Private Equity Does Your PE Firm Need a PR Agency? When the private equity industry first got started, reporters (and the public at large) paid little attention. Our industry began…
Private Equity 4 Predictions for Cannabis Investing in 2018 “The legal cannabis industry is among the fastest-growing markets in the United States,” says Harrison Phillips, vice president at Viridian…
Private Equity The New Class of Independent Sponsors Today, independent sponsors are a proven asset class in the middle market. Ten or twenty years ago, however, it was…
Private Equity 3 Types of Complexity That Will Kill a Company: A Q&A with Mangrove Equity Partners A recurring theme in this frothy market is that picture-perfect companies are hard to find and heavily bid-up when they…
Advisors Consolidation Craze Hits Boutique Banks Once Again In today’s competitive M&A environment, private equity firms and strategic acquirers are hungry for deals. At the same time, they…
Buyers Corp Dev Professional Sam Tsui on Acquisitions at Microsoft vs. in the Middle Market Sam Tsui is senior advisor to Chinese performance marketing company Westwin, where he focuses on sourcing and executing on acquisitions.…
Lenders New BDC Rule Aims to Level Playing Field At the end of March, President Trump signed a bill that gives business development companies (BDCs) access to additional capital…
Buyers 3 Keys to Success for Infrequent Acquirers There’s good news and bad news for middle market companies looking to acquire a business for the first time. The…
Business Owners Search Funds: The New Path to Entrepreneurship No generation has had the impact on small business creation that the baby boomers have had over the past 50…
