December 2025 – Page 4 – Finance Updates

M&A Outlook 2026: Rising Deal Value, Tech & Media on Fire, but Mid-Market & Rules Pose Hurdles

Global and U.S. M&A rebounded sharply in 2025...

Forecasts see U.S. deal volumes over $100 mil...

Technology/AI, media & telecom, healthcare, i...

Lower rates, ample PE capital, and narrowing ...

How Metalmark’s 2018 Investment Transformed Host’s Maritime Infrastructure

Americas M&A Construction

Metalmark Capital made a strategic private eq...

Founder Adam Anderson and the Host family ret...

Host aims to redevelop Avondale into a multim...

The deal gives Metalmark exposure to infrastr...

Fortunoff-Lord & Taylor Deal: How Retail, Private Equity, and Risk Rewrote a Turnaround

Americas M&A Retail Trade

In early 2008, NRDC Equity Partners (owner of...

The deal included about US$100 million of new...

Fortunoff entered the deal with shrinking sal...

Despite the capital infusion and integration ...

Why Metalmark’s $1.5B Fund Signals a Strategic Shift in Middle-Market Buyouts

Americas M&A Retail Trade

Metalmark Capital is seeking $1.5 billion for...

The smaller target indicates a strategic scal...

Metalmark focuses on founder- and family-owne...

The firm has completed 76 investments and 52 ...

EL Pollo Loco: 18-Year Private Equity Exit Leaves Investors Questioning Value

Americas M&A Retail Trade

Trimaran Capital has fully exited its El Poll...

Despite system-wide sales rising about 74% to...

Recent results show modest revenue growth, re...

The stock trades at a discount to industry va...

AUA Private Equity’s $525M Fund III: Gains Momentum With Hispanic Consumer Wins & 34.5% IRR

Americas M&A Retail Trade

AUA Private Equity is targeting $525 million ...

Strong Fund II performance, including a rough...

Fund III will pursue control and growth inves...

The strategy centers on Hispanic-oriented and...

Trilantic Europe’s €425M Bet: Gransolar’s Vertically Integrated Solar Ambitions

Europe M&A Utilities

Trilantic Europe is acquiring a 60% stake in ...

Gransolar operates globally across the solar ...

Uría Menéndez, Latham & Watkins and EY Abogad...

The investment supports Gransolar’s internati...

Quickparts Deal Signals Shift in AM: Strategizing Around Scale, Margins & Private Equity

Americas M&A Information

Trilantic North America acquired 3D Systems’ ...

Quickparts operates five facilities in North ...

The deal allows 3D Systems to refocus capital...

Quickparts is pursuing a mixed manufacturing ...

Trilantic Energy Partners II: $500M Fund’s Strategy, Risk & Renewable Blend

Americas Risk Utilities

Trilantic Capital Partners launched Trilantic...

The fund follows Trilantic Energy Partners I,...

Fund II aimed to focus on long-duration, capi...

The launch reflected confidence in energy inf...

Trilantic North America Fund VII Reorients: Moves From Energy to Consumer & Business Services

Americas M&A Retail Trade

Trilantic North America is targeting a modest...

The firm spun out its energy team into separa...

Fund VII aims at mid-market, founder-led cont...

Trilantic’s prior non-energy portfolios in Fu...