Stout’s Rudi Moreno on Value Creation During Long Hold Periods
Middle Market Growth · Stout’s Rudi Moreno on Value Creation During Long Hold Periods Holding periods for private equity buyouts are growing longer, and the longer hold times are changing the way...
View ArticleTalking Nuclear Infrastructure Investment with Nano Nuclear
Middle Market Growth · Talking Nuclear Infrastructure Investment with Nano Nuclear Government incentives and environmental mandates are expected to attract investors to nuclear energy, and the...
View ArticleInsuring the M&A Deals of the Future
As the middle-market M&A landscape continues to evolve rapidly, so do the insurance offerings used by dealmakers. At ACG Los Angeles’ recent Transaction Solutions Symposium, held at the Maybourne...
View ArticleHow AI Is Impacting Deal Sourcing
AI is widely expected to change the entire M&A lifecycle, and for some aspects of the deal cycle, that transformation is already here. Marc Chase, leader of the private equity industry at Baker...
View ArticleWhat Businesses Gain from a Strategic Human Capital Approach
U.S employers increasingly see the need to develop a human capital management strategy that spans various compliance requirements. Key to this effort is the use of advanced people analytics and a...
View ArticleBuilding Toward Industry 4.0
Industrials firms are eager to achieve Industry 4.0—the total digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, allowing traditional practices to meld with cutting-edge tech. Michael Vaccarella,...
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Demystifying Percentage of Completion Accounting for Investors of...
The Percentage of Completion (POC) method in accounting often carries a veil of mystery and apprehension for potential investors of project-based businesses. It is a crucial yet complex part of...
View ArticleHow Effective Leadership Drives Value
Research from AlixPartners found that 70% of the private equity leaders they surveyed said that leadership effectiveness was the top driver of value creation. Amanda Benbow, private capital advisor...
View ArticleLooking Inward: Boosting Value in a Tough Exit Environment
How do you extract the maximum value from private equity investments when traditional exit routes are all but nonexistent? That’s the question that the private equity industry has been struggling with...
View ArticleThe Swinging Pendulum of ESG Priorities
How is the middle market approaching ESG? It depends on whom you ask. In an increasingly politicized environment, especially in the U.S., the perspective on environmental, social and governance...
View ArticleHow Forvis Mazars Built a Global Network
Middle Market Growth · How Forvis Mazars Built a Global Network When in June 2024 FORVIS, a top U.S. accounting and advisory firm, combined with Mazars, an international professional services firm,...
View ArticleMust-Know Trends: Clean Power Infrastructure
This section of the report is sponsored by Grata and originally appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of Middle Market DealMaker. Middle Market Growth is produced by the Association for Corporate Growth. To...
View ArticleHiding in Plain Sight: The Search for Take-Private Opportunities
Amid a slowdown in M&A activity over the last few years, private equity investors are looking in every corner for investment opportunities, leading some to turn to public companies that they can...
View ArticleIndemnification: What Exactly Is a Seller Responsible for When Selling Its...
Although every seller would like to sell its business “as is” and walk away from any liabilities, few deals get done that way. Instead, subject to negotiated limitations, most buyers expect the seller...
View ArticleDeveloping Corporate Governance for AI Use
While there is little doubt among private equity firms that artificial intelligence will play an important role in driving up valuations for future deals, there is less certainty about how to handle...
View ArticleA CFO’s Perspective on Exit Readiness
Middle Market Growth · A CFO’s Perspective on Exit Readiness As deal volume begins to recover and business leaders look forward to a falling rate environment, exit preparedness should be top of mind...
View ArticleNominate a 2025 ‘M&A Business Development Professional to Watch’
Scroll down to complete the survey or click here to open in a new tab. The post Nominate a 2025 ‘M&A Business Development Professional to Watch’ appeared first on Middle Market Growth.
View ArticleGrowing HR in a Growing Company
Managing company growth is a good challenge to have, but leaders may run into new HR hurdles along the way. Ryan Brown, private capital advisor with Insperity, shares how HR needs change as companies...
View ArticleHow Much Does Deal Volume Inform Value?
How much impact does buyer demand have on pricing in the middle market? Private Equity Info and GF Data teamed up to investigate. We overlayed the top four three-digit NAICS codes based on their share...
View ArticleWhat’s Drawing Private Credit to the TMT Sector
Middle Market Growth · What’s Drawing Private Credit to the TMT Sector The outlook for the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sector is bright—and, the experts at WhiteHorse Capital say, full of...
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