North America

As the dust begins to settle from covid-19's immediate fallout, GPs and mid-market businesses are considering longer-term implications and opportunities.

Covid-19 has left mid-market companies struggling like the rest, but the National Center for the Middle Market's Thomas A Stewart and Doug Farren see light at the end of the tunnel.

Private investments in public companies are increasingly moving onto general partners’ radars but what’s driving this trend?

Key findings from the Emerging Manager Survey provide a snapshot of US emerging manager and institutional investor perspectives on the current landscape.

As mid-market focus moves from portfolio health to new opportunities, funds are finding lenders in a collaborative mood, say Baker McKenzie’s Michael Fieweger and Andrew Sagor

IHS Markit’s Clayton Albertson on how digital tools can help managers address increasing complexity and demands for data, particularly during times of volatility

When Ardian agreed to acquire Cérélia, little did it know it would be completing the deal in a pandemic. Ardian’s Thibault Basquin and Cérélia’s Guillaume Réveilhac share the story of the deal and what comes next

Longshore Capital Partners will target control buyouts in the lower mid-market with a focus on founder-owned businesses in the business services sector.

NAV financing can provide defensive liquidity and the funds required for buying opportunities in the wake of covid-19, say Investec’s Tom Glover and Matt Hansford

Board VP and investment committee chair Theresa Taylor harshly criticised fellow board member Margaret Brown as well as a prominent financial blogger.