This edition of DealMarket's PE news digest casts an eye over the deal of the week - Blackstone's USD 2bn investment in Vivint - while also looking at dealmaking risks and how to manage them, and including Preqin's research on buyout funds still looking for an exit.

This edition of DealMarket's PE news digest looks at Europe's most influential PE fund managers, the interest shown in the US real estate sector by wealth managers, and Apax's CAD 1.1 billion buyout of Garda World Security.

While global merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity has declined by almost a quarter (22%) to USD 929.4bn in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year, M&A activity targeting the world’s key growth markets has surged by 10% to USD 86.2bn (up from USD 79bn), according to a new analysis by international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

In this edition of the Private Equity Spotlight, Preqin takes a look at growth in distressed private equity and investigates the Asian investor universe, as well as providing industry news from across the globe.

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