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  • Thursday, 14 May, 2026
    3i Group PLC
    3i shares tumble after sales growth slows at discount retailer Action

    UK private equity group has become heavily reliant on Dutch chain to power its returns

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  • Thursday, 14 May, 2026
    Legal services
    Private equity backers slam ‘runaway’ legal costs from top law firms

    Body for pension and sovereign wealth funds wants costs shared between investors and buyout groups

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  • Thursday, 14 May, 2026
    Due Diligence
    The new circular trade in private credit

    Private capital groups have a new opportunity to buy significant risk transfers tied to credit funds

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  • Thursday, 14 May, 2026
    Legal & General Group PLC
    Will L&G be the City’s next domino to fall?

    The FTSE 100 group’s chief executive says ‘this is our moment’ but private capital rivals are circling

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  • Thursday, 14 May, 2026
    Indian business & finance
    Private equity cools on India amid lofty prices and economic jitters

    Weaker dealmaking environment during turbulent period for country’s financial markets

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  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    Private credit
    UK regulator pushes private credit groups to share more data

    Fast-growing market comes under greater scrutiny for potential risks after series of setbacks

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  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    Private credit
    Private credit is not ‘a cancer’, says Wall Street’s top prosecutor

    Manhattan US attorney Jay Clayton calls the industry a ‘great benefit to the US’

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  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Intertek set to agree £10.6bn takeover by private equity group EQT

    Sweden-based buyout firm made ‘final’ offer of £60 a share for UK company

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  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
    MUFG seeks to offload risk tied to $2bn of private credit loans

    Japanese lender in talks over risk transfer as private capital industry is under strain

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  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2026
    Private credit
    Private credit isn’t the problem — concentration is

    Diversification is the foundation of good investing

    John Toomey
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  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2026
    Private credit
    Blue Owl retail fundraising evaporates amid private credit concerns

    Fund it operates took in fraction of capital from year-ago level as worries mount over potential surge in loan defaults

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  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2026
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Investment group EQT submits ‘final’ £10.6bn offer for Intertek

    FTSE 100 testing group comes under mounting pressure from shareholders to engage with buyout firm

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  • Monday, 11 May, 2026
    Market Financial Solutions
    MFS owner accused of ‘plundering’ company to fund ‘lavish lifestyle’

    Administrators file lawsuit alleging at least £1.3bn ‘misappropriated’ from collapsed mortgage firm

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  • Monday, 11 May, 2026
    Market Financial Solutions
    Britain’s bridging loan woes rattle US private credit firms

    High-octane area of mortgage market under scrutiny following messy collapses

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  • Sunday, 10 May, 2026
    Private equity
    Retail investors cool on private equity as jitters spread

    Fundraising by evergreen vehicles has slowed amid worries about exposure to software and AI

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  • Friday, 8 May, 2026
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Billionaire James Packer among backers of Architect’s OnlyFans deal

    Australian mogul’s funds to invest in Architect Capital SPV taking a minority stake in platform

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  • Friday, 8 May, 2026
    Due Diligence
    Big money, hot markets and ‘blissful ignorance’ at Milken

    Financiers convening in Beverly Hills were brimming with optimism in spite of the Iran war and stress in private markets

    Premium content
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  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Milken Institute
    ‘Blissful ignorance’: Milken elite bask in glow of roaring markets

    Financiers at the Beverly Hills gathering brush aside concerns over Iran conflict and private market strains

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  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Sport
    NBA offers $3bn to jump-start European basketball league

    Potential team owners had expressed concerns over slow path to profits

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  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Retail trading
    Lex. Let’s stop blaming retail investors for wonky markets

    They are finance’s saviours as well as its villains

    Premium content
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  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Private equity
    Private equity tech investor Hg marks down holdings after software sell-off

    Listed vehicle Hg Capital Trust cut valuations of 14 of its 20 largest portfolio companies

    Hg Capital logo displayed on a mobile phone, with a blurred business website and a colorful cube pattern in the background.
  • Thursday, 7 May, 2026
    Due Diligence
    Marc Rowan rips private capital’s marks

    Apollo Global chief executive warns about ‘day one mark-ups’ of private equity funds sold to retail investors

    Premium content
    Marc Rowan exits a courthouse, wearing a dark suit and white shirt, with a neutral expression.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    Private credit
    The leverage layer cake behind HSBC’s private credit losses

    HSBC did not lend to collapsed mortgage provider MFS. It took a $400mn hit anyway

    Two people in business suits shaking hands, with the red and white HSBC logo in the background.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    Oil & Gas industry
    Carlyle teams with Diversified Energy on $1.2bn oil and gas venture

    Private equity firm seeks to securitise future revenue from well production to private credit investors

    A man fills his car with gas at a station, with an oil pump jack visible in the background.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    Apollo Global Management
    Apollo chief says retail fund mark-ups ‘make no sense’

    Marc Rowan criticises paper returns of popular private equity funds sold to retail investors

    Apollo Global Management's logo in gold lettering on a wall, illuminated with a white backlight.
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