillion. Despite strong underlying performance in private equity, private credit, and real
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NGP Energy Capital Plans Bigger Investment Push After Restructuring With Carlyle NGP Energy Capital Management told LPs it plans to accelerate new investments after returning $2.58 billion last year and restructuring its long-standing partnership with Carlyle Group. Under the reset, NGP will keep a larger share of fees and
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Private Equity Recruiting Machine Roars Back After Six-Month Pause U.S. private equity on-cycle recruiting restarted after a long pause, with megafunds back to running compressed interview processes for future associate classes. The break didn’t cool demand, it just produced more seasoned candidates and reinforced how competitive and unforgiving