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August 4, 2026 Williams Acquires EnCap Flatrock-Backed Momentum Midstream for $5.5B August 4, 2026 Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners Raises $5.4B for Direct Lending Fund August 4, 2026 MeridianLink Purchases Credit Mountain August 4, 2026 Frazier & Deeter Purchases Gray, Gray & Gray August 4, 2026 Clearlake’s PrimeSource Brands Acquires Starborn Industries August 3, 2026 AstraZeneca Reportedly Held $400B Bristol Myers Merger Talks August 3, 2026 PE-Backed Adams Outdoor Advertising Acquires Barnes Advertising and Oliver Outdoor August 3, 2026 Ilitch Gaming Takes Full Ownership of Ocean Casino Resort August 3, 2026 3i-Backed Regional Rail Buys Massachusetts Central Railroad August 3, 2026 MetLife Investment Management Closes $1.2B PE Partners Fund III August 3, 2026 American Family Purchases Bowhead Specialty Holdings in $1.2 Billion Take-Private Deal August 3, 2026 Visa Acquires BioCatch From Permira for $2.4B August 3, 2026 KKR Buys Integer Holdings in $5.7B Take-Private Deal August 3, 2026 THL Partners Backs PaveMasters August 3, 2026 Adams Street Closes $2.7B Global Secondary Fund 8 August 3, 2026 Paceline Equity Partners Promotes Jonathan Rosen to Partner August 3, 2026 McNally Capital Invests in TENICA Global Solutions August 3, 2026 Riata-Backed COEO Solutions Purchases NetWolves Network Services August 3, 2026 KKR Closes Record $19.2B Global Infra Fund V August 3, 2026 Z Squared Acquires Paradox Data August 3, 2026 InfraRed Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Rail Modal Group August 3, 2026 Bally’s Completes Acquisition of Sam’s Town Shreveport August 3, 2026 Brookfield and Cameco-Backed Westinghouse Electric Files for IPO July 31, 2026 BARK Appoints Anya Hamill as CFO July 31, 2026 D.A. Davidson Expands Equity Capital Markets Leadership with John Baumgartner July 31, 2026 Vista Equity Partners Purchases Quantios from Hg July 31, 2026 48North Partners Expands Los Angeles Team with Five New Hires July 31, 2026 Kingswood Closes $4B Across Fund IV and Inaugural Small-Cap Fund July 31, 2026 Rise Baking Company Acquires Jimmy’s Gourmet Bakery July 31, 2026 Platinum Equity Invests in LMPG July 31, 2026 AEA-Backed Meritus Gas Partners Acquires Metroplex Welding Supply July 31, 2026 Alma Bank Purchases American Community Bank July 31, 2026 Bank of America Buys MDSec Consulting July 31, 2026 Group 1 Automotive Acquires Hennessy Automobile Companies July 31, 2026 Blue Sea Capital Extends One Physics Investment Through CV July 31, 2026 Hamilton Lane Backs Cynosure Partners’ CV for Savant Wealth Management July 31, 2026 Inverness Graham Invests in ShipSigma July 31, 2026 Madison River Capital Invests in Nexus Power July 30, 2026 Insight Partners-Backed Tricentis Acquires Tabnine July 30, 2026 ANV Completes Acquisition of Open Lending July 30, 2026 Pantheon Closes $3.2B Global Co-Investment Fund VI July 30, 2026 TIFF Investment Management Closes $300M PE Direct Fund V July 30, 2026 Blackstone Acquires DarkVision Technologies from Koch Engineered Solutions July 30, 2026 OceanSound-Backed Certerra RMA Group Buys Testing Engineers July 30, 2026 Truelink Capital Acquires JT Thorpe from H.I.G. 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Growth Backs Rewind Software July 29, 2026 Wind Point Closes Oversubscribed $3.2B Fund XI July 29, 2026 Carson Group Partners with Doyle and Loughman Wealth Management July 29, 2026 New Mountain-Backed Grant Thornton Acquires CBIZ in $5B Deal July 29, 2026 Expand Energy Acquires Twin Eagle from Five Point Infrastructure for $1.25B July 29, 2026 Branford-Backed Lafayette Instrument Purchases Avisoft Bioacoustics July 29, 2026 TA Associates Backs Oxane Partners July 29, 2026 GTCR Closes $1.25B Inaugural Capital Solutions Fund July 29, 2026 Bain Capital, Tillman Global Make $1.5B Investment in Eaton Fiber July 29, 2026 Xylem Acquires EagleTree-Backed WaterFleet for $200M July 29, 2026 Doctronic Purchases Summer Health July 29, 2026 Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Purchases Southland Fire & Safety Equipment July 29, 2026 OpenGate Capital Acquires Knorr-Bremse’s Merak July 29, 2026 Providence Equity Partners Backs THE•TEAM July 29, 2026 S＆P Global Buys datacenterHawk from Leeds Equity July 29, 2026 Bloomberg Acquires Canoe Intelligence July 29, 2026 Tower Arch Capital Recaps Boxzooka eFulfillment July 29, 2026 FIFA Reportedly Explores Sale of Minority Stake in New $20B Commercial Entity July 28, 2026 T. 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July 28, 2026 BC Partners Buys Co-Control Stake in InfoRLife July 28, 2026 Mutares Buys Stellantis’ Free2move Car-Sharing Business July 28, 2026 Lattice Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of AMI July 28, 2026 Nexus Acquires Telemetrix RPM July 28, 2026 TPG Reportedly Eyes Acquisition of Netrality Data Centers From Macquarie July 27, 2026 Report: CVC Leads Race for TPG’s Stake in APM Monaco July 27, 2026 Bridgepoint Buys Majority Stake in Lansweeper July 27, 2026 PGIM Acquires Remaining Stake in Deerpath Capital July 27, 2026 Milliman Acquires Blue Water MSR Valuation from Apex Analytics July 27, 2026
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Claire’s Sells Majority of NA Business to Ames Watson
August 21, 2025 | Cassidy Cavanagh |

Ames Watson, a private holding company with over $2 billion in revenue, owns retail brands such as Lids and Champion Teamwear.

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