By Glenn Rieger, NewSpring From managing healthcare records and finances to how we do our shopping, innovative technologies have made our lives easier by giving us the freedom to access almost anything at the touch of a button. But this on-demand convenience often comes with increased security risk. With so much of our personal information being […]
Apollo sticks to discipline around deal pricing Rates likely to increase gradually: Black Economy to stay on course with high prices, low rates Leon Black, chairman and chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management, joined us in March for Buyouts Insider’s PartnerConnect East conference in Boston. He talked about the growth of the firm and […]
By Aleksandr Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard Private equity firms often lack the insight and understanding that protect their assets from cyberattacks, thus putting their portfolio companies at risk. As a result, PE firms must address the cybersecurity posture of potential investments and of their third-party vendors. Why focus on cybersecurity posture? Increasing threats from skilled hackers exploiting […]
Private equity firms are showing an increased interest in acquiring Canadian franchise systems. Many factors make franchise systems particularly enticing targets for investment, including predictable long-term revenue streams, established market penetration and opportunities for growth and synergies. With a huge potential upside, of course, come significant traps for the unwary. In a PE Hub Canada feature article, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP's Andraya Frith, Dominic Mochrie and Christine Jackson discuss key issues for PE firms when evaluating an investment opportunity in a franchise system as well as key considerations concerning acquisition and exit strategies.
Hellman could target up to $16 bln for Fund IX Fund would be a big jump from prior pool GPs go after multiples strategies We got a sense of how much Hellman & Friedman is looking to raise for Fund IX, and it’s a big ’un: $15 billion to $16 billion. That amount would put […]
By Catherine Daly and Nadim Malik, Sutton Place Strategies Record capital overhang, increased competition and perpetually high valuations are afflicting this market, and buyers are struggling to deploy capital on worthy investments. But enterprising firms can use current economic conditions as an opportunity to modernize their deal-sourcing strategy and stand out among the competition. Intelligent […]
By Patrick Krause, MHT Partners The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ change of policy last summer to pay for total knee- and hip-replacement procedures in outpatient settings has made independent orthopedic practices — and in particular those that own ambulatory-surgery centers — an interesting area for investment. A blueprint for investment in orthopedics has been established […]
By Sapna S. Werner, Kim R. Powell and Elena L. Botelho, ghSMART If history is a guide, fewer of your CEOs are equipped to deliver on your investment thesis than you think. In a Bain study of PE deals a few years ago, nearly half the sponsors changed their CEOs during the life of deals […]
By Nicholas Donato, Navatar The path to institutional capital can seem murky at best. With few clear guidelines – and few straightforward success stories – a number of common misconceptions about the fundraising process persist in the market. These notions were revealed in a recent survey designed to challenge GPs’ conventional IR wisdom. The 250+ […]
I’ll never forget the day I found out one of my female relatives was sexually harassed as a young woman just starting out in her career. She was working in an office and one of the senior executives cornered her in an elevator and subjected her to an elevator ride from hell. At the time, she […]