Where Are U.S. Dealmakers Looking for Deals? Geography can be a highly reliable predictor of deal activity. For example, Quartz recently learned that VCs unsurprisingly love California (aka…
Top 5 Articles of January 1) Q4’13 in Review: 7 Free Sector Tearsheets To better understand the areas of greatest investor interest and deal flow, we…
Lower Middle Market Weekly Outlook It’s a good day for Seahawks fans… Transactions: Valeant to buy PreCision Dermatology for $475 million MEP Group acquires Artmetco…
Week in Review: SOTU, BDCs, and Emerging Markets On Wednesday, President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union Address. While it was unlikely he was ever going…
Video: Trilantic’s White-Knuckle Spinout from Lehman On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. While Lehman was ultimately acquired by Barclays, it’s merchant banking division was…
The Widening Valuation Gap “In March 2013, I wrote that we should see record valuations in 2013 — and, in fact, we did,” said…
Lower Middle Market Weekly Outlook Transactions Google buys DeepMind for $400 million iotum announces acquisition of Gaboogie Diageo acquires Peligroso tequila Cyprium Partners sells stake…
Week in Review: Davos, Buffett, and the SBA Heads of state and leaders of business gathered in Davos this week for the annual World Economic Forum. While the…
Trade Finance 101 For many fast growing, internationally-focused, or asset-light businesses, trade financing can be critical to successful scalability. As a matter of…