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Europe faces software loan test; Blue Owl, solid or liquid?; PE consumer deals slide; early-stage fund math keeps getting trickier
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The Europe Pitch
Your edge on global private capital markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
 
Good afternoon. Welcome back to The Europe Pitch, PitchBook's newsletter for the EMEA region.

Ares is preparing to bring its sports investing strategy to Europe with a new opportunities fund aimed at wealthy individuals—highlighting the convergence of two private capital trends: sports as an investable asset class and the industry’s push into private-wealth capital. More below