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Brookfield gathers $125bn war chest as CEO sees recession [buyout/ takeover]

Brookfield Asset Management’s earnings declined as volatile markets weighed on valuations of private assets, but the firm says it’s still on track for its biggest year of fundraising ever....

KKR Vies With Cellnex for $14bn Vodafone Tower Arm [Private Equity Insights]

KKR & Co. is seen as the party to beat as it competes with Cellnex Telecom SA in the final race for a stake in Vodafone Group Plc’s towers unit, people with knowledge of the matter said....

Private Equity Firms Will Trigger a Rebound in M&A Soon [Mergers & Acquisitions – a leading source for M&A analysis]

Ninety-five percent of CEOs say they failed to complete or canceled a planned M&A deal over the past 12 months. That’s according to EY’s latest global CEO Outlook Pulse Survey. EY’s analysts...

Apollo Global Management: no fear of the market’s fire [Financial Times – Private equity ]

Investment manager’s latest deals highlight shift to become lender and purchaser of credit Source Author: unknown

Thoma Bravo and Sunstone to take UserTesting private for $1.3bn [PE Hub]

When the deal closes, UserTesting will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Source Author: Iris Dorbian

Survey shows UK PE investors overwhelmingly targeting public assets [buyout/ takeover]

Mid-market private equity investors in the UK are overwhelmingly looking to deploy their dry powder in deals for London-listed companies as public market valuations take a hit. Source Author:...