Private Equity

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Latest News in Private Equity

  • September 30, 2026

    Ex-Verint Directors Sued Over Allegedly Undervalued Sale

    A former shareholder of customer service software company Verint Systems Inc. has accused several of the company's former directors of allowing shareholders to approve an undervalued sale of the company to private equity firm Thoma Bravo last year.

  • September 30, 2026

    NYC Tenants Claim PE Firm Illegally Overcharged Rent

    A proposed class of New York City rent-stabilized tenants alleged Wednesday that they were illegally overcharged for rent while living in 19 Manhattan and Brooklyn residential properties operated by real estate private equity firm PH Realty Capital LLC.

  • September 30, 2026

    Ropes & Gray-Led Audax Clinches New Fund With $10B

    Audax Private Debt said Wednesday it has closed its third direct-lending fund with $10 billion in tow.

  • September 30, 2026

    3rd Circ. Probes Payment Recipients In Fund's $100M Tax Row

    A Third Circuit panel examined dealer-and-customer relations under accounting rules governing their transactions on Wednesday to determine whether the Internal Revenue Service was right to slap a $100 million tax bill against a Cayman Islands hedge fund for payments tied to U.S. portfolio companies.

  • September 30, 2026

    Latham-Led Stride Wraps $550M Sophomore Fund

    Stride Consumer Partners, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, announced Wednesday that it has closed its second fund with $550 million in tow.

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Private Equity

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  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Private equity deals valued at $50MM or more
  • Venture capital investments of $25MM or more
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