Healthcare M&A Update: The Challenges of Returning to Normal [Virtual Roundtable] Just yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial average plummeted another 1,100 points, as investors continued their relentless selloff. The question on…
Defense in the Spotlight: What are the Opportunities for LMM Stakeholders? The recent events in Ukraine have thrusted the defense sector into the spotlight. Russia’s invasion kickstarted a flurry of defense…
Lower Middle Market Pursuits: Q1 Deal Flow Defies the Odds, Underscoring LMM Stability The first quarter of 2022 seemed to mark a return of bearish sentiment. The S&P 500 fell by 4.6% during…
Canada’s LMM Poised for Record Deal Activity in 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic created a historic level of acquisition and investment opportunity across North America’s LMM. The story for Canadian…
Aerospace & Defense M&A: A Shifting Global Landscape [Virtual Roundtable] M&A activity in the aerospace and defense industry reached new heights in 2021. Recent data from PwC revealed that there…
Buyers Far From Risky: SaaS as a Safe Haven for LMM Investors Specialization has always offered private equity firms an edge in the private capital markets. Bain & Company’s 2022 Global Private…
Buyers SEC Rule Changes in the Air for Private Equity The Securities and Exchange Commission recently voted to propose new rules amending the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to increase…
Software M&A State of the Union [Virtual Roundtable] The public markets have been a rollercoaster of volatility so far this year. The cocktail of geopolitical tensions, inflation, and…
Lower Middle Market Pursuits: 2022 Deal Pipelines Set to Refill In October, we introduced a new metric – the pursuit rate – to complement existing data that buyers and sellers…