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 ...