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What is the Accounting Equation? Explaining Assets = Liabilities + Equity

Peak Frameworks

Liabilities represent the obligations a company has to outside parties, such as debts, loans, and accounts payable. In 2018, General Electric reported $309 billion in non-current assets. Accurate valuation of assets, such as real estate, can significantly impact a company's financial position and performance.

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Insurance Agency EBITDA Multiples: 2024 Report

Sica Fletcher

Starting in H2 2022, the insurance M&A market has seen a notably difficult 18-month period, afflicted with high interest rates, lowered deal volumes, and lowered valuations. If they do, then we can expect to see valuations and, by extent, EBITDA multiples for insurance agencies rise.

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Will There Be an IPO for a Specialty Consulting Company in 2024?

Focus Investment Banking

And Navigant Consulting, a well-known publicly traded company, finished going private in 2019, after first selling its Disputes, Forensics and Legal Technology practice to Ankura in 2018, and then selling its remaining divisions to Guidehouse. It seems that the trend is to stay private. Contact Kelly at Kelly.Kittrell@focusbankers.com.

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Bullet Bond

Wall Street Mojo

Bullet bonds issued by other than the government carry higher interest payments due to the credit risk Credit Risk Credit risk is the probability of a loss owing to the borrower's failure to repay the loan or meet debt obligations. payable semi-annually maturing after 5 years with a principal face value of $1000 on 1st January 2018.

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The Sky Definitely Is Not Falling…At Least Not Yet

Sica Fletcher

This was the fourth year in a row fundraising surpassed half a trillion dollars, with 2017, 2018, and 2019 recording the highest amounts of capital raised in history. In 2019, there were about 5,100 PE-backed buyout deals announced, with an aggregate value of $393 billion, down from 6,500 deals announced in 2018 with a value of $493 billion.

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Should You Jump on the Private Equity Bandwagon?

Sica Fletcher

In recent posts, we outlined the background of and reasons for the dramatic upsurge of private equity investment in the insurance brokerage industry , how the combination of private equity and low interest rates have dramatically raised valuations , and how private equity sponsored agencies increasingly dominate the insurance agency business.

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When Does Due Diligence Begin and Who Conducts It?

M&A Leadership Council

For public companies, this information is usually derived from public documents—including press reports, filings with securities regulators, and any debt or equity offering memorandums the company or its bankers might have prepared for potential buyers. 01, [link].

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