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…

In an effort to help you conduct better due diligence, Axial is launching a six-part series on the Best Practices…

Although there were immense opportunities for distressed investors in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis, the environment has become challenging to predict. With cheap money, questionable recovery, and few bankruptcies, the number of distressed companies is in a state of uncertainty.

Ever since H. Irving Grousbeck proposed the idea of a search fund in 1984, the entrepreneurial investment vehicle has been…