Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

Here’s how these strategies compare on the “trading vs. private equity” spectrum: The big selling point of the “middle” strategies – special situations and distressed – is that their returns are relatively uncorrelated with the overall market , and they have greater potential upside than something like merger arbitrage.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

For growth-stage companies, you will see plenty of equity offerings: IPOs , SPACs , PIPEs, and follow-on issuances. Since equity deals are highly dependent on market conditions, deal flow tends to be much more uneven than in asset-level M&A. Many “services” in this area involve residential installations of solar panels.

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