4 Drivers of Middle Market Growth in 2017 [Infographic] Middle market private businesses should see steady M&A activity and lots of opportunity in 2017. In this infographic, we highlight a…
3 Metrics Every Private Equity Firm Should Be Tracking When it comes to tracking deal metrics, many private equity firms invest the majority of their time and energy…
Top Articles of 2016 (Part 2) Yesterday, we shared the most popular Forum articles from January – June 2016. Here are the most popular pieces from…
Top Articles of 2016 (Part 1) This year, Axial Forum published over 250 new articles on M&A, deal sourcing, business strategy, and more. As the New…
How 2 Failed Deal Attempts Led One Company to a Successful Sale In some deals, roadblocks seem to crop up around every corner, and in some instances, it can take years to…
Why One CEO Put His Faith in Private Equity As a CEO, approaching potential buyers or capital providers is a big step. Finding the right firm to work with…
How PE Firms Can Mitigate Risk In a recent Axial study on Evaluating Risk and Return in Private Equity, the majority of private equity respondents (76%)…
How to Attract Proprietary Deal Flow Proprietary deal flow is the holy grail of most investors’ sourcing efforts. But proprietary deals — those that come outside…
Evaluating Risk and Return in Private Equity Recently, a private equity investor reached out to us with a question: “How do other investors measure risk and return?” We…
