Finance Updates – Page 111

Private Equity’s Funding Gap Widens: How LP Exit Demands & Macro Risks Reshape the Secondaries Market

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity fundraising faces a severe imb...

LPs, frustrated by weak liquidity and distrib...

The secondaries market is growing but remains...

Policy and macro headwinds, including U.S. ta...

Kensington PE Fund Extends Redemption Suspension Through March 2026 Amid Valuation Risks

Global Firms Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Kensington Capital Advisors has extended its ...

The freeze, first imposed on September 30, 20...

The suspension covers all pending and new red...

Kensington has slightly reduced management fe...

Bain Capital Raises $14B PE Fund XIV, Strengthens Value-Creation Strategy Amid Exit Risks

Global Firms Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Bain Capital closed its fourteenth flagship p...

Bain-related entities supplied the remaining ...

Fund XIV, alongside recent Europe VI and Asia...

Bain stresses an operating-improvement-led va...

Private Equity 2025: Mega-Funds Rise, Deal Value High, Emerging Managers Shine

Global Firms Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Private equity fundraising in 2025 has fallen...

The top 10 U.S. PE funds captured about 45.7%...

Amid the slowdown, specialized and secondary ...

Strategically, LPs are pruning toward scaled ...

Q1 2025 Europe M&A Advisory Rankings: Value Leaders vs Volume Champions

Europe M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

In Q1 2025, Goldman Sachs led European M&A ad...

Jefferies, Bank of America, Barclays and Laza...

Goldman Sachs retained its top value rank des...

For Q1–Q3 2025, Bank of America topped value ...

Deutsche Bank Restructures Advisory & Origination with Regional Leadership Shakeup

Europe Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Deutsche Bank is restructuring its global ori...

The new structure installs Pierpaolo Di Stefa...

Alison Harding-Jones has taken over from reti...

The shake-up comes after an 8% drop in Q1 202...

Lazard Boosts Growth: Deal-Fee Floors, Private Capital, & Senior MD Expansion Propel Revenue

Europe Firms Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Lazard is pushing MD productivity by raising ...

Financial Advisory revenue rose 21% year-over...

Advisory work tied to private capital now exc...

Margin improvement depends on sustaining high...

Perella Weinberg Expands Into Secondaries with Devon Park Deal, Eyes GP-Led Growth

Global M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Perella Weinberg Partners is acquiring Devon ...

The deal positions PWP to capitalize on the f...

PWP is funding this strategic expansion from ...

Key uncertainties include acquisition economi...

CBIZ Expands with Marcum Buyout: Growth, Risks, & Advisory Challenges

Global M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

CBIZ’s Deal Advisory Services sit within its ...

The $2.3 billion Marcum deal is intended to m...

Advisory revenues remain muted and highly sen...

Key risks center on realizing $35–50 million ...

Inside Kroll’s M&A Advisory Services: How It Outpaces Banks & Big Four in Middle Market

Global M&A Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Kroll provides end-to-end M&A advisory and ca...

The firm differentiates through senior-level ...

Kroll’s transaction advisory teams deliver cr...

Strategically, Kroll is scaling its global pl...