A strategic buyer paying about $3.5bn for a sponsor-owned data business would rank among the year's larger realisations. In a market short of exits, it shows quality assets can still clear.

The Fund's October report gives private credit a full chapter and flags leverage, opacity and untested liquidity as amplifiers of any downturn. It lands as G20 officials meet and the FSB lists the sector as a systemic risk.

A $1.2bn expansion into operating solar shows infrastructure capital still flowing into renewables despite policy crosswinds in Washington.

As GP-led deals become routine, the conflicts inherent in a manager selling to itself are starting to surface in disputes. LPs weighing continuation vehicles should read the process points closely.

A mid-size public plan splits fresh money across quant, property debt and credit, a useful read on where institutions are putting new private-markets capital.

Australia's disclosure sweep of retail credit funds now reaches one of the largest managers in the asset class. US firms selling to wealth clients will be watching for a similar template at home.

Cleary maps how the SEC's retail-access proposals would work in practice, from performance fees in registered funds to a wider accredited-investor definition.

Senior hires in London show mid-market sponsors still building European deal teams through the slump.