Advisors Breaking Down the True Value of the Middle Market When it comes to economic influence, today’s middle market is far from middling. According to a recent report from American…
Private Equity The Luxury Air Travel Industry Is Ready for Takeoff Luxury air travel is waiting for a disruption — think cell phones before the iPhone or car transport services before…
Advisors Going Legal: Opportunities and Challenges in the Cannabis Industry According to Harrison Phillips, analyst at Viridian Capital Advisors, “the legalization of cannabis is one of the greatest social, economic,…
Business Owners 5 Tips for CEOs to Handle the Impending Minimum Wage Hike With impending minimum wage increases in New York, California, and Oregon, many businesses in the middle market have been left…
Private Equity Fundless Sponsors Are on the Rise: Here’s Why Today, traditional mid-market players are facing increased competition from fundless sponsors — but also finding allies in them. Rising from…
Private Equity Complications in Co-Investments In the middle market’s crowded private equity fundraising environment, even firms with good track records sometimes struggle to entice investment…
Advisors Caution from Buyers and Sellers as Mid-Market Slowdown Continues In the midst of headlines about large-cap M&A transactions, mid-market deals often get lost in the shuffle. Transactions on the…
Advisors Amid Rising M&A, Craft Brewers’ Declarations of Independence Craft beer is undergoing an M&A boom. “Transaction multiples are at all-time highs,” says Richard Moreau, partner at Uni-World Capital,…
Advisors What’s Driving the Valuation Gap in the Middle Market? January and February 2016 brought the lowest middle market M&A deal volume for that time period in 25 years. Many…