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Blackstone Buys the Plumbing Behind AI’s Heat ProblemBregal Sagemount Puts the Grid to the TestCrane Buys into Municipal Water with Trillium’s US Pump BrandsFirst Reserve[Podcast] New SEC Guidance and Impact to CV Fund Election PeriodsRopes & Gray LLPProvidence’s Andrew Tisdale and Robert Sudo share ATG, Hyve and CloserStill playbooksCPP Investments and Brookfield announce $50B Maple FundCarlyle inks $2.3bn for infra creditPermanent Capital sees its GTM assistance as key differentiatorPSG Equity Closed PSG Europe III Above €4.4 Billion for European Software and TechIntrepid Growth Partners Closed a $525 Million Inaugural AI Growth FundICG Closed Europe Fund IX at €12 Billion for Structured CapitalIntermediate Capital GroupTransformation Capital Closed Digital-Health Fund IV at an $850 Million Hard CapSequence and Dell Family Office Agreed a $7.7 Billion Take-Private of The Baldwin GroupRadical Ventures Secures Over US$1B at First Close of Late-Stage AI FundHines And Rialto Close Office Credit Fund At $1.1BGoldman Sachs Alternatives closes $11.7 billion private equity fundBlackstone Seeks $8 Billion for Green Infrastructure Credit FundGoldman Sachs' Flagship PE Fund Raises $9.6BCrane Venture Partners raises €419 million as it expands across Europe, APAC and the US - EUExplorer beats target in €100M first close for its fifth Portuguese buyout fundDBSA backs R3.89bn Airnergize clean-tech fundFrazier Life Sciences adds $1.1bn to public biotech fund, taking total commitments to $2.8bnKPS Capital Partners to sell Metra to Grupa Kęty for €645mCVC partners with JC Flowers on potential £1.4bn Aldermore bidAurelius Agreed to Buy Hain Celestial’s International Business for About $323 MillionBlueOrchard raises $250m for climate-focused private debt fundGTIS rebrands as Brightshore and launches credit strategyRadical Ventures announces the largest venture capital fund in Canadian historyUrban Standard Launches Luxury Lending Fund, Targets $1BHealthCap Africa seeks $5bn pension capital to close Nigeria’s healthcare funding gapGolub Capital appoints MD to lead GP-led secondaries strategyIn brief: Essex Pension commits further £250m to real estate impactEurazeo completes majority buyout of Netco Group from ArdianStarwood Capital Group Hires Blackstone’s Michael Eglit as U.S. Head of OriginationsFund services firm Value Partners bought by international rivalGraham Partners acquires remote video monitoring platform ImmixNew Forests appoints Sam Rorabaugh as head of global investmentsFormer hedge fund chief Crispin Odey fails to overturn UK industry banFormer Children’s Health LP launches secondaries shop focused on overlooked dealsGordian Investment GroupStockdale Capital Partners Aims for $300M in Loans by 2028 Via New Credit PlatformCFTC Proposes New CPO/CTA Registration Relief for Private Fund AdvisersKirkland & Ellis Hires Seth Niedermayer as Partner in Real Estate GroupBGO raises first capital for second Asia core-plus fund - peiVivo Capital Hires Neetesh Kumar to Co-Lead US BuyoutsVistria Group Names Jeff Hawkins Head of Portfolio Resources GroupInflexion-backed Ranger Fire and Security acquires Fire Protection IrelandAmbienta’s Spaggiari acquires ESDS to expand into Iberia and LATAMPeriscope Equity promotes Eric Hinkle to partnerSullivan & Cromwell Adding Kirkland Private Equity M&A AttysWarburg Pincus appoints Philip Nolan as head of US wealthAphias Capital backs SNZweig, formed from Stambaugh Ness-Zweig mergerPrimer: What Expenses Can a Private Equity or Venture Capital Fund Pay?Cooley LLPMoelis Adds Greg Guest as Managing Director in Private Capital AdvisoryPermira Adds Former Microsoft Developer Chief Julia Liuson as AdviserMulti-strats may need to accelerate PM hiring as assets surgeBIS warns