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Platform Preferences Are Drifting Upstream

Platform Preferences Are Drifting Upstream

Private equity's middle market sweet spot may be shifting, but not in the direction some might expect.

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What’s Really Driving Private Credit Interest? A Look Behind the Allocation

What’s Really Driving Private Credit Interest? A Look Behind the Allocation

Private credit continues to pull capital in 2025—but not everyone is chasing it for the same reason.

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Private Credit's Great Divergence: One asset class. Three different bets.

Private Credit's Great Divergence: One asset class. Three different bets.

Private credit is surging, but the capital behind it is far from aligned.

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When Traditional Paths Stall, Creative Liquidity Steps In

When Traditional Paths Stall, Creative Liquidity Steps In

With exit markets still lagging their pre-2022 pace, firms are getting creative about how to unlock value without selling assets outright.

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Timing the Exit: What’s Driving Hold vs. Sell Decisions

Timing the Exit: What’s Driving Hold vs. Sell Decisions

If the first question was about how firms are exiting, this one gets to the heart of when.

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Exit Strategies in Flux: What’s Most Attractive Now?

Exit Strategies in Flux: What’s Most Attractive Now?

With IPO windows still largely shut and valuations swinging between optimism and caution, private equity sponsors are rethinking how best to exit portfolio companies.

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The Greatest Edges in Sourcing Quality Deals

The Greatest Edges in Sourcing Quality Deals

In our latest PE150 micro-survey, we asked 130 professionals across private equity sponsors, corporate development, consulting, and investment banking a pivotal question:

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Proprietary Is the New Unicorn

Proprietary Is the New Unicorn

Deal sourcing in 2025 is defined by scarcity, competition, and operational strain.

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Deal Sourcing Gets a Software Update

Deal Sourcing Gets a Software Update

In our most recent PE150 microsurvey, we asked 94 professionals across private equity (PE), corporate development, consulting, and investment banking a pivotal question:“Where do you see the most promising deal-generation opportunities emerging?”

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Barriers to AI Adoption in Private Equity

Barriers to AI Adoption in Private Equity

Inside the operational, cultural, and data hurdles slowing AI integration in private equity

Francisco Calle
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Micro-survey Insights: AI's Efficiency Gains Still Uneven Across PE Landscape

Micro-survey Insights: AI's Efficiency Gains Still Uneven Across PE Landscape

In last week’s micro-survey, we asked our community where they’ve seen the most measurable efficiency gains from AI in their day-to-day work.

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Where AI Is Actually Reshaping Private Equity—And Where It’s Not

Where AI Is Actually Reshaping Private Equity—And Where It’s Not

Generative AI may be the headline, but in private equity, implementation is still very much below the fold. According to a proprietary PE150 survey of 186 professionals, AI’s impact is real—but concentrated. Rather than broad transformation, firms are deploying it where it can quietly reduce friction, automate labor, and scale repeatable tasks.