Mutares has opened an office in Tokyo, joining a raft of private equity firms that are beefing up their presence in Japan.

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Paul Weiss’s London co-head topped a list of the most active finance lawyers in Europe in a year of dealmaking rebound. Neel ...

A group of senior figures at Blackstone have injected their own money into one of the company’s private credit funds to help cover a record volume of redemption requests. More than 25 senior leaders ...

Twenty Most Influential in Secondaries 2026 There have been some record fundraisings and deals over the last 12 months, and executives on the list have been at the forefront of this market growth.

Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz made Blue Owl a private-credit behemoth with bets on software, AI and individual investors.

Twenty Most Influential in ESG 2025 Despite the backlash against ESG, private equity firms have continued to make strides over the past year to meet climate targets, engage with portfolio companies ...

A number of senior figures have spun out of more established firms to launch their own buyout shops across Scandinavia in recent months ...

Seb McCarthy is a financial and business journalist based in London. He joined Dow Jones as a reporter for Private Equity News in 2021 after working for a variety of titles including Property Week and ...

Fifty Most Influential in Private Equity 2024 PEN ’s latest selection of the Fifty Most Influential in Private Equity have continued to expand into new markets and strategies, in some cases closing ...

Twenty Most Influential in Private Credit 2025 The European private credit market has experienced rapid growth since the global financial crisis, which caused banks to retreat from lending. Private ...

German financier David Stern has left his position as an adviser to the University of Cambridge’s business school after Private Equity News revealed that he was a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein.