Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Two private equity players take Focus private in an all-cash deal; the firm’s stock has ceased trading on the NASDAQ. Focus Financial Partners said Thursday it has closed on the sale of the company to private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier and Rice and Stone Point Capital for more than $7bn in cash.

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Private Equity Professional

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Selling an individual or family-owned private company used to be like hitting a golf ball. More businesses in financial hands It is one thing for a private equity firm to tell the owner of the Acme Safe Company , “ Let us tell you how great our firm is. That is not how that conversation goes today.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. So I had worked for two private equity firms when I got outta Stanford. We, we tended at the beginning to capitalize our companies with less debt than other investors. They run over $27 billion in, in assets.

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Axial

MAY 4, 2023

Our team has advised on over $2 billion of successful transactions with private equity firms, high net-worth individuals, and public companies. Our clients are privately-held businesses in a variety of industries throughout North America.” Our fees are 100% performance based paid at close of transaction.”

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Just really a fascinating history from, from a private company to a public company back to a, a partnership. He is uniquely situated because he has run both public mutual funds as well as privates, including late stage venture private equity credit down the list. Really interesting.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

PARTNER CONTENT Due diligence software provider Dasseti recently joined the ESG Data Convergence Initiative as an ESG Data Partner. Due diligence is more critical than ever for private equity firms. LPs need robust analysis on GPs and portfolio companies before investing.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 8, 2023

For all the years the investigation found child labor, PSSI has been owned by Wall Street's Blackstone--the largest private equity firm in the world. Blackstone told us "extensive pre-investment due diligence showed PSSI had industry-leading hiring compliance." How can this happen? Where did oversight fail?

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