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First-half deal volume and value rose from a year ago as private equity exits gained urgency, valuation expectations aligned and activity broadened across most sectors.
As continuation vehicles grow in scale and complexity, sponsors face mounting pressure to prove that deals are fair to both selling and rolling investors.
As private credit evolves, managers are sharpening risk oversight and embracing AI to enhance underwriting, portfolio management and operational efficiency—while keeping human judgment at the center of lending.
As private credit matures, lenders face rising competition, expanding secondary markets and greater liquidity scrutiny. Dealmakers say disciplined underwriting and specialization will separate the winners.
Middle-market sponsors are sitting on thousands of aging portfolio companies as hold periods stretch, multiples reset and sector-specific headwinds—from healthcare policy to AI disruption—reshape the path to liquidity.
ResponseTECH provides security and life safety services, including intrusion and fire alarm systems, access control, central station monitoring, nurse-call systems and mass emergency notification systems.
JRI Hospitality CEO Jason Ingermanson discusses acquisition discipline, private equity interest and why Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers could eventually go public.
From packaging to robotics, strategic acquirers are quietly stitching together the early framework of a manufacturing revival that private equity hopes to join later.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s office asked the court to order Paramount to produce additional records and delay the transaction by 60 days to allow the state more time to review the deal.
As larger private equity firms push downstream in search of deals, investors are discovering that convincing founder-led businesses to engage requires more than price.
In a proprietary Mergers & Acquisitions study, dealmakers describe how sourcing strategies have evolved since 2020 and what’s working in today’s market.
First-half deal volume and value rose from a year ago as private equity exits gained urgency, valuation expectations aligned and activity broadened across most sectors.
The firm’s head of investment banking says activity is being fueled by minority investors seeking exits from professional sports teams, the evolution of college athletics through NIL agreements, and rising consumer spending on youth sports.
Large alternative managers are racing to institutionalize asset-backed finance as pensions seek exposure less dependent on sponsor-backed corporate defaults.
As private credit evolves, managers are sharpening risk oversight and embracing AI to enhance underwriting, portfolio management and operational efficiency—while keeping human judgment at the center of lending.
As private credit matures, lenders face rising competition, expanding secondary markets and greater liquidity scrutiny. Dealmakers say disciplined underwriting and specialization will separate the winners.
As consumers drink less and producers grapple with oversupply, alcohol M&A has cooled — but seasoned investors say today’s reset could mirror past downturns that produced outsized returns.
Vertical SaaS players with defensible moats are commanding premium valuations and M&A interest, outperforming horizontal platforms as AI reshapes the sector.
ResponseTECH provides security and life safety services, including intrusion and fire alarm systems, access control, central station monitoring, nurse-call systems and mass emergency notification systems.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s office asked the court to order Paramount to produce additional records and delay the transaction by 60 days to allow the state more time to review the deal.
