The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Following my comments, David and Jesse will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the first quarter of 2024, after which we'll be happy to take your questions. over the fourth quarter of 2022, and by $6.1

Capital 130

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Udu

APRIL 16, 2023

in 2022 — and the opportunities continue to open up across the globe. Knowing how to find private equity deals before they’re closed by another company is essential for any firm that wants to compete and grow. This method of deal sourcing allows PE firms to leverage their existing relationships and knowledge to fill their pipeline.

Private Equity Firms 40

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms High Net Worth Individuals Deal Flow 40

SuperAngel.Fund

JANUARY 19, 2024

That compares to 2022 where we invested in 36 net new companies (66%) and only 18 follow ons (33%). If I am doing my job right the first time in “picking winners”, at least for a few subsequent rounds, our best deal flow should come from our existing portfolio. since 2019.

Startups 69

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2023

In Q1 2023, large global tech buyouts in the US, UK, EU, and Asia accounted for $79.4bn across 597 deals. This marked a drop of 50% in deal value and 35% in volume on Q1 2022. The US tech buyout market invested $47.3bn across 249 deals in Q1 2023. The take-private deal has since run into troubled waters.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 3, 2024

New high profile hires include Kevin Bong, senior managing director, chief investment strategist and head of Singapore; and chief risk officer Suzanne Akers who joined in 2022. Deals have not been done, or we’ve added more due diligence, as a result of these people,” she says. Escalation policies are also now embedded.

Portfolios 59

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The Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

Our platform strategy has delivered scale and operating leverage through time, with 240 basis points of margin expansion in the last 10 years. Markets have improved since the end of 2022, and we aim to be disciplined in driving profitable growth by prioritizing investments to propel our differentiated organic growth and operating leverage.

Asset Management 130

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SuperAngel.Fund

APRIL 21, 2023

Early-Stage Venture: 1Q23 ” Looking back at the Q4 & 2022 Year-End Update that I wrote in January , I feel that the same message and conditions are applicable today: We are likely to see further downward pressure on valuations, particularly for first time or otherwise overlooked founders, within our sectors of focus.

Venture Capital 52

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This approach is yielding profitable growth and operating leverage. As clients increasingly turn to BlackRock, we believe this will result in sustained market-leading organic growth, differentiated operating leverage and earnings and multiple expansion over time. With that, I'll turn it over to Larry. AUM has grown $2.4

Assets 130

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 4, 2023

Following my comments, David and Jesse will provide additional comments regarding our investment strategy, investment portfolio, financial results, capital structure and leverage, and our expectations for the third quarter, after which we'll be happy to take your questions. increase from the fourth quarter of 2022. million or 6.1%

Capital 147

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

While the net lease transaction market continues to sort itself out, our team is doing a tremendous job leveraging our relationships and uncovering unique opportunities. Our conversion rate of deals approved by our investment committee to letters of intent signed is the highest in over two years at approximately 38%. This is Peter.

Debt 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Through this partnership, RingCX customers will be able to leverage Verint's leading WEM and CX automation solutions, which complement RingCentral's native AI capabilities. We are also leveraging our large GSP network to grow internationally. Leveraging our unique GSP network is also a opportunity and differentiator of RingCX growth.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Despite ongoing macro challenges, SaaS ARR grew from several million dollars in 2022 to approximately $125 million at the end of 2023. Instead, our teams will leverage behavioral analysis, machine-learning operations, and our unique metadata telemetry to protect them. million of free cash flow in 2023, up from $0.5

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This is the second increase in our base dividend since the second quarter of 2022, and our total dividend of $0.41 Since we instituted the supplemental dividend in the third quarter of 2022, we have paid out $0.28 billion, and we ended the quarter with net leverage of 1.13 Net asset value per share increased to $15.40, up $0.14

Capital 100

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Yet due to our underlying business model, significant cost management, and the exceptional W&D team, full year adjusted EBITDA was $300 million, down only 8% from 2022. billion, down 55% from 2022, slightly less than the broader market decline of 61%. in 2022 to 7.4% billion, down only 16% from 2022.

Debt 100

Debt Finance Capital Banks 100

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

At quarter end, leverage stood at just 3.6 This patient approach is paid off -- paid off as we've been able to capitalize on distressed sellers while leveraging our asymmetric data sets and relationships to identify unique opportunities. times pro forma net debt to recurring EBITDA. As of September 30th, we have north of $1.9

Capital 130

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

Importantly and atypically, over half of our Q1 debt brokerage deal flow was on non-multifamily assets in retail, hospitality, industrial, and office. While some deals will need to be adjusted or even reworked, many deals remain on track. But you can't do that at current leverage levels. You've been involved.

Debt 130

Debt Banks Assets Capital 130

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 1, 2024

They've been burning a billion dollar a month since June of 2022. The returns that we're focused on are all coming from operational excellence as opposed to excess leverage. Now, I want to talk about the spinout that you guys did back in 2022. This was a big deal. Ricky Mulvey: Well, I think you should be satisfied.

Asset Management 130

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Since the Fed began its interest rate tightening cycle in 2022, we've spent considerable time on our earnings calls discussing how we see the macro environment unfolding. And then, if we think about the embedded FRE growth through 2025, how should we think about how that operating leverage could drive margin expansion next year?

