Despite the strong exit environment, research shows that private equity firms are holding on to their portfolio companies longer than ever. According to Bain & Company’s 2018 Global Private Equity Report, holding periods are up substantially from a decade ago. In their 2017 report, Bain noted that holding ...

Babette Henagan is the co-founder of private equity firm Linx Partners. She's been in the business since before the term "private equity" even took hold, and has watched the arc of the industry through multiple economic cycles and evolutions. MMR: What made you jump into private equity in the first ...

via GIPHY The M&A market as a whole remains white hot and the lower middle market is no exception. Sellers are undoubtedly benefiting from today’s strong market conditions. “The market is as robust as it’s ever been. We are seeing high valuations. Average purchase price multiples are at at an ...