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Bespoke technology and processes are being combined to make BD+20 reporting a reality

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Nominate a rising star in private equity who, based on their achievements during the previous year, represents the future of the industry

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Real Deals hears from founder Toby Dixon and The Pharmacist Network’s CEO on Growth Fund 1’s first deal

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PE firms can benefit from practical AI applications in dealmaking and value creation but there are many roadblocks to clear, Stephanie Ball reports

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Private capital investors at the Real Deals Summit noted a reluctance to manage succession at the GP level, but advanced planning is what LPs are looking for

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"True innovation in private equity often comes from the emerging manager space,” Kim Pochon, head of the Emerging Manager Programme at Unigestion, tells Real Deals

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Emerging managers share candid insights into the emotional, strategic and structural hurdles of launching a debut fund in today’s market

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The dental sector has been awash with private equity investment in recent years but is the industry saturated or are there untapped pockets of opportunity for GPs to get their teeth into?

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Junior Damianidis and Ziad Chaaban of the Citco group of companies (Citco) on why the region is rapidly emerging as a global hub for private capital investment

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Shivani Khandekar speaks to Investindustrial’s Andrea Bonomi and Patria’s Robbie Young about how they secured investor commitment in a challenging fundraising market

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Consumer healthcare businesses are increasingly popular with private equity firms looking to invest, particularly across Europe. Real Deals examines the drivers behind this growing trend

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In tepid exit markets where sponsors have been under pressure to find creative ways to return capital to investors and LPs, GP-led continuation funds and NAV loans have provided welcome alternative pathways to liquidity

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Nerijus Drobavičius, partner at INVL, speaks to Stephanie Ball about the growth strategy during INVL's exit from InMedica Group, a Lithuanian private healthcare network

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The healthcare sector is becoming a major beneficiary of AI, with investors keen to capitalise on the opportunity, but regulatory compliance, integration and adoption are affecting progress. Shivani Khandekar explores

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Xhulio Ismalaj catches up with investor Foresight Group and medical products distributor HSL about the organic growth achieved throughout the former's 10-year holding period

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The rapid growth of GLP-1 medications has caught the attention of private equity investors who are keen to claim a piece of this profitable but disruptive drug, but is it worth it?

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Nineteen Group’s CEO Peter Jones discusses his rollercoaster CV experience

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In a roundtable discussion hosted by Real Deals, a panel of managers and advisers discuss what the year ahead holds for the secondaries industry

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GPs are heading to Italian shores as a new generation of Italian entrepreneurs seek PE investment, reports Xhulio Ismalaj, who has been checking in on the country’s dealmaking trends

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The secondaries market is growing with GPs attracted to continuation vehicles, but with a third reporting fundraising failures, Stephanie Ball investigates the pitfalls many are falling into and how to avoid them

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Investec’s Jonathan Harvey, Helen Lucas, Kate Gribbon and Stefano Manna discuss their annual PE Trends report, which provides a barometer of GP sentiment

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The Old Bird returns with more tales from the industry

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The fundraise represents the UK midmarket GP’s largest to date, but it was not “a doddle”, as co-founding managing partner Gary Tipper tells Real Deals

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Although Q1 2025 saw more deals than in the same period the previous year, the trend line has been firmly downward since the summer of 2024, reports Julian Longhurst

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Debt and data issues are blocking private equity’s path to more competitive processes

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Investcorp and portco Miebach Consulting tell Real Deals about engineering a solid partnership, as the founder-led business of 50 years enters its first PE investment

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The firm is preparing to launch fundraising for its next lower mid-cap fund, Andera MidCap 6, partner Sophie Elkrief tells Real Deals

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