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Greenbriar nears $1.8bn deal to acquire Spectrum Control from AEA InvestorsGreenbriar Equity GroupBessemer more than doubles growth fund as VC major raises $5.75bnBessemer Venture PartnersIbex more than doubles Israel secondaries fund size with $87m Fund II closeIbex InvestorsMillennium’s $20bn capital raise attracts more than $30bn of investor demandMetrics Credit Partners suspends three ASX funds after audit triggers asset-value cutsApax in talks to acquire Warburg Pincus stake in €6.5bn Dutch telecoms group OdidoPCCP raises record $5bn across real estate equity, credit funds as both strategies step up in sizeIIT Madras, IIT Madras Research Park & Unicorn India Ventures announce first close of IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund I at Rs 450 Cr in Hon’ble FM’s presence, deploys Rs 55 crore in 4 deep tech startupsEureka! Venture launches €20 million fund to back DeepTech startups in Italy - EUSofinnova Partners Closes Oversubscribed €82 Million Sofinnova MD Start IV Fund to Create the Next Generation of Medtech CompaniesBlackstone PE chief to leave firm after 28 yearsMajor Australian private lender suspends three ASX funds, cuts asset values after auditMetricsMetrics slashes value of ASX credit funds after audit interventionCVC Ends Bodycote Pursuit As Veritas' £1.85B Offer AgreedOxford Finance raises $368m for ABL strategyGrowth Capital Partners names Richard Shaw managing partner in leadership reshuffleM&G upsizes fifth Margay CLO to €457mM&G InvestmentsAustralian lender Metrics suspends three fundsMetrics Credit PartnersLinden Capital and Audax complete StatLab sale to Danaher’s Leica BiosystemsGTCR seals purchase of camera maker Tactacam from Bertram CapitalTC Alternatives and Reform Capital Announce First Close of Litigation FundBrixmor Property Group, Everview Partners Acquire Slate Grocery REIT for $2.34BBlackstone’s private equity head Joseph Baratta to retire at end of yearRenovus Capital’s TJP acquires life sciences market researcher Evolution Consulting & ResearchHealthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Providence Equity to Acquire CheckedUpFifth Ocean Capital and Tartan back live event producer Complete Production ResourcesLowenstein Sandler Further Strengthens Venture Funds Launch Group with Addition of Partner Hila CohenHudson Bay pulls plans for dedicated private credit platform as BlackRock hires departWarburg Pincus raises Ingenia bid againEquita likely to kick off Fund II discussions next yearWealthy investors borrowing against PE holdings amid distributions slowdownVeritas Capital’s Finalsite bolts on school payments provider RevTrakFerghana Investment Partners hires TZP Group’s Will Callahan and PNC’s Katie MarshallGrowth and Exit Strategies in Canadian Private Markets: Five Key TakeawaysIIT Madras Deeptech Fund Targets India’s Hardest Technology GapContinuation vehicles complicate key person clausesWarburg Pincus CEO sees growing PE opportunity in Japan’s middle marketAsia-Pacific is a Promising Market for Fund FinanceJain Global doubles UK profits as London headcount nearly triplesSide Letter: ‘Responsible retailisation’In Construction Lending, It’s a Good Time to Be the Right BorrowerPrivate credit redemption pressure eases as investor withdrawals declineInstitutional private credit fundraising surges 53% to $190bn, despite retail-market turmoilBrokers can no longer ignore looming risk in private creditCitadel targets AI researchers in quant team expansion pushHedge funds scale back bullish yen bets after BOJ signals caution on further hikesSaba’s Boaz Weinstein to join SDL Efficiency board as income as trust winds downAI, oil and rates volatility revives hedge funds dispersion tradeThis Early Groq Investor Expects Half Her Bets To FailAxiom PartnersCDL to hire dedicated CEO for fund management as it steps up push into private fundsWealthy investors turn to net asset value loans as private equity payouts slowAdam Levinson Is Back After SVB's Collapse Forced His Hedge Fund to CloseUnderstanding ‘Rollover Equity’ When Selling Your PracticeControl capital for growth. Where venture ends and buyouts begin.Where MedTech is attracting PE attention with less FDA burdenIIT Madras-backed deeptech fund raises Rs 450 crore in first close, invests Rs 55 crore in four startupsNigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund Launches N45bn Capital Raise to Finance Projects NationwideBlackRock TCP Capital Appoints Dan Worrell COO As Patrick Wolfe Announces December DeparturePrivate credit redemption pressure eases as fund performance improves (APO:NYSE)IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund I hits Rs 450 Cr first closeIndian Institute of Technology MadrasBlackstone Cements Shift From Star Dealmakers With Baratta ExitIIT Madras, Unicorn India Ventures Announce Initial Funding From Deep-Tech Venture Capital FundThe new alpha playbook: How hedge fund CIOs are rebuilding portfolios for an uncertain worldBRW: The 16% Discount To NAV Makes Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund A Strong BuyBlackstone launches first multi-asset private markets fund for non-US investorsOura IPO to ring up big payday for Finnish VC LifelinePolus raises €400m for latest CLOZero Infinity Partners boosts infratech strategy by 50% with $156m Fund II closeWestwind Capital announces €200m first closeBain Capital Takes SOLitude IndependentLightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AILightspeed Venture PartnersOaktree agrees to €810m sale of Italian power firm COL Group to EatonLendInvest completes £265m buy-to-let securitisationKotak Alts raises Rs 5,000 crore for private credit, real assets fundARK Brings $1.3B Venture Fund Onchain Through SecuritizeOdyssey Gives Falcon Gases Room to GrowPfingsten Rolls Into Precision BearingsButterfly Orders TakeoutButterfly Equity
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MONDAY, SEP 28
1pm2026 ACG Denver Dealmakers' ForumACG Denver · Denver, COSep 28–2921st Annual Independent Sponsors Summit: New YorkiGlobal Forum · New York, NYAll dayACG Idaho: Building Idaho's Middle Market 2026ACG · Boise, IDSep 28–29Alts Day 2026Allocate · Austin, TXSep 28–30IAA 2026 Policy & Leadership ForumInvestment Adviser Association · Washington DCTUESDAY, SEP 29
6pm ET2026 ACG NY DealSource Series - September EditionACG New York · New York, NY8:30am ET2026 New York City Broker-Dealer Compliance Fall RoundtableSidley Austin · New York, NY11:30am PTACG British Columbia State of the Markets Luncheon & AGMACG · Vancouver, BC5pm ETCAIA Florida: Capital Without BordersCAIA Association · Miami, FL5:30pm PTCAIA Pacific Northwest: The Private Infrastructure PlaybookCAIA Association · Seattle, WA · Free12:30pm PTCAP YVR: Demystifying Family Offices 2026Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets · Vancouver, British ColumbiaAll dayILPA Institute: Continuation Vehicles for the Limited Partner (New York)Institutional Limited Partners Association · New York, NYSep 29–30NAIC 2026 Amplifying Alts ForumNational Association of Investment Companies · Washington DC12pm ETRéseau Capital Lunch & Learn: Au-delà de la convention d'achat — anticiper les risquesRéseau Capital · Montreal, QCWEDNESDAY, SEP 30
Sep 30 – Oct 113th Annual Texas Institutional ForumMarkets Group · Austin, TX4pm ET2026 Northeast Regional Networking Event | Boston GolfSmall Business Investor Alliance · Boston, MA11am ETGIIA Beyond the Headlines: The Midterm Elections for Infrastructure InvestorsGlobal Infrastructure Investor Association · New York, NY2pm CTMayer Brown Financial Services M&A Summit - ChicagoMayer Brown · Chicago, IL · Free5pm ETPEWIN New York | IBM Quantum Computing ExperiencePEWIN · Yorktown Heights, NYSep 30 – Oct 1Private Equity Boston Forum 2026Markets Group · Boston, MASep 30 – Oct 1Virginia Capital Conference 2026ACG · Richmond, VATHURSDAY, OCT 1
11:30am100WF Salt Lake City Fall Networking Lunch100 Women in Finance · Salt Lake City, UT7amCAP YYC: Breakfast with Family Offices 2026Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets · Calgary, Alberta9am ETCREFC Finance Forward Symposium Hosted by the Women's NetworkCRE Finance Council · New York, NY11:30am ETSFNet Atlanta Lender PanelSecured Finance Network · Atlanta, GA8:30am ETVenture Forward: Emerging Manager Office Hours 16Venture Forward · Detroit, MI