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Governing Continuation Funds: EMG-Ascent Dispute Sets New Private-Equity Benchmark

Global FYI Other Investment Pools and Funds

Abu Dhabi Investment Council sued Energy & Mi...

ADIC and other investors say EMG’s ~US$5.5bn ...

EMG has agreed to pause the transaction until...

Hedge fund Mason Capital has floated a higher...

Trilantic Launches $1B Continuation Vehicle for 17 Fund VI Assets at NAV Discounts

Global FYI Other Investment Pools and Funds

Trilantic is launching a full-fund continuati...

Blackstone Strategic Partners and Neuberger B...

Existing LPs can roll into the CV or cash out...

The transaction is seen as a precedent-settin...

How MetLife’s PineBridge Deal Supercharges Its Global Asset Management Push

Global M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

MetLife Investment Management closed its acqu...

The transaction excludes PineBridge’s private...

Consideration is $800M cash upfront plus up t...

Brian Funk will lead the combined business as...

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha Leads Hedge Funds in 2025: Big Wins, Big Questions

Global Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha surged about 33–34% ...

D.E. Shaw’s flagship Oculus and Composite fun...

Balyasny and Point72 gained about 16.7% and 1...

Strong performance drew allocator interest an...

2025 Private Equity & M&A Trends: Record Deal Values, Regional Winners & Exit Risks

Global M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Global M&A value jumped to about $4.5T in 202...

Private equity deal value rose while deal cou...

Exit markets remain tight with weak IPO volum...

Rate, trade-policy, and regulatory uncertaint...

Europe & UK PE Firms Shift Strategy in 2026: Consolidation, Specialisation & Regulation

Europe Forecast Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

About one in five European and UK PE firms pl...

Larger firms are leaning toward consolidation...

Sentiment is upbeat, with most expecting high...

Key risks include regulatory divergence, a co...

Europe-2025 Private Equity Trends: Bigger Deals, Carve-Outs & Sector Consolidation

Europe M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

European PE dealmaking is rebounding in 2025 ...

Lower financing costs and tighter credit spre...

Value growth is being driven by fewer, larger...

Activity is concentrated in financial service...

AI & Earnings Fuel Bull Case, but Beware Valuations and Geopolitics in 2026

Global Forecast Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

2026 market outlook is broadly constructive, ...

Biggest risks are stretched U.S. large-cap va...

Investors are widening diversification beyond...

Europe’s Private Equity: Dry Powder Soars but Fundraising & Exits Stall

Europe Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

European private equity has record dry powder...

Deals are expected to pick up into late 2025–...

Exits remain the main bottleneck, pushing lon...

Fragmented regulation and shallow pension/cap...

Asia’s Startup Surge: Deep Tech, Biotech & Blockchain Infrastructure Take the Lead

Asia Markets Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

Asian startups raised $179 million in Week 1,...

China’s Syneron Bio led the week with ~ $100M...

India’s CoreEL ($30M) and EtherealX (~$21M) h...

Smaller rounds in ETHGas, CollegeDekho, and T...