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Latest News in Private Equity
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November 04, 2025
Ex-Beneficient CEO Stole $150M From GWG, Feds Say
The former CEO of Texas financial services firm Beneficient allegedly created a fraudulent scheme to loot more than $150 million from now defunct GWG Holdings, a publicly traded company for which he served as chairman, according to a New York federal grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday.
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November 04, 2025
3 Firms Steer $1.45B Sale Of TriMas Aerospace
Engineered products maker TriMas, advised by Jones Day, on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to sell its aerospace business to Goodwin Procter LLP-advised capital markets firm Tinicum LP in a $1.45 billion all-cash deal.
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November 04, 2025
StraightPath Founders Convicted Of Massive Stock-Sale Fraud
A Manhattan federal jury found stock vendor StraightPath's three founders guilty Tuesday on charges of defrauding clients who purchased pre-initial public offering shares from them, capping a trial where prosecutors cited "overwhelming" evidence of a $400 million "web of lies."
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November 04, 2025
AI Holding Biz Beacon Software Closes $250M Funding Round
Artificial intelligence holding company Beacon Software on Tuesday announced that it wrapped its Series B funding round with $250 million in tow, bringing the company's total funding to $335 million since its founding last year.
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November 04, 2025
2 Firms Advise CBRE's $1.2B Pearce Services Deal
Real estate services firm CBRE Group Inc. announced Tuesday that it acquired Pearce Services LLC, a service provider for electromechanical infrastructure in North America, from New Mountain Capital in a $1.2 billion deal guided by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Private equity deals valued at $50MM or more
- Venture capital investments of $25MM or more
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital investments, including mezzanine and growth capital deals
- Joint ventures involving private equity firms
- Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
- Distressed investment deals
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- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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- POLICY & REGULATION
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- ENFORCEMENT
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- Second requests
- Challenges and divestitures
- Litigation
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- Shareholder disputes
- Corporate governance fights
- Poison pill challenges
- Hostile takeover disputes
- Privacy and consumer protection suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings involving private equity stakeholders
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of private equity practices
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