Commentary
A Year in Review (Third of a Series)
“How’s your pipeline?” we asked the head of one of the leading middle market arrangers in December. He shook his…
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Along with the sense that mid-cap lenders can now more than hold their own against the largest investment banks in…
Read MoreA Year in Review (First of a Series)
The notion that the middle market has reached a level of maturity was supported by a plethora of evidence this…
Read MoreThe Middle Market Comes of Age
For those of us who have made the middle market our livelihood for a while, last week’s Wells Fargo 2016…
Read MoreRunning Out the Clock
Among the unlikelier events of this post-election season – other than the consideration of former World Wrestling Entertainment executive, Linda…
Read MoreTrump and the Middle Market
At this writing it’s only been three weeks since the November 8 “tectonic shift” – as veteran financier Henry Kaufman…
Read MoreThe Art of the Add-On (Last of a Series)
We’ve received a number of positive responses about our special series on add-ons. One partner at a NY-based private equity…
Read MoreThe Art of the Add-On (Fourth of a Series)
Last week we began a check-list sponsors tick off when sifting through acquisition candidates for their platform companies. Many items…
Read MorePrivate Credit Comes of Age
At a loan conference some years ago we referred to middle market loans as the Rodney Dangerfield of capital markets.…
Read MoreThe Art of the Add-On (Third of a Series)
The process of identifying successful add-ons is a complex one. Each sponsor has developed over the years a different style…
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