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M&A Digest – August 19, 2016

August 19, 2016 By Editor

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This week we explore only three topics: important lessons to learn from M&A deals that reach completion, is the time right for family-owned businesses to explore selling, and the latest numbers about how much capital private equity firms have to invest. Click on the headline to read the full piece. [Read more…]

Filed Under: M&A, M&A Weekly Digest Tagged With: market timing, mergers and acquisitions, middle market private equity, private equity firms, private equity overhang

M&A Digest – Oct. 16, 2015

October 16, 2015 By Editor

We start this digest with a piece that tells the story of a business owner who sold his business to an employee. Then, we move into reputation management, succession planning, financial statements, and private equity dry powder. To read the full pieces, click on the headlines.

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Filed Under: M&A, M&A Weekly Digest Tagged With: financial statements, private equity, private equity overhang, reputation management, selling a business, succession planning

M&A Digest – Feb. 14, 2014

February 14, 2014 By Lindsey Perkins Wade

This edition of the M&A Digest is full of signs pointing to a thriving M&A landscape in 2014, provides entrepreneurs with things private equity firms look for in an ideal acquisition, and explains why private equity’s high dry powder is fabulous news for business owners looking to sell or get an infusion of capital. [Read more…]

Filed Under: M&A, M&A Weekly Digest Tagged With: dry powder, m&a activity predictions, private equity firms, private equity overhang

M&A Weekly Digest – Sept. 6, 2013

September 6, 2013 By Editor

We have another digest full of interesting news for business owners that are in the market to sell their companies or are considering it one day.

We hear from a dealmaker veteran about how to quickly improve your company’s sale-ability, learn what kinds of businesses a private equity firm will focus on, find out where the private equity overhang stands, discuss what’s going on with the M&A market, and provide a starting point with the retirement planning process.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: M&A, M&A Weekly Digest Tagged With: add-on company, private equity firms, private equity overhang, retirement planning

M&A Weekly Digest – Feb. 8, 2013

February 8, 2013 By Editor

Today’s M&A Digest features discussion about private equity overhang and why it’s important, how to value a business, and how to plan an exit strategy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: M&A, M&A Weekly Digest Tagged With: business valuation, Exit Strategy, private equity overhang

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