From Blackstone's $5 billion AI infrastructure joint venture with Google to KKR's pursuit of DCC and a $21 billion healthcare mega-merger, this week's private equity deals signal a market pivoting toward AI infrastructure, healthcare consolidation, and selective dealmaking.

EQT submits a final 10.6 billion offer for Intertek, Blackstone acquires Skroutz from CVC. Weekly analysis of private equity deals 2026 for CGPs and family offices.

Weekly private equity deals 2026 review: Apollo completes Prosol acquisition, THL Partners closes $6.35B fund, Yahoo refinances at 11% yield, and EQT raises record $15.6B Asia fund.

This week's top private equity deals 2026: Cinven & Advent's €29.4B TK Elevator exit to Kone, Apollo/Blackstone/KKR's $15B race for Shell's LNG Canada stake, Lazard's Campbell Lutyens buy, and more key moves for CGPs and family offices.

Apollo acquires 40% of Pembina Gas Infrastructure from KKR. Blackstone-backed Jersey Mike’s files for $12B IPO. EQT closes Asia’s largest PE fund at $15.6B. Senior plc, Learfield, Hologic, and more.

CD&R completes $10.3B Sealed Air take-private at 41% premium, Thoma Bravo winds down growth equity to refocus on buyouts, and Adams Street closes record $7.5B credit fund. Plus: KKR invests $820M in Samsung SDS. Your weekly PE deal review.

Blackstone & TPG close the $17B Hologic take-private, Hg completes $6.4B OneStream deal, and Senior plc agrees to $1.9B buyout. Plus: Mercer closes $3.8B fund. Your weekly PE deal review.

From EA's record-shattering $55 billion LBO debt demand to TK Elevator's potential €25 billion exit and Ardian's $30 billion secondaries fund, this week reshaped the private equity landscape.

In a more demanding cycle, the difference is made less by the narrative… and more by asset quality, execution capability, and operational value creation. Healthcare ticks all these boxes: demand is structural, needs are long-lasting, and innovation (services, data, patient pathways, medtech, diagnostic tools) continues to reshape the sector. As a result, healthcare remains a natural playing field for specialized private markets strategies provided one is selective.

Wealth management is currently undergoing a profound transformation. Changing client expectations, the growing importance of alternative assets, accelerated digitalization, and generational wealth transfer are all challenging the traditional wealth management model.

The Article 150-0 B ter tax regime plays a central role in wealth planning strategies related to business sales in France. As the 2026 Finance Act may reshape its framework, this tax mechanism remains, for now, a particularly powerful tool to defer capital gains taxation and redirect capital toward private market investments, directly supporting the real economy.