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How the Growth of Private Credit is Impacting Private Equity

OfficeHours

In recent years, private credit has emerged as an important financing source for corporations of all kinds, especially for private equity-owned businesses with high financial leverage. The growth of private credit can be traced back to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-2009.

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Reasons for Layoffs in the Current Environment

OfficeHours

According to CBS News, excluding January 2023, the January layoffs in 2024 represent the highest number of job cuts announced in the first month of January since 2009. Economic Downturns While this reason may seem obvious at first, economic downturns are actually extremely nuanced. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.)

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03-06-2024 Newsletter: Reasons for Layoffs in the Current Environment

OfficeHours

According to CBS News, excluding January 2023, the January layoffs in 2024 represent the highest number of job cuts announced in the first month of January since 2009. Economic Downturns While this reason may seem obvious at first, economic downturns are actually extremely nuanced. investment banking, private equity , VC, etc.)

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What is a Business Cycle? Expansion, Peak, Contraction, and Trough

Peak Frameworks

It forms the core of economic forecasting and is central to all aspects of financial decision-making. This is a period of economic growth, characterized by increased production, rising employment, and heightened consumer confidence. This is the point where economic activity has reached its maximum output.

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Public SaaS Company Valuations and What They Mean for Private Companies

Software Equity Group

Public SaaS companies enjoyed an unprecedented run from 2009 through 2021, but last year brought a wave of macroeconomic uncertainty, including rising interest rates, record inflation, supply chain problems, and geopolitical unrest. It is no secret that 2022 was a rough year for the stock market. Download the 2023 Annual SaaS Report.

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How Beyond Capital Ventures is Making a Transformative Impact on Emerging Markets

Tyton Partners

Our journey began with the inception of the Beyond Capital Fund in 2009, a pioneering evergreen fund. Gender and Equity Focus : BCV is a women-led fund with a strong commitment to gender equality and equity. To further empower our founders, we connect them with our extensive network through our pro-bono Expert Advisory Council.

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Introducing a New Term: ‘Negotiauctions’

Focus Investment Banking

I can easily see how at least 25 strategic buyers and maybe 25 private equity groups — half in Texas — might have signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to look at each business and we might have generated maybe seven solid offers for each, had we been hired. Nevertheless, they were in Texas, one of the big five states.