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Busting the Myth That Private Equity Firms Only Invest in Billion-dollar Deals

May 23, 2011 By Carl Doerksen

Quite a few middle-market business owners are still under the mistaken belief that private equity firms (PE firms) only invest in mega-deals in the billion-dollar range. Because these larger deals tend to get all the press, it is understandable why middle-market business owners have this common misconception. [Read more…]

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: m&a activity, middle-market businesses, private equity firms, selling

How business owners should approach the promising M&A forecast for 2011

May 17, 2011 By Carl Doerksen

Too often we hear middle-market business owners state that because M&A activity has declined, now is not a good time to enter the market. However, in reality, the opposite is true.

Although M&A activity did experience two years of declines in 2008 and 2009, it actually began to rebound in the latter half of 2010 and most analysts expect this to continue in 2011 and beyond.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: corporate financing week, m&a activity

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