Middle-market deals accounted for 70.8% of US private equity buyouts by count in 2025, yet the companies behind them rarely make headlines. This article explores what defines the middle market, why founder-led businesses and grounded valuations attract investors, and how professionalisation, scale, talent and add-on acquisitions can drive value creation.

Infrastructure spans energy, transport, utilities, digital and social assets, many generating long-term, predictable income supported by regulation or contracts. This article explains how investors can access the asset class, the revenue models behind operational assets, why many large institutions hold it as a core allocation, and the stage-dependent risks involved.

From healthcare and retail to hospitality and education, consumer services shape much of daily economic life. This primer looks at what the asset class covers, how large it is, why private equity investors sharply re-engaged with consumer-facing sectors in 2025, and the sub-sector risks investors may need to weigh carefully.

Private credit has a vocabulary of its own. This guide explains some of the key terms, from first lien and unitranche to PIK interest, OID and holdco versus opco debt, showing how each reflects where debt sits in the capital structure, how lenders are paid, and how risk is shared.