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Revisiting Dated Pipelines

September 7, 2010

Corporate development executives are re-evaluating past targets; they're discovering a lot can change over three years.

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A Principled Fight

September 1, 2010 – Twelve months after the ILPA first unveiled its guidelines, the impact is still up for debate.

An Encore for Second-Lien Financing

September 1, 2010 – With CLO activity muted and leverage tough to come by for other lending vehicles, demand exists for an alternative.

Revisiting a Dated Pipeline

September 1, 2010 – Corporate development executives are re-evaluating past targets; they're discovering a lot can change over three years.

Little Deal, Big Buyer

September 1, 2010 – Micro-cap companies are increasingly being swallowed up by giants like Honeywell, Google and others. The prospect of these deals, for sellers, are no longer as harrowing.

Retail Landscape Gains Clarity

September 1, 2010 – It's still the properties that 'need to sell' that are available, though the healthy retail names are expected to resume M&A activity once strong assets re-emerge.

PE, IRR Back in the Hot Seat

September 1, 2010 – "Artful obfuscation" is how a study describes PE reliance on IRR.

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