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“54% of private equity investors feel small to mid-market buyout funds present the best opportunities in the current climate,” according to the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2019 report released earlier this year. The focus on small to mid-market … Read More

“The management teams that embrace analytics are those that you want to back” quips a private equity investor at the Wharton Customer Analytics conference earlier this year in San Francisco. Moreover, “those that actually resist [data analytics] should actually raise … Read More

In one ear a recession looms, in the other, private equity is the hot, new asset class for alternative investors. Now, with this week’s speculative WSJ report that Vanguard is considering an entrance into the private equity space, InvestmentNews is … Read More

Do megafunds offer the same return on investment as say the Russell 3000 or the MSCI AC World indices? According to the WSJ from earlier this week, the creation of megafunds is tied to the plethora of capital flooding the … Read More

In an Institutional Investor piece posted earlier this week, author Amy Whyte describes the growing practice of subscription credit facilities. Many private equity, venture capital, private debt, and real assets funds are adopting this approach to use short-term loans, as … Read More

We’re entering the last month of the first half of 2019 and to the surprise of many, the current economic expansion continues to impact the market. As of January 2019, Preqin is reporting that there is $2 trillion in dry … Read More

Cannabis is now mainstream. The once illicit drug is finding its way into many different sectors, as more and more states legalize and remove the barriers of entry into the market. Earlier this month, Business Insider spoke with a few … Read More

In an interview conducted by Intralinks, Paul Aversano, managing director with Alvarez & Marsal, discusses the many factors impacting M&A and private equity investments. Aversano believes that valuations will remain high and contends that deals need to get done, however, … Read More

Trade War. China. Stock sell-off! It’s the can’t miss headline this week coming out of Washington. Who will survive? Who will be impacted? What are the safe investments, right now? And, how will China retaliate? All fair questions, and earlier … Read More

SPS released its Q1-2019 Mezzanine Market Perspective last month, detailing mezzanine market trends and transactions. The final quarter of 2018 ended strong with a 13.5% increase in deals compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. Overall, last year’s results were … Read More