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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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Covid-19 Impact on US Private Capital Raising Activity in 2020

InvestmentBank.com

Debt Markets Prior to COVID-19, some analysts and debt underwriters encouraged debt issuers to exercise caution after the tenth straight year of economic expansion [1]. Simultaneously, other special situation funds ballooned as institutions sought to hedge against losses amid the new market and economic turmoil.

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Technology Services + IT Consulting M&A 2023 Recap and 2024 Outlook

Solganick & Co.

Private equity’s evolving role : PE firms remained active, but their focus shifted towards portfolio optimization and supporting existing investments through M&A. has been focused on the technology services and IT consulting sector since its founding in 2009. Source: Bain & Company) About Solganick & Co.

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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.

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Public SaaS Company Valuations and What They Mean for Private Companies

Software Equity Group

Our report provides context for private companies to better understand factors influencing their valuations and evaluate how they can position themselves within a changing marketplace. SaaS EV/Revenue Multiples Median monthly EV/Revenue multiples were also a casualty of the overall economic decline.