Welcome to the October edition of Axial's Lower Middle Market Digest, your source of news, people moves, deal announcements, and all things newsworthy in the LMM. Click here to join the distribution list for this newsletter, sent on the first Friday of every month. You can also follow along on ...

Despite having a record amount of capital for investment, private equity firms continue to raise new funds. U.S. private equity firms raised $191 billion in the first nine months of 2019, nearly as much as in all of 2018, according to a report by research firm Pitchbook. This increased the amount raised by ...

Effective deal sourcing requires a careful combination of strategy, outreach, data, prioritization, emotional intelligence, and hard work. There are nearly 1,000 active financial advisors in the middle market today, according to Sutton Place Strategies. Building and maintaining effective relationships with ...