Webinar | Q3 2026 European Private Market Webinar
On Thursday, September 10, 2026, Lincoln International hosted its Q3 2026 European webinar, featuring expert perspectives on the trends shaping private equity and private credit markets. Our professionals shared insights into the underlying health of portfolio companies and the overall state of the market, including leverage levels and the latest insights into the software sector.
The discussion drew from the new Lincoln Lens portal, which encompasses more than 7,000 portfolio company valuations and an incremental 2,500 asset-backed finance investments, valued as of Q2 2026. Our Capital Advisory Group also shared recently observed financing terms.
The Lincoln team shared its perspective on how:
- The average rate of overall growth has reduced slightly in recent months
- More companies are showing particularly weak performance, indicating pressure at the edges of the market
- Credit metrics are trending, including covenants and payment-in-kind (PIK) interest
- The health of the overall market is trending, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volume, loan volume, leverage levels and market pricing
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Summary
- On Thursday, September 10, 2026, Lincoln International hosted its Q3 2026 European webinar on the trends shaping private equity and private credit markets: the underlying health of portfolio companies and the overall state of the market, including leverage levels and the latest insights into the software sector, drawing on the new Lincoln Lens portal, which covers more than 7,000 portfolio company valuations and 2,500 asset-backed finance investments as of Q2 2026.
