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The Pulse of Private Equity: How useful is aggregate PE data?
Data drives the finance industry. Private equity is no exception – once the calendar flips to January 1, we tally…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity: 2015 Off to a Slow Start
We expected to see a strong start this year for PE deal flow in the U.S. What we found was…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity: Is Kessler Right?
Andy Kessler published an attention-getting op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this week. “The glory days of private equity are…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity: A tale of two markets
We’ve used this space several times to talk about the U.S. PE dealmaking landscape. Depending on which statistics you’re looking…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity: Buyouts & Add-Ons
Private equity is buying startups more often Private equity isn’t known as a big buyer of VC-backed startups, but that’s…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity: Take-Privates
Fewer take-privates, more carve-outs When the $8.7 billion take-private offer for Petsmart was announced in December, some wondered if we…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – Secondary Buyouts
High Tide for Secondary Buyouts It isn’t too surprising that secondary buyouts (SBOs) hit a record by count in 2014.…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 2/23/2015
The PE-strategic battle continues PE firms and strategic buyers have been waging a deal war the past few years. Both…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 2/16/2015
Hold times are leveling out Hold times for PE portfolio companies have been steadily creeping upward since about 2009, peaking…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 2/9/2015
Are funds-of-funds becoming obsolete? Funds-of-funds have been in the news lately, but not for good reasons. Some major LPs are…
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