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.