AltAssets

MARCH 15, 2024

Global investment bank Cambridge Wilkinson has established a new control-focused private equity firm BCB Equity Partners. The post Cambridge Wilkinson founders launch spinoff buyout firm first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the private equity firms have started consulting with investment banks in preparation for a potential sale process, expected to begin in early 2025.

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 22, 2024

The proposed amount of funded debt from private lenders would be significantly higher than seven times PowerSchool’s earnings, according to Bloomberg’s sources, which banks may struggle to match due to regulatory constraints.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Axial

JANUARY 30, 2024

Axial is excited to release our 2023 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables. To assemble this list, we reviewed the 2023 deal-making activities of 807 investment banks and advisory firms that met the qualifications to be considered for league tables.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has shunned the private credit markets in favour of loans from investment banks to finance two of its latest buyouts – restaurant group La Piadineria and vitamin manufacturer Sunday Natural – according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 26, 2023

Secondary funds offer pension funds and other investors the chance to secure an early exit from private equity buyout investments, which typically lock up investor cash for more than a decade, and have become increasingly common as institutional investors have upped their PE allocations in recent years.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 28, 2025

Recent investments under this strategy include a $400m capital injection into football helmet maker Riddell and an equity stake in GSE Worldwide, a sports talent and marketing agency. BC Partners has also entered a strategic financing alliance with investment bank Piper Sandler to support banks and specialty finance companies.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 26, 2024

Despite such a big run-up for the major market index most associated with growth stocks, investment bank analysts who follow the biopharmaceutical industry expect more gains ahead from a pair of exceptional businesses. After climbing 43% in 2023, the Nasdaq Composite index is still up by a healthy 39% over the past 12 months.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

While Hercules and Horizon typically compete for the same business, Ares is slightly different because it focuses on middle-market companies that may fall off the radar of investment banks and other BDCs. The company's superior reputation and generous returns have attracted some of the largest investors in the world.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

The investment bank analysts who follow these stocks are pounding the table right now, announcing 12-month price targets that suggest enormous gains up ahead. According to investment bank H.C. The bank's $25 price target suggests it can climb 233% in about a year. Image source: Getty Images.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 8, 2025

From 2022 through 2024, private-credit-financed buyouts outnumbered BSL financed deals 6 to 1. 5] Conflicts of interest, particularly arising from JVs between banks and private credit, could also create tension. Conflicts of interest, particularly arising from JVs between banks and private credit, could also create tension.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This week alone, Bloomberg News reported on direct-lending firms working on plans for potential multi-billion dollar buyouts of Adevinta, Kereis and Iris Software. The industry growth is being driven by investment bank caution around underwriting leveraged buyouts given volatile market conditions.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Rather, many of the companies in Ares' portfolio are lower middle market businesses that go overlooked by investment banks or private equity investors. ARCC Price to Book Value data by YCharts At a price-to-book (P/B) ratio of just 1.1, Ares stock is trading essentially in line with its 10-year average.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Typically, buyout funds lock up investors’ money for more than a decade. Over the past decade investors increased their allocation to less liquid private market assets, including buyout funds and real estate, in the hunt for higher returns. By contrast, its flagship buyout fund had raised $15.5bn by the end of March.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Shares of Macy's (NYSE: M) were surging today after the department-store chain received a buyout offer from two private equity firms. Macy's gets a sweet offer The buyout offer from real estate investor Arkhouse Management and asset manager Brigade Capital Management values the company at $21 a share, or $5.8 as of 12:44 p.m.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Epiris, a British-based buyout firm and Newlat, an Italian food manufacturer are vying for control of Princes Foods, one of Britain’s biggest tinned produce brands. The auction is being run by Houlihan Lokey, the investment bank. Epiris declined to comment, while Newlat could not be reached for comment.

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Axial

JANUARY 23, 2025

Axial is excited to release our 2024 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables. To assemble this list, we reviewed the deal-making activities of 400+ investment banks and advisory firms that met the qualifications to be considered for league tables last year.

