Financial Sponsors Trends Report: Market Recap & 2025 Outlook

Financial Sponsors

2025 Expected PE Surge: Deal Momentum, IPO Reopenings, and $1 Trillion Dry Powder Fuel Growth

Building on the improved deal activity seen in the latter half of 2024, Solomon anticipates further activity in 2025. Key tailwinds supporting a sustained recovery in dealmaking for 2025 include:

  • Strengthening macroeconomic conditions
  • Reopening of the IPO market
  • Regulatory easing and potential tax reform
  • Continued increase in US PE dry powder

Discover more PE market trends, our Tech coverage spotlight, and an exclusive Q&A with Riviera Partners in our Financial Sponsors‘ year-end update and outlook.

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