Private Equity 8 Hours

Last updated: September 16, 2026, 6:01 AM ET

Brookfield's Take-Private

Brookfield has agreed a $2.8bn deal to take Reliance Worldwide private, the largest transaction in today's batch. The plumbing and heating products manufacturer operates across several continents, and the take-private marks a significant bet on resilient building-products demand.

Mid-Market Deals

Adelis Equity Partners has taken a majority stake in Newground, a consultancy alliance bringing together 15 specialist firms with more than 300 consultants. Main Capital Partners acquired a majority position in Boxwise, a Dutch warehouse management software provider serving around 240 customers.

Bolt-On Activity

Pollen Street-backed Order YOYO has completed a bolt-on acquisition of Dutch payments firm Cashdesk, which supplies white label software and payments technology including point-of-sale systems. QPE-backed Canford Group has acquired PDC Group, a specialist in debt recovery and legal services for landlords, to form a legal services platform.

Value Creation Playbook

Providence Equity's Andrew Tisdale and Robert Sudo have shared their playbooks for ATG, Hyve and Closer Still, emphasising category leadership, resilience through disruption and technology investment as core value-creation levers.

Climate Investing Shift

Climate investors are moving beyond carbon accounting, according to a new impact investing playbook that signals a broader reassessment of how funds measure and price environmental outcomes.

Risk Appetite

William Jalloul, CEO of Flowpay, has argued that defaults are a necessary signal of adequate risk-taking, offering a counterpoint to lenders that have tightened underwriting standards in the current rate environment.