Billy Fink

Despite the warnings last week about private equity’s possible demise, spirits are generally high among deal professionals. According to two…

In a recent Forbes article, Ronald J. Sylvestri, Jr. discussed the waning viability of the traditional private equity fund. As a possible alternative, he made mention of holding companies: “Private equity people are now looking to buy operating businesses and run them, and use the subsequent cash flows to buy other businesses.”

The soothsayers seem to be warning private equity about the Ides of March. Between the Bank of England forecasting that…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is soaring. Since breaking the record last Tuesday, it has continued on a tear with nine straight days of new highs. In a seeming abandonment of past trepidation, investors are forging ahead despite the uncertainty surrounding the sequester and the European puzzle.

There are few frustrations greater than watching an otherwise successful deal fall apart due to poor post-merger strategies. Despite these…

Although an exciting week here at Axial (officially announcing our 1 millionth Member to Member connection and a rebrand!), it was relatively quiet on the front lines of M&A. Probably the most intriguing story is the return of Romney to private equity, by way of Tagg’s Solamere Capital. In other news, 8% hurdle rates could be threatening

It is with great excitement that we simultaneously announce 1,000,000 Member to Member connections and the renaming of AxialMarket to…

Business owners time their exits for many reasons: health, retirement planning, availability or lack of family successors, competition, technology change and many more.  Yet overwhelmingly the question we are most often asked as a financial advisor to entrepreneurial companies is “What’s my business worth?”. A guest post by John Slater of

Happy Friday, all. As LPs, GPs, and advisors gathered in Germany for the SuperReturn conference this week, the state of private equity…