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Deals involving U.S. natural gas-fired power plants totaled more than $49 billion during this year’s first half, with private-equity firms participating in the largest ones wsj.com/articles/priva…
New buyers such as California Public Employees’ Retirement System drove record secondary market volumes in the first half of 2025, investment banker say wsj.com/articles/new-e…
Private-credit firms are expanding their legal hires as they look for embedded expertise, not just outside advice, recruiters say wsj.com/articles/priva…
A group of investors led by L Catterton is investing $800 million in private-aviation company Flexjet wsj.com/articles/l-cat…
Putting private equity into Americans’ 401(k) accounts could set off a wave of lawsuits over excessive plan fees, lawyers say wsj.com/articles/plain…
New buyers helped drive secondary deal volumes above $100 billion in the first six months of 2025, a first-half record wsj.com/articles/new-e…
So far this year, private-equity firms have been active both buying and selling natural gas-fired power plants, which increasingly are seen as critical to meet rising electricity demand wsj.com/articles/priva…
Private-credit firms are expanding their legal hires as they look for embedded expertise, not just outside advice, recruiters say wsj.com/articles/priva…
Falling property values and higher-for-longer interest rates are driving more commercial real estate borrowing to nonbank lenders, adding risk to CRE financing, Moody’s says wsj.com/articles/priva…
Class-action litigators say they are prepared to sue 401(k) retirement-plan sponsors if they include higher-cost private-equity funds wsj.com/articles/plain…
Flexjet aims to invest the fresh capital in its infrastructure as well as expand internationally wsj.com/articles/l-cat…
Lenders are providing $675 million in revolving credit to Sol Systems, a developer of utility-scale solar power projects with “shovel ready” sites in several states wsj.com/articles/kkr-b…
Forestry-focused Qarlbo Biodiversity, formed by the founder of private-equity firm EQT AB, has agreed to sell 500,000 tons of forest thinning material to Woodland Biofuels wsj.com/articles/qarlb…
Putting private equity into Americans’ 401(k) accounts could set off a wave of lawsuits over excessive plan fees, lawyers say wsj.com/articles/plain…
A group of investors led by L Catterton is investing $800 million in private-aviation company Flexjet wsj.com/articles/l-cat…
Qarlbo Biodiversity, a forest manager and investor formed by the founder of Swedish private-equity firm EQT AB, is seeking to change the way timber producers manage woodlands wsj.com/articles/qarlb…
Monogram raised a continuation vehicle to help buy back meat snack manufacturer Western Smokehouse with support from secondary investors Committed Advisors and RCP Advisors wsj.com/articles/monog…
Riverside plans to invest its second Value Fund in about 10 small to mid-size companies, with the potential for additional co-investment capital from the new fund’s backers wsj.com/articles/river…
The three-year loan facility will initially fund 500 megawatts of solar and storage projects, which can power nearly 84,000 average American homes wsj.com/articles/kkr-b…
Private-equity lobbyists succeeded in convincing lawmakers to revise or eliminate a number of proposals in the newly passed tax bill that would have hurt the industry’s interests wsj.com/articles/how-p…
