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Reps and Warranties Insurance Evolves with the Deal Market
The slowdown in mergers and acquisitions in 2023 has impacted the representations and warranties insurance (RWI) market by driving down prices. Although rates are expected to rebound when dealmaking...
View ArticleSeeking Clarity on Corporate Transparency: A Practical Guide to CTA...
This year’s introduction of Corporate Transparency Act reporting requirements have posed new questions for middle-market owners, including private equity investors, and could even impact structuring...
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Investment Bankers Chart a New Path
As investment bankers advance in their careers, the natural tendency is to work at ever-larger firms and on bigger deals. The incentives are obvious: larger fees and more clout. In a slow M&A year...
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Blueprint for Success: Merging Market Competitors into a Unified Force
When New York-based Soundcore Capital Partners, a buy-and-build private equity firm, completed the acquisition of its second paving company in the Minneapolis area in 2023, the firm was tasked with...
View ArticleThe M&A Partners Working Behind the Scenes
Private equity business development teams and investment bankers are on the front lines of deal sourcing, with a variety of tools at their disposal to find opportunities. Many of the M&A Business...
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Winning M&A Strategies During Tough Market Conditions
We are all aware of the change in the financing environment over the last 24 months. Base interest rates have moved from near zero to over 5%, which has a number of knock-on effects in the macro and...
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Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Private Equity Business Development
The past year has been a testament to the resilience and adaptability required in the face of economic headwinds in the ever-evolving world of private equity. As we reflect on the landscape of...
View ArticleGrowth Summit Speakers Highlight Optimizing the Sales Engine
The building blocks for successful organic growth start with examining and fine-tuning a newly acquired company’s sale process, speakers at ACG’s Growth Summit in Dallas on April 2 said. Panelists...
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The 2024 Investment Bankers to Watch
This year’s Investment Bankers to Watch list was curated by Middle Market DealMaker editors based on input from the ACG dealmaking community. From the nominations we collected, we ultimately selected...
View ArticleThe 2024 M&A Business Development Professionals to Watch
The 2024 M&A Business Development Professionals to Watch list is here! Learn about the private equity, investment banking and corporate development professionals you need to know, including their...
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The 2024 Corporate Development Professionals to Watch
As with the other lists, members of the ACG dealmaking community nominated corporate development professionals who focus on identifying acquisition and divestiture opportunities for their...
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The 2024 Private Equity BD Professionals to Watch
This year’s Private Equity Business Development Professionals to Watch list was curated by Middle Market DealMaker editors based on more than 100 nominations from the ACG dealmaking community. From...
View ArticleThe 2024 ACG Legend: Jay Jester
When I met Jay Jester, I was a fairly green reporter. I had been covering venture capital when the dot-com bubble burst in the late ’90s and I quickly pivoted to covering private equity. I had an idea...
View ArticleThe Importance of Representations and Warranties Insurance in M&A
If you are a business owner considering a sale of your company or a first-time buyer, you may never have heard of representations and warranties insurance (RWI). However, experienced buyers, sellers...
View ArticleDealMAX 2024 Recap: The Buyer/Seller Balance of Power Shifts
How has the shifting dealmaking environment affected strategic acquirers? How can operating partners bridge the gap between investors and their portfolio companies? And what does a bankruptcy wave...
View ArticleDealMAX 2024 Recap: Exits, AI and Closing the M&A Gender Gap
Amid a challenging market, the M&A dealmaking environment is in flux for reasons that span beyond financial hurdles. LPs are pressuring funds to return capital, forcing private equity investors to...
View ArticleWill AI Change the M&A Labor Market?
Generative artificial intelligence has the potential to change dealmaking—but it could also cause major shifts in the job roles required in the deal process. Ronjohn Dadd, principal product manager at...
View ArticleBeyond Numbers: The Unseen Power of Corporate Culture in M&A Transactions
Peter Drucker, a pioneer in economics and management theory, penned the groundbreaking book titled The Practice of Management in 1954. His thoughts would become a cornerstone in understanding...
View ArticleAnalyzing Q1 Debt Leverage and Capital Structure Trends
Bob Dunn, managing director of GF Data, an ACG company, shares his insights on the leverage and capital structure trends that emerged in the first quarter and what that portends for the rest of the...
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Unlocking the Power of Business Intelligence in Value Creation
According to a recent ACG article, “tracking performance is table stakes for private equity-backed middle-market companies.” In our seven years of working with mid-market private equity firms,...
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