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The Pulse of Private Equity – 5/11/2015
The latest numbers for U.S. private equity cash flows reveal just how successfully firms have taken advantage of recent exit…
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80% of 1Q Healthcare Buyouts were Add-ons Bain & Company did a recent study on healthcare investing, looking at investment…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 4/27/2015
The Decline of Platform Buyouts We’ve talked previous about the decline of platform buyouts, as add-ons rise and competition from…
Read MoreThe Pulse of Private Equity – 4/20/2015
U.S. Middle Market Shows No Signs of Slowing PE picked up where it left off in the middle market, notching…
Read MoreThe 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…
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