2025 was supposed to be the year PE put deals in play. We had all the right conditions: a record amount of dry powder, a backlog of assets needing to be sold, and a past-patient group of LPs ready for returns. But then disruptions hit — rates spiked, wars flared, tariff turbulence rose, and geopolitical risk rippled across markets. Sponsors pressed pause on deals. For portfolio companies, that pause means longer-than-expected hold periods. But for the right CFOs, it also means an opportunity.
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