Private Equity & Private Capital News

UK private equity firms have significantly increased their use of offshore jurisdictions since Brexit, raising concerns around transparency, according to a report by the FT citing research from the University of Glasgow. To a report by private Equity wire. 12.01.2026

Onex has raised $1.6bn for a continuation fund that allows the firm to retain three portfolio companies as it prepares to return to the fundraising market, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. To a report by private equity wire. 12.01.2026

Buyout firm Advent International is exploring a consortium deal with InPost SA’s founder and CEO Rafal Brzoska and Czech investment firm PPF Group to take the Amsterdam-listed logistics company private, according to a report by Bloomberg. 09.01.2026

Private equity firm L Catterton has agreed to acquire a majority stake in US cottage cheese brand Good Culture in a deal valuing the business at more than $500m, according to a report by Reuters. 09.01.2026

TPG has agreed a strategic partnership with Jackson Financial under which the private equity firm will initially manage $12bn of assets for the US retirement annuity provider, with the deal expected to be completed in the first quarter, according to a report by Bloomberg. 09.01.2026

The largest private equity funds have taken a record share of US fundraising, with the top 10 funds accounting for 46% of capital raised through September 30, 2025 — the highest level since 2014, up from 34.5% in 2024, according to a report by the Financial Times citing data from PitchBook. 08.01.2026

Buyout firm Hg Capital has agreed to acquire US financial software provider OneStream in an all-cash take-private transaction valuing the company at $6.4bn, less than two years after the company completed its listing on Nasdaq. To a report by private equity wire. 07.01.2026

Private equity firm D1 Capital Partners has led a $1bn investment round into Kraken Technologies, the energy software arm of Octopus Energy Group, being spun out of the UK-based clean energy group as an independent company at a valuation of $8.65bn. To a report by private equity wire. 06.01.2026

Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container operations from a consortium of institutional investors led and advised by Apollo Global Management in a deal valued at approximately $3bn, according to a report by Bloomberg. 06.01.2026

TDR Capital and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice – the PE owners of UK supermarket chains Asda and Morrisons – respectively – have raised a combined £6.5bn through the sale of property assets, as both groups seek to reduce debt accumulated during highly leveraged buyouts, according to a report by the Financial Times. 05.01.2026

Dubai-based private equity firm Gulf Islamic Investments (GII) is aiming to triple assets under management to $10bn by the end of the decade, as it seeks to scale up amid intensifying competition from global and regional buyout firms active in the Middle East, according to a report by Bloomberg. 05.01.2026

Transaktionen mit mehr als zehn Milliarden Dollar nehmen zu. Was den neuen M&A-Boom antreibt, welche Branchen im Fokus stehen – und warum der Markt nach Jahren der Flaute an Dynamik gewinnt. Nach einem Report des Handelsblatt. 05.01.2026