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How Private Equity uses ‘Roll-up’ Strategies to Drive Investment Returns

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In the pursuit of attractive equity returns, private equity firms have developed numerous innovative strategies beyond typical leveraged buyouts and take-private transactions. As it happens, this is an industry that has experienced a significant amount of private equity-backed roll-up activity.

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The Maintenance Ratio in Software Development: How Private Equity Investors Can Drive More Growth.

Beyond M&A

As private equity investors, you understand the importance of allocating funds to innovation and growth. That is the time spent on fixing issues, addressing tech debt and keeping the lights on. Maintenance tasks include bug fixes, addressing technical debt, and other tasks required to keep the software running smoothly.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. The Top Growth Equity Firms Why Did Growth Equity Get So Popular?

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Industrials Private Equity: The Best Place for Old-School Deals at Reasonable Multiples?

Mergers and Inquisitions

If you ever tire of the hype around tech, industrials private equity might be an ideal hiding spot. Morgan’s acquisition of Carnegie Steel in 1901 – was an industrials private equity deal. Table Of Contents Industrials Private Equity Defined What Has Drawn Private Equity Firms to Industrials Companies?

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Recap: 2023 West Coast M&A/Private Equity Forum

Focus Investment Banking

At this year’s West Coast M&A/Private Equity Forum, which took place on September 28th in East Palo Alto, those differences were on full display. But AI is only as good as the information being poured into it, and to that end, most AI engines utilize data from a few years ago. Will AI be the next addition to the caravan?

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Bulge Bracket Banks: 2024 Edition

Mergers and Inquisitions

Bulge Bracket Bank Definition: The “bulge brackets” are the largest global banks that operate in all regions and offer all services – M&A, equity, debt, and others – to clients; they work on the biggest deals (usually $1 billion+) and have divisions for sales & trading , equity research , wealth management , corporate banking , and more.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

So, for example, quarterly financial models are more common in equity research, as are detailed bottoms-up models used in initiating coverage reports. But you would not build models for M&A deals, leveraged buyouts, or debt/equity issuances in research or at least, they would be far simpler than the IB versions.