Private Equity
When another 17 billionaires joined the campaign by bridge partners Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to commit to give at least half their fortunes away to philanthropy, it got us to wondering about the participation by the dealmakers from our world. So we ran a little crosstab between the names on The Giving Pledge site against the buyout and VC dealmakers on the Forbes 400. We thought we would share with you those who are participating, and equally interesting, those who are not yet. (Wanna guess which list is longer?)
4 min read · 09 December 2010
Dealmakers in Connecticut foresee continued strength in the market, a new survey says. Sixty percent of respondents to a survey said they expect a moderate increase in M&A over the next six months, according to the semi-annual ACG-Thomson Reuters DealMakers Survey, sponsored by the Association for Corporate Growth and the publisher of peHub. Another 17% called for a "significant increase" in activity. The Connecticut results, announced this morning at a networking event in Stamford, are not entirely comparable with the national survey, which is to be released next Tuesday. As a point of comparison, though, the national survey released in May foresaw 85% expecting an increase in M&A activity over the next six months.
2 min read · 03 December 2010
