Top Takeaways from the 2023 Deal Sourcing Databook
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Each year, we publish a collection of market trends, data analysis, and business development themes designed to help private equity firms navigate the ever-variable deal sourcing terrain for the year ahead. Targeted with actionable intelligence, the report offers a granular analysis of market conditions impacting business development today as well as tactical resources to help inform firms’ 2023 origination efforts.
Amidst a bearish market for stocks, private companies grow in value
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Investor concerns about interest rates, inflation and economic growth sent the enterprise value of the S&P 500 nose-diving some 18 percent in 2022.
Facing Forward: Bain & Co.’s 2023 Global PE Report
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This blogpost is a summary of SPS data points referenced in Bain & Company’s Global Private Equity Report. Download the full report here.
Software deals lead the pack, and more M&A trends from the Northeast
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This month, SPS Founder & CEO Nadim Malik presented a Market Update presentation and participated as a panelist at ACG Boston’s annual M&A Outlook Forum. The analysis focused on M&A deal activity trends, with a spotlight on the Northeast US.