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Private Equity Eyes Defence: A New Investment Frontier

May 19, 2025
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Private equity firms target defence assets once seen as toxic

After decades on the sidelines, private equity firms are aggressively moving into the defence sector, seeing it as a new frontier for investment amid rising global tensions. The once–shunned arms industry – long avoided by PE over ethical concerns and slow growth – is now viewed as ripe with opportunity as governments ramp up military spending. “As Euro…

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