2026 European Private Equity Market and Talent Outlook Report

European Private Equity is entering 2026 with cautious confidence and a renewed focus on discipline. While sentiment is gradually improving and firms are actively planning for the next cycle, deployment remains selective.

Valuation discipline, fundraising dynamics, and exit visibility continue to shape decision making, reinforcing a clear “buy right” mindset across the market. High quality assets are attracting sustained interest, but pricing gaps and longer decision cycles remain a defining feature of the current environment.

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This report brings together insights from Pearse Partners’ Private Equity Roundtable events, proprietary market surveys, and direct dialogue we’ve had with private equity professionals across Europe.

It provides a data driven snapshot of market conditions and talent trends, capturing insights from Associates to Partners, to reveal how European private equity firms are strategically and organisationally positioning themselves for 2026.

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