Larger firms will continue to look for deals in the middle market because there are more companies available for purchase, says Andrew Steuerman, a managing director with Golub Capital.
“Because there’s so much money in the marketplace, private equity firms are really prevalent today,” says Monroe Capital’s Tom Aronson, in an interview at ACG’s InterGrowth 2017.
Antares, led by co-CEOs John Martin and David Brackett, looks to invest in middle market leveraged loans. Carlyle and Littlejohn's Wellfleet have also raised CLO-focused funds.
To select the winners of the M&A Mid-Market Awards, the Mergers & Acquisitions editorial staff seeks companies and individuals who overcame the year’s challenges, embodied the period’s M&A trends and took their businesses to the next level.
"We're expecting a 15 to 20 percent increase in M&A activity and therefore loan volume in 2017," states John Martin, Antares Capital's co-CEO alongside David Brackett, in a video interview with Mergers & Acquisitions.
