News & Analysis
Carlyle’s fight with AmEx Global shows perils of COVID-19 for dealmakers
May 14, 2020
Live coronavirus updates: Coronavirus effects on private markets
May 15, 2020
More investors eye Jio after Vista injects $1.5B
May 8, 2020
11 big things: Brick-and-mortar goes bust
May 10, 2020
KKR still hunting for deals despite $1.3B loss during Q1
May 6, 2020
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Coronavirus
Coronavirus updates (May 4-May 10): Coronavirus effects on private markets
May 8, 2020
PitchBook is providing continuing coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on the private markets. This page is updated daily.
Big Things
8 big things: Wall Street’s sporting chance
May 3, 2020
The increasing confluence of finance and sports joins profits at Instacart, a dot-org debate and a spate of SPACs in our recap of the week.
Earnings
Apollo loses $2.3B, but credit unit provides hope
May 1, 2020
Apollo Global Management reported $2.3 billion in losses in its first-quarter 2020 earnings report Friday, but its credit strategy is booming.
Politics
Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want mergers halted due to COVID-19
April 28, 2020
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation to halt large mergers and acquisitions through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, the progressive pair’s latest bid to rein in what they see as predatory behavior from private equity firms and corporations.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus updates (April 27-May 3): Coronavirus effects on private markets
May 1, 2020
PitchBook is providing continuing coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on the private markets. This page is updated daily.
Private Debt
Ask PitchBook: What’s up with distressed-debt investing?
April 27, 2020
Last week we launched “Ask PitchBook,” an invitation for readers to submit questions. We begin with a managing director at a New York-based venture capital firm who wrote to us to find out about recent fundraising in the distressed-debt market.
Big Things
10 big things: Augmented reality bites at Magic Leap
April 26, 2020
Layoffs and a strategy shift at Magic Leap join Facebook’s big bet in India, travel transactions, and woes at Chuck E. Cheese in our recap of the week.
Blackstone
Coronavirus takes toll on Blackstone’s earnings, but stock surges
April 23, 2020
Blackstone president Jonathan Gray says the firm will slow down its fundraising efforts in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.