Canada’s LMM Poised for Record Deal Activity in 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic created a historic level of acquisition and investment opportunity across North America’s LMM. The story for Canadian…
Aerospace & Defense M&A: A Shifting Global Landscape [Virtual Roundtable] M&A activity in the aerospace and defense industry reached new heights in 2021. Recent data from PwC revealed that there…
Buyers Far From Risky: SaaS as a Safe Haven for LMM Investors Specialization has always offered private equity firms an edge in the private capital markets. Bain & Company’s 2022 Global Private…
Buyers SEC Rule Changes in the Air for Private Equity The Securities and Exchange Commission recently voted to propose new rules amending the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to increase…
Software M&A State of the Union [Virtual Roundtable] The public markets have been a rollercoaster of volatility so far this year. The cocktail of geopolitical tensions, inflation, and…
Lower Middle Market Pursuits: 2022 Deal Pipelines Set to Refill In October, we introduced a new metric – the pursuit rate – to complement existing data that buyers and sellers…
The Case for Healthcare M&A in 2022 [Virtual Roundtable] Earlier this week, we sat down with 5 healthcare-focused Axial members (all recently named to Axial’s 2021 Healthcare Top 50…
With the Supply Chain in Turmoil, Deal Making Gets Creative The tumultuous state of the global supply chain seemed to be a blessing for one American auto parts company. With…
The Lower Middle Market’s New Inflation Hedges As the inflation threat looms, bringing with it the prospect of rising rates, Axial explores three areas where dealmakers may…
