Private Equity News

Korn Ferry Closes £850M AMS Deal, Building Global Talent Solutions Leader

Korn Ferry completed its £850 million acquisition of UK-based AMS from OMERS Private Equity on September 1

Sep 13, 2026

LIV Golf's $5 Billion Collapse: Saudi-Backed League Heads Toward Bankruptcy

LIV Golf, backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund PIF, is reportedly on a $5 billion path to bankruptcy

Sep 13, 2026

🇨🇳 China

Fang Fenglei on Three Decades of China Capital Market Reform and Today's Private Equity Opportunities

China PE pioneer Fang Fenglei helped create the country's first joint venture investment bank with Morgan Stanley in the early 1990s

Sep 12, 2026

KKR Closes $2.1 Billion Leveraged Loan for Integer Holdings Acquisition at Favorable Terms

KKR secured $2.1 billion in leveraged financing for its Integer Holdings medical device acquisition at better-than-marketed terms, with Bloomberg reporting strong institutional demand even in the elevated-rate environment.

Sep 12, 2026

Magnetar Financial Exits Five SPAC Positions in Coordinated Portfolio Cleanup

Magnetar Financial fully exits five separate SPAC vehicles: SIMA, FTW.U, ALF, CCIX, and MLACU

Sep 11, 2026

🇮🇳 India

Ratnaveer Precision Engineering Rights Issue Subscribed 1.11x, Raising INR 330 Crore

Ratnaveer Precision Engineering rights issue of INR 329.99 crore was subscribed 1.11 times, indicating moderate investor demand

Sep 11, 2026

🇨🇳 China

AIIB Develops Platform to Quadruple Private Capital for Asia's $1.7T Infrastructure Gap

AIIB is developing a new platform to pool institutional investor capital to address Asia's $1.7 trillion annual infrastructure financing gap

Sep 11, 2026

Club M&A Canada Opens Fall 2026 Cohort Amid Major Wave of Canadian Acquisition-Led Growth Activity

Club M&A Canada has opened registration for its Fall 2026 Growth Through Acquisition program as Canadian M&A deal activity hits a major wave driven by succession needs and strategic buyer competition.

Sep 10, 2026

DeepSeek Fundraising Sparks Shadow Market With Escalating Fees and Five-Year Lock-Ups

DeepSeek's new investment round has triggered a rush of secondary vehicles charging escalating management fees

Sep 9, 2026

LIV Golf Races to Re-Sign Players in $300M Bankruptcy Rescue; League Eyes Equity Swap

LIV Golf is pursuing a $300 million bankruptcy rescue requiring players to swap contract claims for equity in a new circuit

Sep 9, 2026

🇧🇷 Brazil

GeoPark (GPRK) Hosts M&A Call as CEO Felipe Bayon Outlines Latin America Acquisition Strategy

GeoPark (GPRK) CEO Felipe Bayon Pardo hosted a dedicated M&A investor call signaling an imminent acquisition in Latin America's oil and gas sector at elevated Brent price levels.

Sep 9, 2026

LIV Golf's Bankruptcy Reveals at Least $500mn in Liabilities as BC Partners Circles for LIV 2.0

LIV Golf's bankruptcy exposes at least $500mn in liabilities as BC Partners signals a preliminary deal to fund a restructured successor entity, the Financial Times reports.

Sep 8, 2026

LIV Golf Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Ending Saudi-Backed League's Bid to Rival PGA Tour

LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy protection, collapsing the Saudi-backed league that sought to rival the PGA Tour and raising questions about Saudi sports investment returns.

Sep 8, 2026

Berkshire's Abel Expected to Announce Third Major Acquisition Before Year-End After Two Integrations

Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel has already overseeen the integration of two whole-company acquisitions since succeeding Warren Buffett.

Sep 6, 2026

🇸🇬 Singapore

SEC Eyes Plan to Broaden Retail Investor Access to Private Markets in Landmark Regulatory Shift

The US SEC is preparing a plan to widen retail investor access to private market investments, a landmark regulatory shift that would democratize access to private equity and credit products.

Sep 3, 2026

Private Equity Swoops on Bodycote at £1.65bn as London Market Keeps Shrinking

Macclesfield-based Bodycote, a FTSE 250 heat treatment firm, faces a £1.65bn takeover bid from US buyout group Veritas

Sep 2, 2026

Trimlite Acquires KW Building Products to Extend Residential Door Distribution Network

Trimlite acquired KW Building Products to extend door distribution across Mid-South and Central US

Sep 2, 2026

UK M&A Tops $100 Billion in 2026 as Summer Deal Surge Shows No Sign of Slowing

UK takeover activity surpassed $100 billion in 2026, a milestone signaling structural demand for British assets.

Sep 1, 2026

LIV Golf Eyes Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Within Days as Saudi-Backed Circuit Faces Financial Reckoning

LIV Golf may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as next week, according to the Financial Times

Sep 1, 2026

Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Eyes Chapter 11 Filing to Hand Player Ownership to League

LIV Golf may file Chapter 11 bankruptcy next week using restructuring to hand player control of the Saudi-backed tour

Aug 31, 2026

Zacatecas Silver Closes Final Private Placement Tranche, Bolstering Exploration Capital

Zacatecas Silver Corp closed the second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement

Aug 29, 2026

Blue Owl Leads $2.4B Debt Deal for Iren to Buy Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs in Canada

Blue Owl Capital funds led a $2.4 billion debt deal for cloud provider Iren to purchase Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs

Aug 29, 2026

Three SPACs File Material 8-Ks as Andretti, Rainier, and Constellation Near Deal Closings

Three SPAC-related 8-K filings were submitted to the SEC on August 28 by Rainier, Constellation, and Andretti.

Aug 29, 2026

KKR to Pay Record $250mn DoJ Settlement Over Private Equity Buyout Filing Practices

KKR has agreed to pay a record $250 million to settle DoJ allegations over private equity buyout filing practices, the largest such penalty in US history, setting a significant antitrust compliance precedent for the entire PE industry.

Aug 27, 2026

TWG Global Denies Fire-Sale Claims as Mark Walter's Investment Empire Faces 'Multipronged Attacks'

TWG Global, which holds stakes in high-profile sports teams, pushed back against allegations of a 'fire sale' and 'fraud' surrounding its investment portfolio

Aug 27, 2026

LiUNA, Fengate and Rinomato Break Ground on Transit-Oriented Mimico Commons in Toronto

LiUNA, Fengate Asset Management, and Rinomato Group broke ground on Mimico Commons, a mixed-use transit-oriented development in Toronto

Aug 26, 2026

🇮🇳 India

India F&B Private Credit Surges 12-Fold in H1 2026 on Landmark Deals — EY

Private credit investment in India's food and beverage sector surged 12-fold in H1 2026, according to an EY report

Aug 26, 2026