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I’ve heard consistently positive feedback on these summits from both LPs and GPs. If you’re in New York this week see the details below from Kevin McCaffrey and Private Markets Insider

📊 Just released: PitchBook's Q4 2023 US Public PE and GP Deal Roundup! Check out the highlights and key takeaways: 📈 Financial Performance: - Median 2023 gross return:Private Equity: 9.8% - Private Credit: 16.4% - Public Shareholders: 62.1% - Combined market cap of top PE firms: $403.9B (twice that of top traditional asset managers at $177.4B) 🔄 Dealflow: - Q4 saw 26 announced deals involving GPs as targets. - 2023 ended with a slight dip in deals (-9.8%), but 2024 started strong with BlackRock's record-breaking $12.5B acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners. 💰 Fundraising: - Top seven public managers experienced a 15.4% decline in 2023 fundraising. - Q4 showed a strong rally with a 60.7% increase from the prior quarter, driven by credit and opportunistic real estate strategies. 📊 AUM Composition: - Perpetual capital now constitutes 42.4% of public GPs' total AUM. - Perpetual capital grew by 16.4% in 2023, while the rest of AUM declined by 1.6%. Growth in perpetual capital attributed to nontraditional vehicles and investors, including semiliquid funds for retail and separately managed accounts for insurers. 📈 Stay informed and explore the trends shaping the industry! 🌐 #PrivateEquity #FinanceTrends #InvestmentInsights #Q42023Report

Wrapped up Day 2 of ACG Texas Capital Connection with another productive day packed with private equity dealsource meetings, where we discussed all the exciting things happening at 414 Capital. What’s the key to managing 30+ meetings in two days? Detailed and keyword-searchable note taking! Stacy Deru ACG DFW - Association for Corporate Growth #mergersandacquisitions #Investmentbanking #privateequity #businessvaluation

Our long-standing relationships with a multitude of companies and private equity funds and investors enable us to offer our clients high-caliber transaction execution capabilities and connect business owners with the appropriate partners, thereby achieving shareholder objectives. It's one of the reasons clients have been turning us to decades and a key contributor to efficiently and effectively closing deals. city-cap.com #investmentbanking #mergersandacquisitions

Don't miss what Stephen Jakob of Osprey Capital Partners Inc. has to say about the major M&A funding trends in North America. If you're in any way involved in buying or selling a business, Stephen's quick insights are well worth your time. https://lnkd.in/g4u-Zhzi #mergersandacquisitions #canadianbusiness #investmentbanking

Davis Polk partner and Europe practice head Will Pearce, partner Gordon Milne and counsel William Su Hern Tong authored “Achieving a successful exit through an auction process in today’s market” in Financier Worldwide Magazine. In the article, they discuss the steps that private equity fund sellers can take to put themselves in the best possible position to successfully sell a portfolio company via an auction process. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eNumCz9Z #Europe #MergersAndAcquisitions #PrivateEquity

The top alternative asset managers are awash in capital committed to private credit strategies. Recently, private credit’s share of overall fundraising surged at the biggest public PE firms, but lending volumes are tracking down 33% this year during a slump in dealmaking. PitchBook's s Q3 2023 US Public PE and GP Deal Roundup checks the vital signs that many Wall Street analysts miss on the seven largest US-listed alt managers: Blackstone, KKR, Apollo Global Management, Blue Owl, The Carlyle Group, Ares Management, and TPG. Find it here: https://lnkd.in/gQ3V9sJg

“Securing exits will be the top priority for sponsors in 2024-25 as they need to return cash to LPs and stimulate fundraising.” With record amounts of dry powder to invest and mounting pressure to return money to investors, will there be an increased appetite for acquisitions and heightening competition for assets in the months to come? In the May 2024 edition of Financier Worldwide Magazine, our New York-based M&A partner Romain Dambre discusses strategies PE firms are using to finance deals, how they are creating value and generating returns from portfolio companies, the legal and regulatory issues shaping the PE industry, and the outlook for PE dealmaking. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gW3HT-Jc #FinancierWorldwide #PrivateEquity #M&A

Great to interview Joe McDougall for this feature in the latest issue of Middle Market Executive!