14 Nov, 2024 The Long-Anticipated Rebound in Private Equity Dealmaking By Alex Shahidi Starting with an uptick in deal activity over the summer, there are more and more signs daily that 2025 is poised to be a busy year in...
12 Nov, 2024 M&A in 2025: A Perfect Storm of Opportunity By Tony Doesburg The recovery of M&A activity is just beginning, and there are several compelling reasons to be optimistic about what’s ahead. With the...
08 Nov, 2024 PE Continues to Evolve and Enhance the Add-On Acquisition Process to Maximize Returns By Tony Doesburg By now, most of us involved in private equity scenarios are well aware of the significant upside potential that add-on acquisitions can...
04 Nov, 2024 The Fed May Have Actually Pulled Off a Soft Landing By Alex Shahidi It's becoming more likely that the US Federal Reserve has managed an elusive soft landing, with overall inflation back near the Fed's...
04 Nov, 2024 Private Equity Poised for an Active 2025; Corporate Dealmaking Trends Unclear By Rick Gonzalez After historic, post-pandemic private equity activity from Q3 2020 through Q3 2022, the last two years have been marked by an extended...
01 Nov, 2024 In Defense Planning, Shipping Is the Achilles Heel for the American Military By David Nolletti Brigadier General John J. Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War I once famously said, “Infantry wins battles,...
01 Nov, 2024 The Continuing Rise of Private Credit By Alex Shahidi Private credit has seen significant growth, and as M&A activity has resumed in the back half of 2024 and is expected to continue into...
29 Oct, 2024 Investors Take Note as US Latinos' Economic Output Reaches $3.6 Trillion By Jabier Arbeloa If the US economic output of Latinos were a country, it would rank as the fifth-largest economy globally, surpassing both India and the...
28 Oct, 2024 Digital Transformation of Diligence Enhancing M&A By Tony Doesburg In today’s environment of high capital costs, the scrutiny of potential buyers has significantly intensified. Financial leaders must...
21 Oct, 2024 Could Changes to New Merger Rules Hurt Private Equity Firms' Ability to Transact? By Hamish de Freitas While the newly approved changes to US merger rules will require more information to be collected and shared with regulators than ever...
18 Oct, 2024 Robust Dealmaking Pipeline Headlines Q3 Bank Earnings By Tony Doesburg Two years ago, the major banks kicked off Q3 earnings season with some very troubling forecasts, which rattled the equity markets,...
18 Oct, 2024 Science Fiction Is No Longer Fiction Thanks to SpaceX By David Nolletti SpaceX continues to revolutionize space exploration and push the boundaries of the possible, blurring the lines that distinguish fiction...
15 Oct, 2024 Manufacturing Construction Spending Has Tripled Since 2020 By Jabier Arbeloa A convergence of geopolitical and demographic trends, policy shifts, and regional conflicts has driven accelerated industrial growth in...
14 Oct, 2024 Golden Age of Private Credit Moves into Asset-Based Loans (ABLs) By Paul Share It is an attractive time to be a private lender—if you have the dry powder to take advantage of the next opportunity! For years, private...
14 Oct, 2024 Middle-Market Private Equity Exits Increasing By Alex Shahidi Along with increasing buy-side activity in middle-market private equity, recent analysis from Capital IQ shows middle-market private...
09 Oct, 2024 Value Creation Is Paramount During Longer Private Equity Hold Periods By Alex Shahidi A great deal has been written recently about private equity hold periods being longer during the past two to three years than...