hedge fund leverage could amplify market shocksUS private credit defaults climb to record 6.3%Yukon Partners promotes Nathan Weekly to director7IM launches fund range to enhance diversification and portfolio resilienceSeven Investment ManagementTPG’s Rise Funds to invest in Tablet CommandFoley Adds Corporate Ace From Gibson Dunn In HoustonFoley & LardnerNixon Peabody Hires Ex-SEC Commissioner Stein In DCDirect lending: Europe in vogueCanada’s Largest Venture Capital Fund Wants AI Innovation to Scale at HomeBlueprint: BGO’s APAC ambition, UK build-to-rent momentum and more - peiWilliam Blair Rehires Pete Dalrymple as Vice Chair of Investment BankingGreece faces UAE challenge in bid to attract hedge fundsAllocators favouring stock-pickers and multi-managers in 2026, says BoASouth Korean hedge Fund presses Samsung to buy back and cancel preferred sharesHedge funds a growing force in US Treasury marketGPs optimistic on dealmaking outlook but targets set to attract several suitors; KPS agrees to sale of aluminum business MetraAmbientaVista Equity Is Exploring Strategic Options for Finastra at Valuations Cited Near $12 BillionDirect lending: What has (and hasn’t) changedBaringsFortress Investment’s Eli Edwards and David Hammerman Don’t Balk at Small DealsFlows Will Return to Private Credit, Blackstone’s Gray Tells NZZ
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8am ET2026 SIFMA C&L Northeast Regional SeminarSIFMA · New York, NY4:30pm CTACG Chicago Catalyst AwardACG Chicago · Chicago, IL12pm ETCAIA Atlanta: The Evolving Private Markets Playbook — Secondaries & Co-InvestmentsCAIA Association · Atlanta, GA · Free8:30am ETNew England Investment Management Summit 2026Kroll · Boston, MA · Free5:15pm ETOff the Record: How Smart Capital Operates in SportsGrant Thornton, Vetted Sports and CFGI · New York, NY · FreeAll dayOpal Investing in the Consumer Sector 2026Opal Group · New York, NY5pm CTPEWIN Midwest | What's your Magic Number? Planning for the Next ChapterPrivate Equity Women Investor Network · Chicago, IL6:45pm ETPKF O'Connor Davies 2026 Broker-Dealer SymposiumPKF O'Connor Davies · New York, NY · Free8am CTSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum - ChicagoSmall Business Investor Alliance · Chicago, IL5:30pm ETThe 10th Annual Rooftop (Optional) PartyNew England Venture Capital Association · Boston, MA8am ETUnderwriting The New Industrial Base RoundtableThe Private Markets Forum · Washington DCTHURSDAY, SEP 17
All day10th Annual Real Estate Canada ForumMarkets Group · Toronto, ONAll day13th Annual Southeast Institutional ForumMarkets Group · Atlanta, GA6pm ET2026 ACG NY Women of Leadership Series - Fall EditionACG New York · New York, NY1pm ET2026 Moody's Ratings US CLO & Leveraged Loan ConferenceMoody's Ratings · New York, NY · Free11:30am2026 Rocky Mountain Fund Advisers SummitFaegre Drinker Biddle & Reath · Denver, CO · FreeAll day9th Annual Allocators' Choice AwardsInstitutional Investor · New York, NY5:30pm ETACG New Jersey CFO ForumACG New Jersey · United States7:30pm EDTACG Private Equity C-Suite NYC (PECS)Association for Corporate Growth · New York, NY4pm PTACG SF Member Meet-Up at the Third Floor, September 2026ACG San Francisco · San Francisco, CAAll dayAllocators' Choice Roundtable 2026Institutional Investor · New York, NY5:30pm ETAngel Investing: Fueling the FutureManhattan Alternative Investment Network · New York, NY9am ETCAASA Alternative Perspectives 2026: Private Market FocusCanadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets · Toronto, Ontario12pm CTChicago Boot Camp for Private Equity Professionals 2026McDermott Will & Schulte · Chicago, IL · Free4pm ETDC Impact Investing Industry Panel & ReceptionMorgan Lewis · Washington DC · FreeAll dayHedge Fund Services Awards | USWith Intelligence · New York, NY