Investment Banking 59

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Bain has been interviewing investment banks to hire financial advisers that will help the private equity firm come up with a plan to cash out on its majority stake in Varsity Brands, the sources said. Buyout firms have been actively seeking exits from apparel businesses this year. New Era Cap, a supplier of major U.S.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 10, 2023

Buyout firm Madison Dearborn Partners is working with investment bank Evercore (EVR.N) The Chicago-based buyout firm has raised about $28 billion across eight funds and backed more than 150 companies since its founders established it as an independent firm in 1992, according to its website.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

She will focus on diligence for co-investment, fund and secondary opportunities predominantly in the middle and lower middle-market buyout and growth equity space. She began her career in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Canada in London. Suen also serves as Director at QIC European Investment Services.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 15, 2024

The private equity firm is speaking with investment banks about its options for Regnology and could launch an auction as early as the second half of this year, three of the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity. billion pounds, while Blackstone acquired UK-based software firm Civica for $2.5 billion.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Carlyle, a private-equity firm, has been interviewing investment banks to hire a financial advisor that will run a sale process for Every Man Jack, the sources said, cautioning that no deal is certain. Carlyle told its staff last month it would not make new investments in U.S.

Private Equity Firms 147

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AltAssets

JUNE 19, 2023

SVB Securities, the investment banking arm of former Silicon Valley Bank parent SVB Financial Group, has agreed to be sold to a group led by its CEO Jeff Leerink. The post Silicon Valley Bank parent’s investment banking division sold to Jeff Leerink group first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Investment Banking 75

Investment Banking Investment Banks Banks Investing 75

Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Lebara Group CEO Stephen Shurrock told the FT that is was working with investment bank Guggenheim to evaluate strategic options. read more Carlyle, Insight to Buy Exiger at $1.2

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The private equity owners of Stada are close to mandating investment banks to sell the German generic drugmaker or list it on the stock exchange, newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday, citing financial sources.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A roughly $5 billion debt deal for the buyout of health-care tech company Cotiviti Inc. Multibillion-dollar buyout financings that once required banks to act as intermediaries between a borrower and investors can now be provided by a small group of private lenders or even syndicated by private equity firms directly to debt buyers.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The private equity-backed company, which is led by Texas billionaire businessman Timothy Dunn, has initiated discussions with investment banks about hiring advisers to run a sale process that will kick off by early 2024, the sources said. oil and gas producer going back at least three years.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

Leveraged buyout financings accounted for almost half (42%) of all UK transactions in H1 2024, compared with just 29% in H1 2023, according to the latest MidCapMonitor report by global investment bank Houlihan Lokey.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

The move is part of a broader recruitment strategy by Lazard aimed at increasing its business with buyout firms. At Guggenheim, Haydon was a senior managing director specialising in financial sponsor investment banking.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Investment bank Morgan Stanley is advising CCC on its talks with potential acquirers, which include other buyout firms, the sources said, adding that no deal is certain. Private equity firm Advent International is exploring a sale of CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. ,

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Private equity limited partners (LPs) had the lowest amount of cash returned to them from their investments last year since the global financial crisis, restricting efforts by buyout firms to launch new funds, according to a report by Bloomberg. According to Raymond James, the median holding period for a buyout for asset is now 5.6

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AltAssets

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Investment banking major Moelis & Company has brought in former Jefferies senior exec Matt Wesley as its global head of private funds advisory. The post Jefferies senior exec Wesley joins Moelis as global head of private funds advisory appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

Funds 87

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Buyout firms TA Associates and Warburg Pincus have hired investment bank William Blair to advise Procare on its sale process that is expected to launch after Labor Day, the sources said, requesting anonymity because the matter is confidential.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 24, 2023

According to the report from Reuters, SentinelOne has hired an investment bank, but it's also possible the talks will end without a sale. A better possibility, if SentinelOne is acquired, is a buyout by a private equity firm. At the time of writing, SentinelOne trades at a P/S ratio of 9.6 compared to 14.1

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2023

So what Since going public in 2021, SentinelOne has been a disappointing investment, with shares dropping more than 60%. According to Reuters, SentinelOne's management has already hired an investment bank to advise it through the process. Perhaps this is why shareholders are happy that the company might sell itself.

Private Equity Firms 130

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 16, 2024

Glovier also worked at Perseus, a Washington, DC-based lower middle-market private equity firm, where he co-led buyouts from its New York office. Glovier started his career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, later working in the investment banking leveraged finance and M&A departments at Goldman Sachs.

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