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Being a communicative and reliable part of the supply chain can enable mid-market industrial companies to gain market share, says MiddleGround Capital’s Scot Duncan.
The PE approach to diligence is now less about what you get with an asset and more about what you can do with it, say EY’s Neil McFerran and Jason Spencer.
Corporate carve-outs present a host of operational challenges, but with the right execution they can become highly valuable businesses, says Tim Cochrane, director and head of the Full Potential Partners team at Montagu.
LPs are pushing GPs to manage foreign exchange risk as currency volatility intensifies, say Tom Farrow, group director of trading, and Daniel Jack, senior trader at Monex Europe.
After such a strong 2021 for the US mid-market, geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty could create challenges for private equity firms chasing last year’s highs.
Volatility may have slowed the rate of dealmaking, but for GPs accustomed to investing and driving growth across cycles, the mid-market still holds plenty of opportunities.
With lending terms shifting and syndicated loan markets largely closed, private equity buyers are turning to direct lenders and preparing for deal activity to pick up, says Mike Fieweger at Baker McKenzie.
With dealmaking activity on the continent expected to remain buoyant over the year ahead, we delve into the markets on PE firms’ radars.
With the pandemic upending traditional attitudes towards location, investors are waking up to opportunities outside of the country’s traditional deal hotspots, say Stacey Relton and Maria Von Horvath from Sanne, an Apex Group company.
As Japan’s private equity market grows, impact and secondaries strategies gain momentum, and competition for talent intensifies.