PE and Strategics Eye IT Services What’s driving consolidation in IT services? For a new whitepaper on consolidation in the business services industry, we talked to…
Getting Under the Iceberg of Private Equity Deals If you are a private equity investor, you hold your portfolio companies accountable for results, and challenge them to optimize…
10 Summer Reads for Deal Pros Whether you’re planning on taking time off or working straight through summer, there’s no better season to get in some…
For Sell-Side Advisors, Searching Online Leads to More Closed Deals What’s the best way to find a buyer? The answer could be as simple as “search.” An Axial survey found…
Even With Valuations High, PE Sees Strong Exit Environment At Axial’s Summer Summit, held on June 6 in New York City, we surveyed our private equity members to take…
6 Acquirers to Include on Every Buyer List For sell-side advisors, building the best buyer list possible can make or break your client’s chances of M&A success. Don’t…
3 Things Dealmakers Can Learn From Political Campaigns In this controversial election year, political campaigns are top of mind for many Americans, including deal professionals. Meanwhile, recent reports…
For Acquisitive CFOs, Opportunism Isn’t Enough We frequently hear from CFOs that when it comes to sourcing acquisitions, their strategy is to be “opportunistic.” They don’t…
What Are Investment Banks Searching For? What better way to learn about investment bankers’ priorities and interests than their search history? We took a look at…