Debt 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We enabled strong operating leverage driving 160% conversion of incremental revenue to adjusted EBITDA this quarter. Excluding the noncash deferred revenue adjustment from 2022, our advisory and other revenue was $3.9 The context of this Co-pilot program is evident. million, an increase of $1 million a year over year. Turning to ARR.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 100

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 7, 2024

Back in the aggregation days of 2021 and 2022, they were literally buying an asset a week. But you can't when you say loaded Spring Matt, what I want to be really careful not to do is you can't compare this to, for instance you used a good example of Q 2022 pandemic. I walked into my office today to meet with a client. It was game on.

Assets 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As I stated in the past, we have yet to see a correlation between sales and retailer demand as evidenced by our deal flow, which in terms of square footage is 40% greater when compared to the same period last year. These proceeds were used to fund the PPRT acquisition and to reduce leverage on Queen Center. Regarding holiday.

Debt 130

Debt Assets Portfolios Leveraging 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Our Form 10-K for the 2022 fiscal year and our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission identify certain factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements made today. combined with a onetime 2022 credit not repeated in 2023 for U.S.

Mergers and Acquisitions 100

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2023

Our buyers are doing a fantastic job partnering with suppliers, and we are seeing healthy deal flow across categories. million compared to the second quarter of 2022. Gross debt was $298 million at the end of the second quarter, with net leverage less than one times adjusted EBITDA. SG&A expense increased 14.9%

Deal Flow 100

Deal Flow Banks Education Debt 100

The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the fastest-growing region in 2022 and 2023, we were the only major music company to grow share last year. So, it's really -- it's basically about the deal flow if you really put it in business terms. We've seen impressive results this past year. And so, I think that's what your question was getting at.

Bidding 130

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We also continue to drive share gains in our markets by leveraging a multi-brand, multichannel approach at scale to differentiate ourselves competitively. Additionally, we are leveraging the scale of our Orkin brand across North America to effectively serve commercial customers coast to coast in both the U.S. and Canada.

Leveraging 130

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Healthy deal flow and a favorable buying environment drove margin expansion and more than offset inventory inefficiencies related to our system transition, which we estimate to have impacted gross margin by approximately 50 basis points. million compared to the third quarter of 2022. SG&A expense increased 8.7%

Banks 100

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our win rates remain strong, and we are delivering operating leverage. And is there any difference in linearity of deal flow during the quarter, this quarter versus previous quarters? So, when you acquired TiVo back in early -- I think it was 2022, that business was growing at about a 50% annual pace.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Acquisitions Liabilities Banks Capital 130

Axial

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Technology ranked 4th in deal flow but had the highest average pursuit rate, 8.76%, of all sectors. See below for the full Q3 deal activity overview on the Axial platform, and for a more detailed breakdown by industry, check out The SMB M&A Pipeline: Q3 2023. We do ground-breaking, confidential global client marketing. .”

Investment Banking 52

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

And now we've transitioned to addressing the sector's growing power needs, leveraging our sizable energy infrastructure platform, which includes the largest private renewables developer in North America. One of the advantages of Blackstone is just our scale and the amount of deal flow we see across all these different areas.

Assets 130

Assets Debt Banks Capital 130

The Motley Fool

JULY 31, 2023

versus the 2022 quarter, and continues to reflect the positive impacts of our contracted order book. This was primarily due to approximately 500,000 higher-priced 2022 carryover tons shipped in the sequential quarter at our Tunnel Ridge mine in Appalachia. versus the 2022 quarter in 5.5% Our total and net leverage ratios were 0.4

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Capital Debt Deal Flow 130

Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth. Is this possible?

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Axial

JUNE 6, 2023

The inclusion of buyers’ specific criteria, mandate description, and closed deal experience allows intermediaries to gauge why one Independent Sponsor is different from another. This provides the necessary context to convince a selective investment bank to share a deal with them. What changed all of a sudden?

Deal Origination 52

Deal Origination Boutique Investment Banks Deal Flow Finance 52

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Hey, fast forward 15 years, and now these guys are doing the same thing in 2022 when, when fixed income is down by by double digits, and there’s a little bit of panic in that space. What ended up happening, however, in 2022, I’m sure everybody recalls that the Fed said, you know, this inflation thing might not be transitory.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt Banks 52

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 24, 2023

loss in fiscal 2022 was its worst showing in more than a decade. It’s the first full fiscal year since CalPERS ramped up its private equity investments with a $25-billion bet while increasing the use of leverage and allocations to private debt. The gain left CalPERS holding $462.8

Pension Funds 52

Pension Funds Debt Assets Banks 52

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2023

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg News also reports Ontario Teachers’ makes bond bet as economic clouds gather: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is making a bigger bet on bonds and credit and is adding leverage to pay for it. The fund’s leverage soared during the first half, with funding for investments rising 47 per cent, to $145 billion.

Pension Funds 52

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

RITHOLTZ: I forgot to mention, you have received the Chevalier dans l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by the president of the French Republic in January 2022. The exposure you get in investment banking, I was a leveraged finance banker by background. MATHIEU CHABRAN, CO-FOUNDER, TIKEHAU CAPITAL: Thank you, Barry.

Banks 59

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This compares to research fee revenue of approximately $41 million in 2022. And unlike in 2022, we earned no royalties in 2023. In sales and marketing expenses for 2023, we're approximately $14 million compared to just over $11 million in 2022. This compares to earnings of approximately $159 million in 2022.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Assets Legal Capital 130