Madeline Shi
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Twin Bridge targets up to $600M for debut secondaries fund (opens the original)
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Twin Bridge Capital Partners, a fund-of-funds manager focused on the small and lower-middle market, is raising its first dedicated private equity secondaries fund. The Chicago firm is looking to raise up to $600 million for the fund, dubbed the Twin Bridge Amplify Fund, according to a person familiar with the matter. The fund held an interim close in December with $300 million from an anchor investor and is expected to reach a final close in the first half of 2027, they added. The Amplify fund w
Rate rise could exacerbate longstanding problems for the US PE industry (opens the original)
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Private equity dealmakers in the US are poised for higher borrowing costs as the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time since 2023. The rate-setting committee unanimously agreed to raise the benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, and officials largely agreed that, at the current trend, one more hike would be needed in 2026. The decision lifted the federal funds rate to a target range of 3.75% to 4%, in line with market expectations heading into
Middle-market PE firms move down market in search of value (opens the original)
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Middle-market buyout firms are pouring capital into smaller transactions, according to new data from PitchBook. The upshot is lower entry multiples, but harder work. In the second quarter, sponsors inked 413 US PE deals valued between $25 million and $100 million, totaling $16 billion in deal value, according to data from PitchBook's latest US PE Middle Market Report. This represents quarter-over-quarter increases of 56.4% in deal count and 70.6% in deal value. That segment was the middle market
Q&A: Kirkland & Ellis on AI and its deal with Palantir (opens the original)
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Private equity advisers are racing to leverage AI and automate the services they provide to fund managers and their investors. Law firms, such as Kirkland & Ellis, have been among the most active adopters. The dominant name in private fund formation and sponsor-backed M&A, the firm rolled out its own AI platform in June, built with Palantir and designed to reshape the repetitive, boilerplate elements of fund formation work, such as drafting limited partnership agreements, closing investor commit
PE borrowing for shareholder payouts shrinks in 2026 (opens the original)
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A financing mechanism that gained traction among private equity firms in recent years has cooled off in 2026. Fading optimism about the exit market could, however, spark a turnaround in the final months of the year. Dividend recapitalizations, in which companies borrow money to pay dividends to shareholders, are down roughly 40% year-over-year, according to data from PitchBook-LCD. Recaps financed through the US broadly syndicated loan market, by some distance the largest capital source for thes
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