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Princeton Equity Group closes $1.3bn Fund III at hard capRising Point surges past target with $325m debut fund close, after shift from independent sponsor modelTPG Gets $10 Billion for Climate PE Fund; to Close for New CashClearlake secures $1bn CFO financing after restructuring collateral mixHighPost Capital Forms Aerospace, Defense and Cybersecurity VerticalAudax Private EquityThompson Street targets $1.7bn for seventh flagship fundKartesia prices inaugural CLO at €459mAzerbaijan, China announce $1 billion joint investment fundAzerbaijan Investment HoldingTwo Google alumni raise $11.3M to back AI startups that enterprises will actually pay forBAG VenturesFormer civil rights lawyer raises debut fund focused on closing disability wealth gapEnable VenturesWebster Equity Partners Agreed to Take Private Lifecore Biomedical for Up to About $663.7 MillionGreenbriar Agreed to Acquire Spectrum Control from AEA InvestorsGreenbriar Equity Group, L.P.Deal Roundup: Apollo completes record $3.7bn Japan buyout; Bain backs Kahua at $1bn-plus valuationEnergy Revolution Ventures targets near-threefold fund size increase with $50m Fund IICVC DIF names former Morgan Stanley Infrastructure exec Chris Koski North America chairAudax Agrees to Sell GCG to Rexel for $1.4 BillionHighPost CapitalDwyerOmega Takes SOR’s MeasureShore Capital Partners73 Strings Acquires CallistoSchroders Capital CEO to leave as Nuveen takeover nears completionMetrics freezes redemptions as Australian private credit pressures mountMetrics Credit PartnersVärde Partners Backed the Launch of European Credit Manager ValciaPantheon pushes further into Middle East with new Abu Dhabi officeLiontrust to snap up Hawksmoor’s fund management and MPS business for initial £6mSweetmore Heads West with Fantasy BakingArcline Investment ManagementEQT agrees Acuon sale to consortium of Hanwha Life and Centroid PELDC reinvests in UK water specialist Stonbury, with Federated Hermes co-investingAspirity Partners to acquire majority stake in IoT infra business Onomondo; KKR and EQT sign deals in AsiaChicago Pacific Founders Pet Fund exits CoVet in sale to IDEXXAlgebris buys Spain’s Vector Renewables from Nadara in first international dealCIFC hires Nick White to drive European growthEx-Schonfeld exec joins Millennium as senior PM in Hong KongInvestindustrial hires Lone Star’s Shinichi Takahashi to lead Japan officeKorea exchange and depository institutions launch 1 trillion-won secondary fund - CHOSUNBIZLowenstein Sandler Adds Hila Cohen As Partner In Venture Funds Launch GroupCenter Rock closes Power Services Group continuation vehicle led by New 2ND CapitalKorea Venture Investment Launches First Fund Using Corporate Partnership MoneySA’s only venture capital firm raises tens of millions for first fundExclusive | Audax Private Debt Raises Third Direct-Lending FundGoldman’s $18.2bn private credit fund sees redemption requests fall to 2%Goldman SachsDan Ives prepares to debut fund offering access to private companies fueling AI boomOn the Move: September 2026 Hires, Promotions, and New ACG MembersAlvarez & MarsalCharlesbank-backed Spectrotel closes merger with managed network services provider AireSpringBDC Facts & Stats 2026KKR agrees majority investment in Indian liquid storage platform CisterninaPE targets fragmented sports services market as M&A activity doublesGrataLate Cycle: Private credit faces dispersion, chases transparencyAustralia's Metrics freezes some fund redemptions in sign of private credit market stressPrivate credit woes deepen as $9bn funds frozenL+M Companies Names Eben Ellertson Its New CEOBoE warns private credit vulnerable to rising ratesAlaska Permanent writes down value of 46 alternatives fundsPrivate equity looks to unlock value in consumer businesses via carve-outsBrenton Point Capital Partners makes five hiresSEC Staff Greenlights Directed Voting Programs for FundsCDL of Singapore's 2nd richest man Kwek Leng Beng to hire dedicated CEO for fund managementChinese hedge funds warn of AI spending risks as trades take a hitHedge funds take record 7% share of Treasury marketImpax Asset Management portfolio manager David Winborne exits firmCrowded Treasury shorts raise prospect of sharp squeezeWhere deep modelling meets mortgage creditEllington Management GroupWarburg Pincus hits $12bn of exits in 2026Paref’s portfolio valuation dropped by 5% in second halfAI investors struggle to rein in CEOsAurelius, Yellow Wood lead carve-out momentum in consumer sector; Antin to sell Vicinity at $2.9bn; Bain invests in KahuaTowards a tokenised futureWill the FCA Treat a £400 Million Hedge Fund Like a Small Firm?What Family Offices Should Know about Investing in Litigation FundingLivingbridge backs Elevare launch with two housing tech buys as BGF exitsAzerbaijan, China Launch $1 Billion Joint Investment FundOgier Global appoints associate directors in Jersey and LuxembourgProtego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense techVeritas on course for Boycote takeover after CVC abandons bidAAR to acquire 65% of Bain-backed MRO Holdings in $1.8bn dealFidelity hits $451m RE debt fund closeBlackstone private equity chief Joseph Baratta said to prep exit after almost three decadesNorthcote Equity closes £250M second fund in 10 weeksWEH Ventures targets ~$26M for third fund, hits first closeIIT Madras Research Park And Unicorn India Ventures Launch ₹600 Crore Deep-Tech Fund
Section BEventsDates Verified
WEDNESDAY, 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, MIMONDAY, OCT 5
8am ET2026 SIFMA C&L Southeast Regional SeminarSIFMA · Charlotte, NCOct 5–7Greenwich Economic Forum 2026Greenwich Economic Forum · Greenwich, CTOct 5–6ILPA Institute: Private Equity for the Limited Partner (New York)Institutional Limited Partners Association · New York, NYOct 5–7Markets Group Allocator Retreat Series 2026 — Portsmouth, NHMarkets Group · Portsmouth, NHAll dayOpal Investing in Security 2026Opal Group · Washington DCTUESDAY, OCT 6
6pm ET2026 ACG NY Family Office & Limited Partner Series - Fall EditionACG New York · New York, NY8:30am ET2026 Annual Private Fund Investors Roundtable - New YorkMorgan Lewis · New York, NY · FreeOct 6–82026 P&I ConvergencePensions & Investments · New York, NY10am PTGoodwin x JLL Spark Real Estate Technology Leadership ForumGoodwin · San Francisco, CAOct 6–7NAREIM Data & Information Management MeetingNAREIM · Chicago, IL6:30pm CTSBIA Lower Middle Market Panel & Reception — Dallas: The Capital Shift to Deal-by-Deal InvestingSmall Business Investor Alliance · Dallas, TX8am ETThe 2026 LP Tech SummitPrivate Markets Forum · Toronto, ONAll dayWiS City Socials: New York | Central Park PicnicWomen in Securitization · New York, NY