Higher interest rates and evolving market conditions have fundamentally altered private equity deal-making. Bain Capital's 2026 global private equity report signifies that "12 is the new five," suggesting that today's deals now require a faster EBITDA expansion than in the past. • State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust stock is showing positive momentum. What’s next for SPY stock?Delivering that level of performance calls for a more disciplined value creation strategy and a data-driven competitive advantage, t ...

Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ announcement last April sent the stock market into a meltdown - Al Drago/Getty Images Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil has triggered the worst run for private equity since the financial crisis, with the industry returning fewer profits to investors for the fourth year running. Private equity firms distributed 14pc of their net asset value to investors for the second year in a row in 2025, according to a new report from Bain & Co, the management consultancy. This is down from ...

This story was originally published on CFO.com. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily CFO.com newsletter. For private equity, 2025 was a year of longer hold periods and fewer but bigger deals, and some observers say that may well be a “new normal” for the industry. Last year, total private equity deal value hit $2.6 trillion globally, up 19% over 2024, according to McKinsey & Company’s Global Private Markets 2026 report released last week. That marked the second-highest value o ...