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Private equity deal and exit counts fall to lowest since Q3 2021, Schroders Capital finds

By IAN Editorial Desk
13 September 2026·Updated 14 September 2026·3 min read
Primary source: schroders.com

Deal value held up on large transactions, but breadth across dealmaking and exits narrowed sharply in the second quarter.

Schroders Capital found private equity deal count and exit count both falling to their lowest levels since the third quarter of 2021 in the second quarter of 2026, even as deal value held up on a run of large transactions. For an allocator the three numbers to take from the release are entry pricing, exit liquidity and the supply of…

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