A sponsor-backed software group paying cash to take a listed data-security name private shows large tech buyouts remain financeable. It also marks where sponsors expect durable demand.

A ratings-agency warning on BDC loan quality adds to the stress signals building as retail money keeps flowing into the structure.

A board-endorsed take-private of a listed national waste operator is among the year's largest infrastructure buyouts, and a vote of confidence in essential-services cash flows.

A continuation vehicle anchored by three heavyweight secondaries buyers underlines how CVs have become a core liquidity route for mid-market sponsors.

A jump in monthly fundraising, led by a rebound in buyout capital, is an encouraging read on LP appetite after a soft stretch.

A fresh joint regulator statement on marking illiquid holdings raises the valuation bar for advisers running private credit and equity.

A detailed read of the SEC's retail-access package helps judge how sweeping the proposed overhaul of alternatives rules would really be.

A leadership handover at a very large private-markets manager and data provider matters for how one of the industry's biggest allocators is steered.