Partners Group Caps $8.6B Fund as Q2 Gates Spread to PE
Partners Group gated its $8.6B Global Value SICAV after 9.8% redemption requests, dragging Blackstone, KKR and Apollo lower as BCRED also tightens back to its 5% cap.
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Crescent Capital Closes Record $10.8B Direct Lending Fund
Crescent’s CDL Fund IV closed at $10.8B in investable capital — more than double its 2022 predecessor — as Apollo and Ares cap BDC redemptions.
Triton Buys Flender from Carlyle in PE-to-PE Wind Deal
Triton Fund 6 will take Flender, the 125-year-old German gear specialist with major wind exposure, off Carlyle’s hands in a Q4 2026 close.
Alphabet’s $80B AI Raise: Largest Stock Sale on Record
Alphabet’s $80B equity raise—$15B common, $15B convertible preferred, $10B from Berkshire, $40B ATM—is the biggest stock sale ever, all to feed AI.
Berkshire’s $6.8B Taylor Morrison Buy: Abel Era Begins
Berkshire Hathaway is buying Taylor Morrison for $72.50/share ($6.8B equity, $8.5B EV) at a 24% premium — Greg Abel’s first big deal as CEO.
Howard Davies-Led J.C. Flowers Buys Monte Paschi’s French Arm
J.C. Flowers acquires Monte Paschi’s French lending arm; Howard Davies takes the chair as BMPS streamlines post-Mediobanca.
Bitwise Debuts $259M Tokenized Crypto Carry Fund USCC
Bitwise took over Superstate’s $259M USCC tokenized fund on June 1, 2026, bringing the crypto basis trade onchain as tokenized RWAs hit $31.8B.
Cognition Hits $26B in $1B Series D; Devin ARR Reaches $492M
Cognition raised $1B at a $26B post-money valuation — 2.5x its September 2025 mark — as Devin’s ARR reached $492M with enterprise usage up 50% monthly.
Cat Bonds Hit Record $69.9B as Hurricane Season Opens
Cat bond market enters 2026 Atlantic hurricane season at a record $69.9B outstanding, with $15.5B issued YTD as NOAA forecasts a below-normal season.
June 2026 IPO Wave: 7 Deals Worth $4.7B Hit Calendar
Seven IPOs led by INNIO’s $1.9B and Quantinuum’s $1B target a combined $4.7B as the Renaissance IPO Index outpaces the S&P 500 by 11.5 points YTD.