Buyers Holding Companies Emerging as Driver of LMM Consolidation The below article was originally published in August 2022 in conjunction with a conference dedicated to lower middle market holding…
How M&A Will Respond to the Next Recession Scott Bushkie is the Managing Partner of Cornerstone Business Services as well as a Founder of Cornerstone International Alliance (CIA).…
Advisors Analysis Reveals Business Broker Impact on LMM M&A Business brokers have become more active within the private markets, almost doubling in number over the past decade. Their role…
Buyers Holding Companies Emerging as Driver of LMM Consolidation Macroeconomic headwinds have hit M&A activity hard this year. Geopolitical tensions, inflation, and pandemic-related supply chain challenges continue to stymie…
Lower Middle Market Pursuits: Record Breaking First Half Underscores LMM Resiliency There’s no shortage of headwinds facing buyers and sellers in 2022. Inflation, an increasingly hawkish Fed, recessionary worries, and public…
LMM Remains Resilient in the Face of Recession Earlier this year, public indices entered bear market territory for the first time since panic over the COVID-19 pandemic derailed…
Inventory, Automation & Allocation: Disparities & Dynamics in the Industrials Industry [Virtual Roundtable] The dynamics in the industrials space have been off kilter for quite some time. An ongoing supply chain crisis, lack…
The Ecommerce Explosion: The Emergence of Online Marketplaces in the LMM When Shakil Prasla, founder of Pro Click Ventures in Austin, Texas, put two of his 12 e-commerce stores up for…
Introducing The Lower Middle Market Add-On Report A survey of 150 deal professionals across the Axial network documents the extent to which financial sponsors have descended upon…
