Private Equity investment globally reached $537 billion between July and September, up on the same period last year.
A new report from KPMG shows that 4,062 deals were completed during the period, down slightly on the third quarter of 2024.
However, it states that the buoyant deal value reflects the growing focus of PE investors on large, high-quality deals.
At the end of September, global PE investment stood at $1.5 trillion for 2025.
According to the report, this looks set to exceed the investment levels seen over the last three years.
The US accounted for the vast majority of the third quarter total at $300.1 billion across 1,791 deals.
Meanwhile, the EMA region saw $178.3 billion in PE investment across 1,736 deals during the three month period.
"In Ireland, similar to other markets, after a strong start to 2025 deal volumes have been slower through the summer," said Gavin Sheehan, Partner, Deal Advisory at KPMG in Ireland.
"However as we head towards the end of the year and into 2026, improving macroeconomic conditions, including declining interest rates and a level of clarity around tariffs, are driving a positive investment sentiment.
"Reflecting the strength of the Irish economy, private equity interest continues to be particularly strong across a broad range of sectors including data centre infrastructure and related services, software businesses, aviation leasing and financial services," he added.
