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An Italian IT deal involving Silver Lake and Hellman & Friedman easily topped the private market transactions we tracked today. Overall, deal activity across private equity and credit totaled just under $1 billion.

Alternative investment giants Apollo and Ares Management made it a blockbuster day with a take-private deal and a credit arrangement leading to $8.5 billion in private market activity on Thursday.

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $5.6 billion in alternative investment deals announced in the week ending Oct. 28.

The following is a compilation of the private market deal activity for the week ending June 2. Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $4.8 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period. Private equity: $2.4 billion ...