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PE dealmakers say temporary tariff reprieve is not a green light

2 days ago | pitchbook.com | Madeline Shi |Janelle Bradley

The US and China inked a deal over the weekend to pause their steep reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, a move that buoyed financial markets and sent global stocks rallying on Monday. However, the private equity industry remained more reserved in response to the temporary truce. The 90-day framework stipulates that the US will drop the 145% tariff imposed in April to 30%, while China will lower its tariffs on US imports from 125% to 10%.
European PE funds outperform globally for two consecutive quarters

2 days ago | pitchbook.com | Emily Lai

European PE funds delivered the strongest performance globally in Q3 2024, the second quarter in a row, as they hit the highest return rate since Q2 2022. The rolling one-year IRR of European PE funds reached 14.1% in Q3 2024, up from 0.2% in the previous quarter, according to PitchBook’s latest Global Fund Performance Report. The EU funds outperformed North American PE funds, which saw a 10.5% one-year IRR in the period.
Blackstone to take AI specialist TaskUs private for $2B

5 days ago | pitchbook.com | Janelle Bradley

Blackstone and the co-founders of TaskUs have agreed to take private the Texas-based provider of outsourced AI services in a deal valued at $2 billion, advancing the asset manager’s investments in AI. Blackstone’s plans to pull TaskUs off of Nasdaq come amid a rise in Q1 take-private activity, with overall deal value jumping 24.6% quarter-over-quarter as PE firms capitalize on public market volatility, according to PitchBook’s latest PE Breakdown.
Love, loss and leverage: How PE assets are untangled in high-stakes divorces

5 days ago | pitchbook.com | Leah Hodgson

PE has become an increasingly attractive asset class for high-net-worth individuals, and firms are putting in a lot of effort to draw them in. But with greater exposure comes greater complexity, especially when it comes to dividing assets in a divorce. Unlike traditional investments, PE holdings are often illiquid, difficult to value and bound by restrictive partnership agreements.
Brookfield put venture capital funds 'out to pasture' after real estate losses, lawsuit claims

5 days ago | pitchbook.com | Rosie Bradbury

Brookfield Asset Management‘s former head of venture investing, Josh Raffaelli, has accused the firm in a new lawsuit of misleading LPs, backtracking on capital commitments and putting its venture strategy “out to pasture.”The suit, which also accuses Brookfield of wrongful termination, offers a rare public glimpse into a senior investor’s dispute with a former employer.
Could AI ever be an early-stage VC? It's already replacing their associates.

5 days ago | pitchbook.com | Rosie Bradbury

Andreessen Horowitz‘s Marc Andreessen ruffled feathers last week when he claimed that the early-stage VC will be one of the last jobs not done by AI agents. “There’s an intangibility to it, there’s a taste aspect, the human relationship aspect, the psychology [...] and when the AIs are doing everything else, that may be one of the last remaining fields that people are still doing,” he said. Putting aside the obvious self-importance and major holes in his argument, is he right?
SQ Capital shoots for $1B first-time secondaries fund

5 days ago | pitchbook.com | Jessica Hamlin

Mustafa Siddiqui’s secondaries firm, SQ Capital, is seeking roughly $1 billion for its first fund, capitalizing on an uptick in LP interest for exposure to the asset class, Buyouts reported. The former global head of Blackstone’s GP stakes strategy launched the firm in January to buy into both LP-led and GP-led transactions in the US and Europe, focusing on assets from middle-market funds between $350 million and $10 billion.
Astorg nets €600M financing for acquisition of Solabia

5 days ago | pitchbook.com | Francesca Ficai |Nishant Sharma

Astorg’s acquisition of biotechnology ingredients provider Solabia was supported by financing from Goldman Sachs and Arcmont, according to market sources. The lenders provided a roughly €600 million financing package, priced at around E+475 bps, with a 99 OID. The financing includes a unitranche loan of around €410-415 million and a holdco PIK facility of roughly €100 million. There is also an undrawn facility, sources added. The lenders refinanced an existing loan with new seven-year portable debt.
Q2 2025 PitchBook Analyst Note: Takeaways From the 2025 LSX World Congress | PitchBook

5 days ago | pitchbook.com

Sessions at the 11th Annual LSX World Congress focused on key trends shaping the European healthtech landscape, including efficiency in capital deployment and startup strategic partnerships.
West Virginia University's new CIO is starting at a 'difficult time to allocate' endowment capital

6 days ago | pitchbook.com | Jessica Hamlin

West Virginia University’s endowment has a new chief investor whose recent track record of beating Ivy League returns may help the portfolio navigate liquidity constraints. On Thursday, the WVU Foundation named Jim Bethea its VP of investment and chief investment officer. Bethea, who has overseen investment at the University of Iowa Center for Advancement since 2010, will succeed West Virginia’s long-time CIO, Rick Kraich.