Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Private investment giant Blackstone expects a more favourable environment for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and a rebound in initial public offerings (IPOs) to drive more than double the number of private equity exits in 2025, according to a report by Reuters. “We’re generally confident in the US economy.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, it's evident that companies are starting to realize that the stocks that have gotten left out of the rally so far have intrinsic value of their own. The Pittsburgh-based iconic steel company received a buyout bid from a Japanese counterpart that could reshape the entire steelmaking industry. Image source: Getty Images.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

Rose specialises in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, private equity and general corporate matters, according to a press statement. He represents clients across the healthcare, consumer products, environmental services, business services, real estate, energy, manufacturing, financial services and technology industries.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

Scrivani advises private equity firms and public and private clients on leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers of equals. Scrivani was most recently a partner at international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Historically, the focus was on leveraged buyouts and cost-cutting to boost profitability, but this approach is no longer sufficient. These functions – ranging from cash management to risk mitigation – play a critical role in ensuring that portfolio companies are financially agile and equipped to support growth. Treasury 4.x,

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Janet Coscino (Chicago) leads complex transactions for private equity firms, as well as public and private companies, across a variety of industries. Jamie Darch (Chicago) is a health care lawyer who guides life sciences and health care companies and investors on transactional, regulatory and compliance matters.

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Private Equity Professional

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Lincoln Private Market Index (LPMI), which tracks changes in the enterprise value of privately held companies in the United States, increased by 1.9% Leveraged buyout volumes remained down from historical highs in Q2 2024, as did EBITDA purchase price multiples, which decreased from 11.5x in the second half of 2023 to 11.1x

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JMI Equity

OCTOBER 1, 2024

JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies, is excited to announce that JMI Partners, Larry Contrella and Suken Vakil have been named to GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors of 2024. He assists portfolio companies with growth initiatives, joint ventures, and exit opportunities.

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Axial

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The professionals at Baymark Partners possess over 100 years of successful experience in acquiring, investing and operating growth companies. Our operating professionals, who comprise more than half our team, work in partnership with company management, and our global capability opens doors in markets around the globe.”

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

There aren’t a lot of companies, and there aren’t a lot of people that have the historical perspective on the rise of private equity like Michael Fish does. And the entire merger department of Goldman Sachs in 1983 was 32 people. And how did you end up at, at Bain and Company in Paris? What was, what was that like?

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Private equity giant KKR & Co is at odds with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over a proposed settlement that would hold its top executives personally accountable for disclosure lapses related to mergers and acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg. KKR takes its responsibilities to all regulators incredibly seriously.

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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.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

They have $37 billion in clients and their own funds, of which they have invested across a variety of disciplines from credit to strategic capital, as well as taking companies private and helping them grow into something more substantial than they’ve been in the past. The head of mergers and everyone watched over me there.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 5, 2025

The acquisition, which could be announced as soon as this week, would take the struggling pharmacy giant private. A takeover by Sycamore could lead to a significant restructuring of Walgreens, potentially involving the breakup of the companys various divisions. and $11.40 per share in cash. In 2019, KKR & Co.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

QSBS has long been a part of the analytical framework in early-stage company formation and investing. Increasingly US companies being sold come to PE acquirers in tax pass through form, and as such never qualified for QSBS. Many states follow the federal approach. The reasons for this vary.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. GE had a benefit in over other companies in that regard because they had a AAA credit rating. So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances.

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