The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Although start-ups can be risky, Hercules has demonstrated that it employs robust due diligence processes before making an investment. Rather, many of the companies in Ares' portfolio are lower middle market businesses that go overlooked by investment banks or private equity investors.

Leveraged Buyouts 244

Leveraged Buyouts Due Diligence Buyout Venture Capital 244

Axial

MAY 4, 2023

Axial is excited to release its Q1 2023 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables. These league tables reveal the top 25 investment banks that were active on the Axial platform in Q1. In Q1, 740 sell-side investment banks and M&A advisors brought a total of 2,775 deals to market.

Investment Banking 52

Investment Banking Investment Banks Banks Mergers and Acquisitions 52

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.

Investment Banking 105

Investment Banking Investment Banks Banks Mergers and Acquisitions 105

The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

And so our initial thrust was what our first hedge fund called Bay Pond, which is a financial services hedge fund, started by Nick Adams back in 1994, which will, I guess be celebrating its 30th anniversary next year. And so we, we kind of stay very stealth when we’re in the due diligence process.

Hedge Funds 62

Hedge Funds Mutual Funds Funds Due Diligence 62

Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Under the SIA, Costa will be subject to customary exclusivity obligations, including no shop, no talk and no due diligence obligations (the latter two subject to a customary fiduciary exception), notification obligations and a matching right. and is a leading middle market banking provider in the U.S. A break fee of $14.9

Shareholders 52

Shareholders Financing Finance Banks 52

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I was actually running the Investment Banking Club at BYU, and you know, thought I was interested in that, interested in going to Wall Street. And that’s enough time to get to know a space, and to get to know a sector, and to get to know a company and decide if you want to make an investment or not. LAYTON: Yeah.

Assets 57

Assets Due Diligence Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 57

The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So you also mentioned you’re at the intersection of three businesses; education, publishing, and financial services that are all inefficiently run and deserve to be disrupted. And can we not say that financial services haven’t been wildly disrupted over the past 40 years? DAMODARAN: Has it, though?

Education 117

Education Financing Finance Taxes 117