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Macroeconomic challenges continued. If 2022 was a tale of two halves, with robust fundraising and deal activity in the first six...

The year 2023 was one of portent. Deal value fell by 37%. Exit value slid even more, by 44%. Fund-raising dropped across private capital...

Welcome to the 2023 edition of McKinsey’s annual review of private markets investing. Our ongoing research on the industry’s dynamics and...

As extraordinary and resilient as the post-Covid rally in global private equity proved to be, it was ultimately no match for the Fed...

Welcome to the 2022 edition of McKinsey’s annual review of private markets investing. Our ongoing research on the industry’s dynamics...

By just about any measure, private equity set a remarkable new standard for itself in 2021. Buyout deal value and exits shot to stunning new...